Air Travel

Legal Developments in the U.S. and EU, Growing Concerns with Generative AI, Chargeback Challenges, and EU Commission’s Designation of Booking.com Under DSA

by Greg Duff in Legal, Technology, Travel. Posted July 20, 2023

This week’s Update features a number of important legal updates – both in the U.S. and in the EU. The next 6-9 months should prove to be interesting as the EU moves forward with the implementation of its new digital legal framework – the Digital Services Act (DSA) and Digital Markets Act (DMA). I hope ...

Airline Precautions to Reduce COVID-19 Transmission Vary in Effectiveness

by WorldAware in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Travel. Posted October 6, 2020

Airlines are instituting varying precautions as part of their campaigns to encourage travelers to fly during the pandemic, and to further reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Travelers who understand the effectiveness of each of the precautions are equipped to make informed decisions when assessing the risk of flying. Travelers can also take additional steps ...

Threat of Contracting COVID-19 on an Airline is Low

by Maxwell Leitschuh in Coronavirus (COVID-19), Risk Management, Safety & Security, Travel. Posted May 5, 2020

The global COVID-19 pandemic has led to fears that infected airline passengers could spread the disease to everybody else on the aircraft. These fears are largely unfounded, and disease transmission on a commercial airliner is relatively rare. Although the risk of contracting COVID-19 on a commercial airliner is low, the COVID-19 pandemic is having an ...

6 Tools To Help You Understand Airline Safety

by Maxwell Leitschuh in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted November 6, 2018

Modern airline travel is statistically the safest form of transportation the world has ever seen, but airline safety is still a common cause of concern among travelers – especially those traveling on an airline they have never heard of. Many travelers evaluate an airline’s safety by looking up the airline’s safety record, but there are ...

In-flight Emergency: Cabin Depressurization

by Maxwell Leitschuh in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted September 4, 2018

Several high-profile incidents have highlighted the issue of cabin depressurization on airliners. While some cabin pressure incidents can cause serious injuries or even fatalities, most pose little threat to passengers. Basic precautionary steps can help protect travelers in the event of an emergency. Cabin Pressurization-related Incidents Cabin pressurization incidents occur on a regular basis around ...

How to make the most of your airport security experience

by Mark Dauner in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted September 28, 2017

When travelers talk about the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), it tends to be negative. “You won’t believe the nightmare I had getting through security this morning,” or “that TSA agent must have woken up on the wrong side of the bed this morning. Unless you really have nothing better to do, the TSA knows that ...

Drone Safety and Airports

by Travel and Transport in Safety & Security, Technology, Travel. Posted April 12, 2016

A Look at Drone Safety There has been a huge surge in consumer access to drones in the last year, and with this surge comes issues like drone safety. Combine this with an unknowing public and there are sure to be some complications. Typical drone pilots “don’t generally file flight plans ahead of their flights ...

Why the U.S. Has Banned Vaping on Flights

by Fortune in Legal, Travel. Posted March 10, 2016

by Laura Lorenzetti The “no smoking” rule applies to e-cigarettes. The U.S. Department of Transportation has explicitly banned the use of electronic cigarettes, or vape pens, on commercial plane flights. The rule applies to all scheduled flights in, to, and from the U.S. “This final rule is important because it protects airline passengers from unwanted ...

Are Asian Airlines Safe?

by Rich Thomaselli in Safety & Security, Travel. Posted October 26, 2015

A close look at the records shows most have sterling safety and service standards The World’s Best Airline has some of the industry’s most modern wide-body aircraft. The World’s Best Airline has nearly 90 new aircraft on order, an invoice that will total more than $200 billion when it’s all said and done. The World’s ...

Qantas Still the World’s Safest Airline

by Theodore Koumelis in Travel. Posted August 4, 2015

AirlineRatings.com the world’s only safety and product rating website has announced its top ten safest airlines for 2013 from the 448 it monitors. Top of the list is Qantas which has a fatality free record in the jet era (since 1951). Making up the top ten with seven stars for safety and in- flight product are ...