It was “a year of going through hell” for United Airlines. Delta Air Lines had “the toughest year” in its history. And for American Airlines it was “the most challenging […]
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Back to news home‘Stay Alive and Survive’: Ski Resorts Brace for a Pandemic Season
OLYMPIC VALLEY, Calif. — A trickle of skiers recently zigzagged down the slopes at the Squaw Valley Ski Resort. Couples and families wandered through the resort’s village, which was decorated […]
Who Takes the Eurostar? Almost No One, as the Pandemic Fuels a Rail Crisis
PARIS — Earlier this month, David-Alexander Leduc rolled his suitcase down a nearly empty platform at the Gare du Nord train station and scanned his ticket at the turnstile to […]
Vaccinated? Show Us Your App
In the U.S., for instance, the federal government plans to give out personal record cards to people receiving coronavirus vaccinations to remind them of their medical provider, vaccine manufacturer, batch […]
Nobody Is Going to Conventions. Convention Centers Are Growing Anyway.
“There’s various ways they could do it,” he said. “It’s not straightforward.”Even in the best of times, convention centers are loss leaders, said Mr. Sanders, the Texas professor. But the […]
How One Airline’s Pandemic Hurt Becomes Everyone’s Pain
After more than a decade working at Manchester Airport in the northwest of England, Tracey Moore finally got the job she wanted — at Virgin Atlantic’s passenger check-in desk. Then, […]
Air Travel Was Gaining Momentum. Now What?
Confidence about the course of the coronavirus pandemic has helped put passengers back on planes in recent months, and Thanksgiving week is shaping up to be one of the busiest […]
Boeing 737 Max Is Cleared by F.A.A. to Resume Flights
The Federal Aviation Administration on Wednesday cleared the way for Boeing’s 737 Max to resume flying, 20 months after it was grounded following two fatal crashes blamed on faulty software […]
While the Pandemic Wrecked Some Businesses, Others Did Fine. Even Great.
The pandemic has turbocharged profits at some big businesses, like Amazon, which reported a 70 percent increase in earnings in the first nine months of the year. But it has […]
The Digital Nomads Did Not Prepare for This
For a certain kind of worker, the pandemic presented a rupture in the space-time-career continuum. Many Americans were stuck, tied down by children or lost income or obligations to take […]