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In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Southwest Airlines canceled nearly two-thirds of its flights Tuesday and warned that mass disruptions will continue throughout the week, drawing scrutiny from the Transportation Department as other airlines recovered from severe winter weather. Airlines have canceled thousands of U.S. flights over the last week as

Passenger planes sit on the tarmac at Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport on Nov. 4, 2022, before China ended Covid-related restrictions on travel. Future Publishing | Future Publishing | Getty Images BEIJING — China announced late Monday that travelers will no longer need to quarantine upon arrival on the mainland starting Jan. 8. The forthcoming shift

Travelers check in with Cathay Pacific at the Hong Kong International Airport on December 20, 2022. Vernon Yuen | Nurphoto | Getty Images BEIJING — Some countries announced new Covid testing requirements for visitors from China after the mainland said it would finally relax border controls. Japan was the first country to subsequently release rule

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Southwest Airlines’ holiday meltdown will “certainly” hit its fourth-quarter results, executives said Thursday, adding that it will take several weeks to work through affected travelers’ reimbursement requests. The systemwide chaos stranded hundreds of thousands of customers over the holiday week and drew scrutiny from Washington.

In this article LUV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Southwest Airlines slashed another 2,500 flights on Wednesday, sending more frustrated customers scrambling to find seats on other airlines. The Dallas-based carrier’s cuts amounted to 60% of its schedule and nearly 90% of overall cancellations in the U.S. on Wednesday, marking another day of disruptions

For more than two years, overseas travelers have had to quarantine upon arrival in China because of Covid restrictions. Pictured here at Beijing International Airport on June 18, 2022, are passengers waiting to be taken to quarantine-designated destinations. Leo Ramirez | Afp | Getty Images The U.S. government is considering imposing new Covid rules for

Travelers check in at Shanghai’s Hongqiao International Airport in on Dec. 12, 2022, after China relaxed domestic travel restrictions. Qilai Shen | Bloomberg | Getty Images BEIJING — Now that China is set to reopen its borders, locals are rushing to plan overseas travel for the Lunar New Year in late January, according to Trip.com

Mt. Fuji, Japan. Jirawat Plekhongthu / Eyeem | Eyeem | Getty Images Americans are poised to travel overseas in a big way in 2023. Households are continuing to unleash two or three years’ worth of pent-up demand as Covid-19 fears wane and the last vestiges of pandemic-era border restrictions have eased. The U.S. dollar also

An American Airlines plane is de-iced as high winds whip around 7.5 inches of new snow at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport Thursday, December 22, 2022. Star Tribune Via Getty Images | Star Tribune | Getty Images U.S. flight cancellations eased somewhat on Saturday but federal officials warned that disruptions could continue as severe winter storms

In this article ALK UAL DAL AAL FDX UPS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT An American Eagle plane taxis during a snow storm at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images FedEx and United Parcel Service warned that packages could arrive

In this article AAL LUV UAL DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Workers deice an Alaska Airlines plane during a snow storm at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) in Seattle, Washington, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. David Ryder | Bloomberg | Getty Images Airlines canceled hundreds of flights this week as winter storms, bitter

People traveling abroad this Christmas may not find their favorite holiday food on the menu. That’s because traditional holiday fare varies around the world. To see who’s eating what this weekend, the culinary website Chef’s Pencil created a map showing what it says are the most popular Christmas dishes around the world. Where turkey is

Arriving passengers line up to get taxi outside of Terminal 4 at the JFK airport in New York. Jewel Samad | AFP | Getty Images Two New York men were arrested for conspiring with Russian nationals to hack the taxi dispatch system at John F. Kennedy International Airport so they could manipulate the line and

NEW YORK – The prestigious Park Avenue neighborhood has a small business to thank for bringing holiday cheer to its streets year after year. City-Scape Landscaping, a family-run operation based in Queens, installs 120 fir trees shipped from Nova Scotia, Canada, along the avenue for almost 50 blocks, from 49th to 97th streets. The business

Everyone is traveling, it seems. Data shows people are traveling more often and for longer periods of time, with many planning big bucket list-style trips this year. But this isn’t the reality for all. Another group of people are quietly emerging from the pandemic with little to no interest to travel anymore. Where ‘never travelers’

China’s reopening could bring opportunities as well as risks to its economy, Albert Park, chief economist at the Asian Development Bank told CNBC.  Although the lifting of Covid restrictions in China would boost growth prospects for the country and other economies, it could also lead to an increase in Covid-19 cases, he said Wednesday.  “The

In this article AAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT American airlines planes are seen at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) in San Francisco, California, United States on September 15, 2022. Tayfun Toskun | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images Members of American Airlines‘ loyalty program will have to spend more to earn elite frequent flyer

In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Delta Air Lines says the travel boom isn’t over. The airline expects its adjusted earnings to nearly double to as much as $6 per share next year, above analysts’ estimates. It forecast a 15% to 20% jump in revenue in 2023 from this year, which

In this article UAL JBLU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The pool at Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore. Amanda Macias | CNBC Consumer prices for hotels, motels and other lodging dropped nearly 5% in November from October, according to the latest government inflation report, a sign that soaring travel demand has lost

Inflation has already peaked, but it will remain above pre-Covid levels in 2023, said David Mann, chief economist for Asia-Pacific, Middle East and Africa at the Mastercard Economics Institute. “Inflation has seen its peak this year, but it will still be above what we had been used to pre-pandemic next year,” Mann told CNBC’s “Squawk