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In this article SAVE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Spirit Airlines aircraft undergoes operations in preparation for departure at the Austin-Bergstrom International Airport in Austin, Texas, on Feb. 12, 2024. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Spirit Airlines on Friday said it reached an agreement with its credit card processor to again extended a

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Boeing worker waves a picket sign Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024, as workers continue to strike outside the company’s factory in Renton, Wash. Lindsey Wasson | AP It’s been just over a month since more than 30,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job after overwhelmingly

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Striking Boeing workers and their supporters picket outside the Boeing Co. manufacturing facility in Renton, Washington, on Sept. 16, 2024. Yehyun Kim | AFP | Getty Images Boeing said Tuesday that it could raise as much as $25 billion in shares or debt over three

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A United Airlines Boeing 737-MAX 8 aircraft departs at San Diego International Airport en route to New York on Aug. 24, 2024. Kevin Carter | Getty Images United Airlines said Tuesday that it is starting a $1.5 billion share buyback as the carrier reported higher-than-expected

Crowded beaches. Expensive rent. Tourist sites with wall-to-wall people. When it comes to overtourism, don’t blame the travelers, said Randy Durband, CEO of the Global Sustainable Tourism Council. Rather, it’s “lack of management,” he told “Squawk Box Asia” Monday.   “I’ve been in travel and tourism for 40 years, working on committees and trade associations

In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Delta Air Lines planes are seen parked at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport on June 19, 2024 in Seattle, Washington. Kent Nishimura | Getty Images Delta Air Lines had to suspend hot meal service on more than 200 flights out of its Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport

In this article UAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT United airplanes are seen at the Newark Liberty International Airport in Newark, Unitted States on July 16, 2024.  Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images United Airlines is plotting a 2025 international expansion that spans Senegal to Mongolia and Greenland to Palau, a bid to

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Boeing 737 MAX airliners are pictured at the company’s factory on Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, in Renton, Wash. Stephen Brashear | AP Boeing will cut 10% of its workforce, or about 17,000 people, as the company’s losses mount and a machinist strike that has idled

In this article DAL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A woman uses an umbrella to protect herself from the sun as she passes past the Colosseum during an intensely hot day in Rome, Italy, on July 11, 2024.  Riccardo De Luca | Anadolu | Getty Images Summer trips to Europe are getting too hot

In this article SIAL-SG Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT For most travelers, flying in business and first class, especially on international flights, is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. A business class ticket can cost up to five times more than an economy ticket on Singapore Airlines — and a whopping 13 times more for a first-class

In this article BA Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Workers picket outside a Boeing Co. facility during a strike in Everett, Washington, US, on Monday, Sept. 16, 2024. Boeing Co. factory workers walked off the job for the first time in 16 years, halting manufacturing across the planemaker’s Seattle hub after members of its

Remnants of military conflict surround Zhang Zhong Jie’s cafe. The coffee shop sits within an abandoned military fortification, its entrance surrounded by rusting tanks. It’s a scene the citizens of Taiwan’s remote Kinmen Island know well. All that separates the cafe from mainland China are 6 miles of choppy water and a row of anti-invasion

More than 90% of travelers from Southeast Asia say that gun prevalence in the United States influences whether they will visit, according to a new survey. The study — which surveyed 6,000 international travelers from the six countries — showed that respondents perceived Hawaii to be the safest state in terms of gun violence, while

In this article SAVE Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Spirit commercial airliner prepares to land at San Diego International Airport in San Diego, California, U.S., January 18, 2024.  Mike Blake | Reuters Spirit Airlines shares tumbled to a record low on Friday after a report that it’s exploring Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The

In this article AF-FR UAL AIR-NZ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The days of spotty — or worse, no — Wi-Fi on airplanes are numbered, said Air New Zealand CEO Greg Foran. Reliable and fast Wi-Fi will become “ubiquitous” on full-service carriers, he told “Squawk Box Asia” Friday. But not just any Wi-Fi will

When Richard Kvech first set foot on Pinang four years ago, a dilapidated bungalow used by passing fishermen was the only sign of human life on the island. Kvech and three friends, all from the Czech Republic, slept in hammocks and cooked on the beach, while dreaming of creating an eco-retreat on the 50-hectare Indonesian

Men inspect the damage from flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on Sept. 28, 2024 in Asheville, North Carolina. Sean Rayford | Getty Images News | Getty Images As the Southeast U.S. recovers in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene’s destruction, consumers looking to change their air travel plans to or from affected areas without

Robert Alexander | Archive Photos | Getty Images Over the years, travelers have repeatedly been warned to avoid public Wi-Fi in places like airports and coffee shops. Airport Wi-Fi, in particular, is known to be a hacker honeypot, due to what is typically relatively lax security. But even though many people know they should stay away

Outbound travel from China is set to receive a much-anticipated jolt as “Golden Week” bookings show changes in where and why Chinese people are traveling. Buoyed by falling airfares, Chinese travelers are booking more overseas trips for the National Day holiday period, which extends from Oct. 1 to 7, according to Fliggy, a major travel

Oktoberfest is a worldwide phenomenon, a Bavarian beer festival celebrated in countries around the globe. But many say nowhere is it more fun than in its original home of Munich. The festival attracts some six million celebrants every year, according to a festival website operated by Munich’s Department of Labor and Economics. As a non-Bavarian