Tag: Holiday season vacations

Millions of Americans to Travel During Thanksgiving Holiday

November 25, 2021
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Air traffic is expected to be one of the busiest days of the year this Wednesday as a projected 20 million Americans scramble to visit their families, persistent to partake in this year’s Thanksgiving after being locked down last year by the pandemic. According to projections by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), an average of…

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Southwest Offering Incentives to Retain Airline Staff During Holidays

November 15, 2021
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Southwest Airlines on Saturday, in an internal memo, offered employees a variety of new attractive incentives to prevent travel disruptions and flight cancellations over the upcoming holiday season. The airline is offering up to 120,000 Rapid Rewards points, valued at more than $1,400, to pilots, flight attendants, and other employees. Based on the note, flight…

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Holiday Season Vacations Coincide With Rise in COVID-19 Travel Related Cases

January 28, 2021
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OTTAWA—As the federal government prepares to slap new restrictions on international travel, Health Canada data suggest a worrying uptick of infections directly connected to foreign arrivals. While travel exposures account for less than two per cent of all Canada’s COVID-19 cases, the number of cases in recent travellers, and people they came into close contact…

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