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This Week in Travel: What Will Frontier-Spirit Airline Merger Mean for Future of Budget Travel?

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This week, Frontier and Spirit Airlines announced a proposed merger, which would make the new airline the fifth largest in the United States. On a call announcing the deal on Monday, Spirit’s CEO Ted Christie touted both airlines’ “commitment to affordable travel.”. And there is a place for such an airline.

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TWT: AGs Demand Government Hold Airlines Accountable

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Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. Attorney Generals stated that “the airline industry has failed their customers.”. More Than a Strongly Worded Letter.

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TWT: Spirit Shareholders Approve JetBlue Bid, Airlines Report Rebound, Marriott Acquires Mexican Hotel Group

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Editor’s note : This Week in Travel (TWT) is your essential guide to smoothing the road from here to there for your attendees and yourself. Spirit Airlines announced today that its stockholders have approved a merger with JetBlue Airways. billion cash offer for the airline. The airlines revenue rose to a record $13.46

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Oneworld Airlines Pledge Use of Sustainable Aviation Fuel

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The 14 member airlines of the Oneworld Alliance have pledged their support for the ambition statement of World Economic Forum Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition to commit to a 10 percent use of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 2030. Each airline will chart its own course to achieving the 10 percent goal. oneworld.com. “We

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Delta Urges Other Airlines to Share ‘No-Fly’ Lists

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With a troubling number of incidents involving unruly passenger behavior aboard US airlines and at airports, carriers have banned hundreds of passengers since the start of the pandemic. Now the airline wants other airlines to share their lists well, in a bid to create a national database of banned travelers.

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Singapore Airlines Drops General Mask Mandate

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Singapore Airlines is joining a growing number of international carriers that are dropping the requirement for all passengers to wear face masks. As of Monday, August 29, only passengers traveling to or from destinations that require face masks on flights will need to wear one, according to an announcement from the airline.

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Turkish Airlines Finishing Strong for 2021

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In a time of unprecedented confusion and upheaval in the airline industry, Turkish Airlines seems to be doing some things right. The airline managed to wrap up the third quarter of 2021 with a net profit of $735 million despite the damaging effects of the chaos caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. million passengers.