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In this week's news, United decides to pull out of Sonoma County Airport and a study finds West Coast residents are mostly unscathed by flight ...

“Mileage Plan members will have the option to purchase the device early next year,” Alaska said. Delta, meanwhile, now expects to add Berlin to its route map starting May 23 of next year with flights from New York JFK. A new competitor launching service to Berlin in the middle of next month is the low-cost Norse Atlantic Airways, which plans to begin nonstop 787 flights to the German capital city from both New York JFK and Los Angeles International. The customer can simply take the phone used to check in for a flight and touch it to the electronic bag tag, which will read the flight information and display it on the tag’s e-paper screen. Earlier this year, Alaska introduced a new self-bag-drop system at Mineta San Jose Airport, which can be used with the new electronic baggage tags. “With customer and prospect meetings (31%); conferences, trade shows, and industry events (21%); and internal meetings with colleagues (17%) earmarked for a fair majority of their travel spend, it’s clear that face-to-face gatherings are seen as key to company strategies, objectives, and culture. SAS said it expects to receive necessary approvals for the contract deal from union members and the courts within a few weeks. The two airlines are already partners in a three-way trans-Atlantic joint venture with Star Alliance partner Lufthansa, but it doesn’t extend to U.S.-Canada transborder routes. Inbound travelers who are connecting to a domestic flight at one of those four airports can be tested at their final destination. “While that seems to be trending in a promising direction, business travelers — particularly those at large companies — remain skeptical that their travel will increase dramatically in the near term,” J.D. Power said. “In fact, one-in-five (20%) employee business travelers say they are unsure they will make a trip for purposes such as a customer meeting during the next six months,” J.D. Power said. The Points Guy counted Santa Rosa as the 25th city to be dropped from United’s network since the pandemic began and the regional airline industry began to suffer from a shortage of pilots. Although leisure travel has been booming this year despite higher airfares and operational problems like higher-than-usual rates of cancellations, delays and lost luggage, business travel continues to lag behind in its post-2020 recovery.