Travel News

Famed businessman Bill Gates recently opined on the future of business travel predicting that at least 50% of business is gone forever and 30% of in-office days are also gone. The comments came while Gates was recently speaking at the New York Times Dealbook conference.

The infamous “Burger King Man” appears to have struck again after being removed from another flight (this one a recent American Airlines flight) for using the N-word. Several week ago this passenger was removed from a JetBlue flight for essentially the same offense.

Is it unethical to travel right now? A popular Reddit thread is discussing this topic right now and it has (unsurprisingly) produced some very polarized opinions. We highlight a few and weigh in the discussion.

Bambi had a close call with an airplane, narrowly avoiding being cut to shreds by propeller blades as it bounded across the runway at the same time a small plane was landing. See the close call here.

Video cameras captured yesterday’s plane crash in Pacoima California including the moment the plane burst into flames.

California, Oregon and Washington issued a new joint travel advisory urging travelers to these states to self quarantine for at least 14 days after arrival. The guidance also highlights the need to avoid essential travel.

In a fascinating report, Apple is allegedly paying some employees as much as $500 a day in hazard pay as they restart business travel to China in the midst of the raging pandemic.

President-Elect Joe Biden has pledged to end the controversial “Muslim Ban” on the first day of his presidency and the largest US-based Muslim civil rights organization, Council on American-Islamic Relations, or CAIR, intends to hold him to that.