12 Oct
Travel

American Airlines Shuffles Top Executives as Damage Control Begins

Laura Buckman / American Airlines

American Airlines flight attendants take pictures in front of a plane at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport during an American Airlines and PSA Airlines pilot recruiting event on July 20, 2016. Laura Buckman / American Airlines

Skift Take: Offering up a sacrificial lamb to investors won’t do much to solve American Airlines’ operational issues, which are multifaceted in nature. Perhaps its new executive structure, though, will let it solve its woes more effectively than before. The rest of the U.S. aviation sector is watching.

— Andrew Sheivachman

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12 Oct
Travel

Beijing Daxing Airport Is a Giant Showcase for Public Art

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The atrium of Beijing Daxing International Airport, which was the site of its opening ceremony led by President Xi Jinping. N509FZ / Wikimedia Commons

Skift Take: Who needs the museum? Visitors are flocking to Beijing’s new airport, a gigantic wonderland filled with Chinese art both contemporary and traditional. Like Singapore Changi Airport, it has instantly become a destination in and of itself.

— Faye Chiu

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12 Oct
Travel

Saudi Tourist Visa Opens New Doors for Asia’s Muslim Travel Market

Vivian Nereim / Bloomberg

Red Sea waters off the town of Umluj in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia introduced a tourist visa Sept. 28 that will help expand its Muslim travel market.
Vivian Nereim / Bloomberg

Skift Take: Since Saudi Arabia introduced a new tourist visa on Sept. 28, the focus has been on what it means for non-Muslim leisure travelers. But the new visa holds a bigger significance for the huge Muslim travel market in Asia and elsewhere.

— Raini Hamdi

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12 Oct
Travel

A Post-Brexit Labor Market Will Severely Hurt UK Tourism’s Ability to Recruit

Andrew / Flickr

Tourists on a sightseeing bus. Andrew / Flickr

Skift Take: What will happen with Brexit is still anyone’s guess. But the end of the “freedom of movement” — which is the most likely outcome in the event of any Brexit deal or no deal — will present existential hiring challenges for the tourism sector’s labor force.

— Rosie Spinks

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