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Unfriendly skies: Airline workers brace for mass layoffs

DETROIT – The worries are growing for United Airlines flight attendant Jordy Comeaux. In a few days, he’ll be among roughly 40,000 airline workers whose jobs are likely to evapora...

DATE: Sep 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Finland deploys coronavirus-sniffing dogs at main airport

HELSINKI – Finland has deployed coronavirus-sniffing dogs at the Nordic country’s main international airport in a four-month trial of an alternative testing method that could become a cost-f...

DATE: Sep 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

When will tourists return to Africa? Continent must guess

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Raino Bolz quickly diversified when his tourism business in South Africa’s winelands crashed to a halt in March because of the coronavirus pandemic. He sold a minib...

DATE: Sep 18, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

MGM Resorts adopts smoke-free policy for Vegas Strip casino

LAS VEGAS (AP) – One of the last Las Vegas Strip resorts to reopen after coronavirus closures will be the first to be smoke-free, MGM Resorts International announced Monday. Park ...

DATE: Sep 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Virus throws theme park attendance for a loop

Across U.S., attendance lags

DATE: Sep 11, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Pandemic turns summer into European tourism’s leanest season

BRUGES, Belgium – Bruges mayor Dirk De fauw first realized something was desperately wrong with European tourism when on a brisk March morning he crossed the Burg square in front of the Goth...

DATE: Sep 7, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

United plans to furlough 16,000 workers, fewer than expected

United Airlines said Wednesday it plans to furlough 16,370 employees in October, a smaller number than the airline predicted in July because thousands of workers agreed to leave with the tra...

DATE: Sep 2, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

United says it will drop widely scorned ticket-change fees

United Airlines says it listened to customers and is dropping an unpopular $200 fee for most people who change a ticket for travel within the United States. “When we hear from cus...

DATE: Aug 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

No vacancy: Amid pandemic, motels stage a major comeback

Motels, those oft-neglected one-story destinations typically spurned by affluent travelers, are having an upswing. They can thank COVID-19. Road trippers and travelers seeking to ...

DATE: Aug 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Returning vacationers drive Italy’s surge in COVID-19 cases

ROME – With thousands of travelers being tested at Italy’s airports and some ports, the nation where Europe’s COVID-19 outbreak began registered a seventh straight day of increasing new infe...

DATE: Aug 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Virus pandemic reshapes air travel

Carriers struggle to convince skeptical consumers flying is safe

DATE: Aug 22, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel

Returning vacationers face new constraints as virus spikes

PARIS – Countries that had seen a summer respite from coronavirus outbreaks tracked swiftly rising numbers of new confirmed cases Monday, prompting fears among government leaders and health ...

DATE: Aug 17, 2020 | CATEGORY: Travel