Tag: air travel
CDC restates recommendation for masks on planes, trains
NEW YORK (AP) – U.S. health officials on Tuesday restated their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court...
Frontier adds North Carolina, Denver routes at T.F. Green
WARWICK – Frontier Airlines is adding nonstop routes at Rhode Island T.F. Green International Airport to Raleigh-Durham, N.C., and Denver.
The carrier this week said...
Frontier offers $3B for Spirit low-cost airline tie-up
PROVIDENCE (AP) — Frontier is offering to buy Spirit Airlines in a $2.9 billion cash-and-stock deal that will create the nation's fifth largest carrier.
The...
Allegiant Airlines adds flights to Nashville from Providence
PROVIDENCE – Low-cost carrier Allegiant Airlines is adding twice-a-week nonstop service between Rhode Island and Nashville beginning April 21.
The new route between Rhode Island...
Flight cancellations continue due to bad weather, sick crews
NEW YORK (AP) – Flight cancellations that disrupted holiday travel stretched into Monday, with major U.S. airlines each canceling dozens of flights.
Staffers calling out sick...
RIAC implementing unpaid parking program at Block Island and Westerly airports
NEW SHOREHAM – The R.I. Airport Corp. has informed Block Island officials that it has plans for implementing a managed parking program at the...
Travel sector sell-off, airlines, cruises, hotels tumble
Air travel in the United States hit another pandemic-era record over the weekend as vacationers jammed airports, but shares of airlines, cruise lines, hotels...
Getting business travel up to speed
Now that the country is literally getting a shot in the arm, how your company prepares for business travel in 2021 and beyond may...
‘Herculean effort’ needed for local hospitality industry to recover
PROVIDENCE – Farouk Rajab on Thursday said there is “no clear path forward” for economic recovery of his downtown hotel that has been crippled...
Passenger traffic at T.F. Green increases 9.2% in 2018
WARWICK – There were 4.3 million passengers enplaned and deplaned at T.F. Green Airport in 2018, a 9.2 percent increase from 2017’s 3.9 million...