Kalibri: Weekly U.S. Hotel ADR Within 4 Percent of 2019 Level
The U.S. hotel average daily rate for the week ending June 25 was just 4 percent below the rate for… Read More »
CBRE: Rate to Lead U.S. Hotel RevPAR Recovery as Occupancy Lags
The U.S. hotel average daily rate will exceed 2019 levels by 2024, according to the latest CBRE Hotels Research forecast,… Read More »
Porter Airlines returns this fall with service to 4 U.S. cities
Toronto-based Porter Airlines announced Monday that it will begin service to four U.S. cities, including Boston, in September, after suspending operations for… Read More »
Airline passenger could be fined $13K for drinking, face mask violations on flights
A passenger on a flight from San Diego to Las Vegas in January may be fined up to $13,000 for… Read More »
Transair Hawaii adds first B737-400 freighter
Transair Hawaii (R9, Honolulu) is set to add its first B737-400(SF), having registered B737-400 N251AU (msn 25104) in late April… Read More »
Icelandair to raise its share capital to $274mn
Icelandair Group shareholders are to vote on a proposal to increase the company’s share capital by ISK5.6 billion krona (USD45.1… Read More »
Romania’s Blue Air eyes UK IPO via reverse takeover
Ridgecrest, a cash shell company based in Surrey in the United Kingdom, announced plans on July 6 to engineer a… Read More »
Ireland’s Emerald Airlines eyes Aer Lingus ops in early 4Q21
Aer Lingus Regional services could be back in the air by October with final contracts to be signed soon with… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet confirms it will separate cargo “lifeline”
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) plans to “hive-off the cargo business to operate as a separate entity,” in the words of… Read More »
DR Congo’s flyCAA set to resume A320 operations
Five years after it retired all of its A320-200s, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s flyCAA (BU, Kinshasa N’Djili) took delivery… Read More »
EU approves open skies with Armenia, Tunisia, Ukraine
The Council of the European Union, a gathering of the bloc’s ministers, has approved the signing of four open skies… Read More »
American Airlines and Sabre to face-off in new court case
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Sabre Airline Solutions, seeking a temporary injunction preventing its… Read More »
Brussels backs further €40mn state aid to prop up Alitalia
The European Commission has concluded that EUR39.7 million euros (USD47.1 million) in further assistance the Italian government had asked… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines signs up for first part of $174mn loan
Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) took one step back from the brink of bankruptcy on July 3 when it signed a… Read More »
PIA Pakistan to issue $127mn sukuk this month
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) will issue a ten-year sukuk later this month, worth up to… Read More »
Bangladesh again grounds domestic flights
Domestic flights in Bangladesh have been suspended until July 14, 2021, in line with a strict week-long COVID-19 lockdown following… Read More »
Allianz: 9 trends to watch as aviation readies for post Covid-19 takeoff
The sudden halt imposed on the aviation industry by the Covid-19 crisis hit the sector hard. In April 2020, two-thirds… Read More »
Hahn Air Appoints New Airline Business VP
Hahn Air has named Christoph Althoff, a former executive at airline AI technology supplier PROS and Amadeus, as VP of… Read More »
S. Korean defense agency develops tech for the production of palm oil-based bio jet fuel
South Korea’s state defense research agency has acquired core technologies for the production of palm oil-based bio jet fuel. Through… Read More »
German air taxi startup Volocopter gains key production certification
German flying taxi startup Volocopter said it was acquiring long-time partner DG Flugzeugbau, in a step that secures its compliance… Read More »
Very light alcohol aerogel sound insulation will make aircraft engines 80% quieter
In aviation, any advancement in design must either reduce weight or the benefit has to be worth the extra weight…. Read More »
Transavia France to expand at Stockholm Arlanda with new direct route to Paris
The French low-cost carrier Transavia France is growing at Stockholm Arlanda and is expanding its range of destinations to France… Read More »
Jordan Aviation launched new direct flights linking Amman and Muscat
Muscat Airport welcomed the addition of a new airline with the opening of services by Jordan Aviation, who began operating… Read More »
New service takes off on Gold Coast’s third top route
June 25th Update: South Australians and Queenslanders have even more opportunities to explore each other’s backyards after the commencement of… Read More »
Krasnodar Airport received the first flight of Eurowings from Dusseldorf
The first board of the low-cost air carrier Eurowings (a subsidiary of Lufthansa) was received in Krasnodar airport in a… Read More »
Istanbul Airport’s “Airport Health Accreditation” Certificate was Renewed
Istanbul Airport, which has been drawing attention with the health measures taken during the pandemic, was deemed worthy of this… Read More »