Welcome to the next edition of the Family Travel Association newsletter.
The past few weeks have been busy at the FTA, ever since the announcement by United Airlines — and then American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Frontier Airlines (as of press time) — that they are changing their policy to make it easier for families to sit together on flights. The FTA has been advocating for this change for many years, and it’s gratifying to see the airlines finally respond.
You might have seen the FTA comment on the topic in many local and national news sources, including television news segments in the Northeast, USA Today, The Points Guy and more. In addition to sharing the FTA view on the airlines’ decision, we are all hoping that the momentum from this media attention will help shed light on other issues affecting family travel, including making travel more affordable and more accessible for all types of families.
As you’ll read in this newsletter, the FTA has a lot going on, but advocating to make travel better for families helps to grow family travel overall, which in turn benefits all our members. Feel free to reach out to Kasie Smith (kasie@serendipity-media.com) if you have suggestions for other ways the FTA can engage in this mission.
-Ken Shapiro, President of the Board of the Family Travel Association