Business
I’m Jazmin Elliott, PR Specialist of the Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University, and this is a Strome Business Minute. I took six flights last week on American for business and every flight was full, with standby passengers that could not be accommodated. So when I read (REED) of empty flights and empty airports, I’m skeptical. I would expect any reductions to be limited to international travel, and that has been the case. But Southwest, which has almost no international routes, noted in a securities filing that it has been affected. According to the New York Times, Southwest CEO Gary Kelly said they began noticing the declines at the end of February, a few days before my travel. He said at a global air conference that the decline manifested rapidly. It’s too early to estimate the full impact or how long the decline will last. To learn more, visit odu.edu/business. This has been a Strome Business Minute, presented by the Strome College of Business at Old Dominion University.