There is not a whole lot of news here to tell you the truth. Once again consumer spending is driving the economy and keeping it above water. Without significant business investment and spending, it cannot continue forever. As for business travel, I expect demand to remain below what we saw in the 80s and 90s for the very fact technology makes many trips obsolete. If you can videoconference or teleconference meetings now, it takes out a major incentive to business travelers to get in the car, drive to the airport, show up an hour before departure, fight their way through security, then board 30 minutes before departure, and take an hour to deplane and drive to where you are going on the other end. I am sure PineyBob can attest this is especially true on shorter hops.
The fact remains the travel environment for high paying business travelers has changed, and most likely it has changed forever.
The fact remains the travel environment for high paying business travelers has changed, and most likely it has changed forever.