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| NOV 18, 2021
Half of US adults plan to fly in the next six months as of October 2021, up 14 percentage points from October 2020.
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| AUG 3, 2021
As air travel resumes, airline co-brands are targeting customer acquisitions—which could be down for a stretch, per Andrew Nocella, chief commercial officer at United—and offering generous sign-up bonuses that may target the 87% of US consumers who are concerned about the cost of travel, per a June 2021 Discover study. Confronting Competition.
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| JAN 18, 2022
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| AUG 23, 2021
Automobile travel allowed people to venture outside in an isolated way that most other out-of-home activities did not. Because road traffic didn’t decline as much as mass transit, air travel, and indoor gatherings did, it became a more stable place for outdoor advertisers to reach viewers.
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| FEB 8, 2022
Specialized BNPL providers focusing on sectors like air travel and auto repair are already popping up, foretelling more partnerships in these and other segments in 2022. Looming Regulation Could Slow Growth. Regulators are concerned that BNPL providers are driving up users’ debt by offering credit to those who can’t get it elsewhere.
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| NOV 22, 2021
Travel. Alternatives to Flying Will Transform the Travel and Hospitality Industries. The pandemic has upended our assumptions around travel due to international restrictions and general avoidance of air travel. Alternative forms of travel—such as road and train trips for vacations and Zoom meetings for work—are inherently more climate-friendly.
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| AUG 2, 2021
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| NOV 9, 2021
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| FEB 17, 2022
Akamai’s Edge DNS service was taken down by a “software configuration bug” in July and resulted in thousands of websites and apps going down, including Amazon, Costco, FedEx, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and McDonald’s. A repeat of that Akamai service failure might affect Linode’s servers used by tens of thousands of developers, especially as the two companies become a more cohesive unit.
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| MAR 11, 2020
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| JAN 19, 2022
CEOs of 10 major carriers, including American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, FedEx Express, United Airlines, and UPS Airlines, claim the disruptions will cause carriers “to struggle getting people, shipments, and planes where they need to be.”.
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| OCT 25, 2021
The opportunity: Though tech limitations mean long-range electric aircraft flights are likely still many decades away, small and midsized electric aircraft modeled after NASA’s could offer a more environmentally friendly and economically efficient solution to short-range (usually under an hour) air travel. Major airlines have largely moved away from serving shorter-range, small-city flights.
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| APR 29, 2021
The heaviest air travel month in Canada is August: Last year, the number of passengers traveling on major Canadian airlines that month dropped by 86.8% YoY, according to Statistics Canada. The relatively slow vaccine rollout in Canada may impact the size of the OOH recovery in 2021.
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| OCT 8, 2021
With air travel gradually recovering—United said flight searches for holiday travel are up 16% compared with 2019—PayPal’s solution can help sustain payments volume growth. American Express customers can add their cards to PayPal within the Amex app. Customers just have to press a button in the Amex app to connect their card, per American Banker.
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| MAY 25, 2021
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| MAR 9, 2021
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| MAY 25, 2021
Travel's on the up: With US adults' demand for domestic travel on the rise, prices are following. But there are still a few ways for marketers to capture that demand among price-conscious travelers.
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| JUN 30, 2021
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| FEB 26, 2020
Lunar New Year holiday-related travel dropped 50% to its lowest point in 20 years. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), airlines in Asia-Pacific could stand to lose $27.80 billion in revenues from the outbreak. Smartphone Sales Will Likely Lag.