by Beth Holmes | Jan 23, 2023 | News, Politics, Technology, Travel
Fixing the FAA is what airline leaders and consumers alike are asking for, after major outages over a busy weekend due to tech issues. Last week, a system that provides vital and required safety information to pilots and dispatchers went down, largely because it was...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 16, 2023 | News, Technology, Travel
NOTAM failed Tuesday, canceling thousands of U.S. flights for all domestic airlines, in possibly the largest travel shutdown since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. NOTAM (Notice to Air Missions) is a government transportation system which reports important...
by Beth Holmes | Jan 11, 2023 | News, Technology, Travel
Southwest apologizes for their Christmas disruptions, but only to those who plan to keep using them. Between December 22 and 30, Southwest Airlines canceled over 15,000 flights. The trouble began with the massive winter storm that crossed most of the country, but...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 19, 2022 | International, News, Politics, Technology
The travel tracing app will shut down as China relaxes their strict ‘zero-COVID’ policies amid outbreaks and protests. The travel tracing app was part of a package of apps required for all Chinese citizens, one that traced a user’s location relative...
by Beth Holmes | Dec 5, 2022 | International, News, Politics, Travel
World Cup fans are so inconvenienced by the championship’s setting–Doha, Qatar–that they’re taking daily flights into the city to see the games. Qatar built eight stadiums to host the 64 games of the FIFA World Cup, scattered around the capital city...
by Beth Holmes | Nov 28, 2022 | News, Travel
The Thanksgiving travel rush was back after a few years of depressed numbers, with some new habits common among returning travelers. During the pandemic years of 2020 and 2021, the Thanksgiving travel rush, one of the two big travel crunches of the year, saw a huge...
