An airline spokeswoman says the declining number of potential firings shows that the company’s policy of requiring vaccinations is working.
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A vaccine mandate for domestic flights isn’t ‘off the table’
Such a requirement has led aviation-related stakeholders to complain that the logistical hurdles would be challenging at best and a nightmare at worst.
Frontier Airlines to offer direct Portland-Miami flights
The budget airline has grown its number of nonstop flights from Portland since starting service in the city three years ago.
Portland International Jetport on track for record summer as travel surges despite pandemic
Airline seats for sale through Maine’s biggest airport set a record for July and August, indicating strong demand for leisure travel during the state’s peak tourism season.
Airlines say COVID-19 variants aren’t hurting bookings
More than 2 million people a day, mostly summer vacationers, are packing U.S. airports.
Rattled by increase in airplane noise, Peaks Islanders are the latest to seek relief
‘We have more planes coming over Peaks Island now than we have at any time in our history,’ one resident says.
U.S. sets pandemic-era high for air travel, over 1.6 million
The number was still 35% below the number of airport travelers reported on the comparable Sunday in 2019.
Frontier adds more summer flights to and from Portland
The discount airline is adding Philadelphia, Atlanta and Myrtle Beach flights to the roster of seasonal routes at the Portland International Jetport.
Southwest to offer daily flights between Portland and Chicago this summer
The new, nonstop flights from the Portland International Jetport to Chicago Midway International Airport will start in early June, the airline said.
With business travel lagging, Portland lands direct flights to cities around the U.S.
The new flights could be temporary or long-term, depending on their popularity and the recovery of business travel.