JetBlue's Spirit Plan Nixed; New Hilton SME Program; AA Loyalty Tweak

 

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January 18, 2024 Siding with DOJ, U.S. Judge Denies JetBlue's Spirit Acquisition By Donna M. Airoldi The $3.8 billion JetBlue acquisition of Spirit Airlines has been grounded—at least for now. The judge presiding over the civil lawsuit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice ruled that the deal would violate the Clayton Antitrust Act. Keep Reading Hilton Debuts SME Business Travel Program Hilton Worldwide's new rewards program for small and midsized businesses now is accepting "interested" clients, the hotel company announced. Keep Reading Hertz to Sell 20K EVs, Replace with Gas-Powered Cars Hertz plans to sell about 20,000 EVs from its U.S. fleet, representing one-third of its global EV fleet, and replace them with gas-powered vehicles to reduce damage-related expenses. Keep Reading American to Tweak 2024 AAdvantage Benefits American Airlines is tweaking its AAdvantage program benefits for 2024. Current qualifications and levels remain intact, but a number of features are moving to a members-only model. Keep Reading FAA Launches Boeing Investigation FAA to deep dive into Boeing's production-related woes, vowing "to elevate Boeing's compliance with approved quality procedures." Keep Reading Collision and damage repairs on an EV can often run about twice that associated with a comparable combustion engine vehicle." - Hertz's Stephen Scherr Read More U.S. Travel: Business Travel Spending to Grow, but Slowly U.S. domestic business travel volume is projected to remain below pre-pandemic levels until 2026, according to a forecast released by the U.S. Travel Association. Keep Reading Delta Orders 20 Airbus A350s; Reports Record Quarter Corporate demand reaches 90 percent of pre-pandemic volume for Delta going into 2024. Carrier will take delivery of 20 widebody Airbus jets starting in 2026, replacing less fuel-efficient fleet. Keep Reading Hubli, BeCause Partner for Venue Sustainability Data Event booking platform Hubli will display sustainability certification and accreditation data for venues from sustainability data management startup BeCause under a new partnership. Keep Reading Cvent Acquires Two Trade Show Tech Companies  Read More One Global Names Travelport as GDS Partner  Read More Hilton Finalizes Ext.-Stay H3 as LivSmart Studios  Read More Chase Sapphire Lounge Opens at LaGuardia  Read More Uber Adds New Sustainability Features  Read More Sixt to Purchase up to 250K Stellantis Vehicles  Read More Lanes & Planes Taps Katanox for Direct Lodging Distribution  Read More ConferenceDirect Adds Mtg. Tech with Reposite Partnership  Read More 301 Route 17 North, Suite 1150 Rutherford, New Jersey, USA 07070

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