Lindblad Expeditions Restarts Voyages, Celebrates Construction Milestone
It’s a big week for Lindblad Expeditions. The adventure company restarted voyages in Alaska and the Galapagos and celebrated a construction milestone… Read More »
Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas Arrives at Nassau Port
Adventure of the Seas, the fifteen-deck Voyager-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International, arrived in Nassau on June 8. The… Read More »
Luxaviation, Lilium plan commercial electrical jetliner ops
Luxembourg-based Luxaviation (LXA, Luxembourg) is to support German electrical jet builder Lilium GmbH in establishing commercial electrical vertical take-off-and-landing operations… Read More »
Lufthansa Consulting to advise Sudan Airways
Lufthansa Consulting has confirmed it is in talks with the Sudanese government over a role in restructuring state-owned Sudan Airways… Read More »
Ryanair may delay B737 MAX induction
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) is considering deferring the delivery of its B737-8-200s until after the Summer 2021 season to avoid… Read More »
Denmark’s Star Air to add freighter capacity
Maersk-owned cargo carrier Star Air (Denmark) (SRR, Copenhagen Kastrup) is looking to expand its capacity by one or two aircraft,… Read More »
United Airlines to debut B737 MAX 8 ops in early 3Q21
United Airlines (UA, Chicago O’Hare) has scheduled its B737-8 commercial debut for July 15, 2021, although it has yet to… Read More »
American to deploy A321neo(XLR)s on transatlantic routes
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) intends to deploy incoming A321-200NX(XLR)s on transatlantic routes from Philadelphia Int’l, and possibly also from… Read More »
Ryanair to appeal if Italy channels state funding to ITA
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will lodge an appeal in the European courts against the EUR3 billion euros (USD3.65 billion) in… Read More »
Garuda Indonesia early terminates B737 leases
Garuda Indonesia (GA, Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta) will return two of its B737-800s to one of its lessors before the period of… Read More »
Hong Kong Airlines mulls job cuts, A330-only fleet
Following reports earlier in the week that it would do so, Hong Kong Airlines (HX, Hong Kong Int’l) told employees… Read More »
Cathay Pacific given extra year to tap $1bn gov’t loan
Hong Kong’s government has agreed to give Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) an extension on the drawdown period for… Read More »
France welcoming vaccinated travelers
France is reopening to vaccinated international travelers from countries on the green and amber lists, but the nation’s travel industry… Read More »
What does Google’s Android ID move mean for marketers?
Mobile Dev Memo’s Eric Seufert predicts a gradual impact from Google’s recent decision to let Android users opt out of… Read More »
Travel payment sector poised for shakeup
Nium, a startup in cross-border payments, is expanding into the travel industry with funding from Visa and its acquisition of… Read More »
Destination resilience tool to be available this summer
A new Destination Resilience Assessment Tool is a stress test for destination marketers and will give them information that can… Read More »
Carnival’s new Mardi Gras cruise ship makes US debut
Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras ship docked for the first time Friday at Port Canaveral in Florida. The ship… Read More »
Delta CEO anticipates return of business travel
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said the company expects “to be solidly profitable” in June and predicted that business… Read More »
What advisors need to know about romance travel
Travel advisors at the recent Restart Session, hosted by Ensemble Travel Group, said romance travel is already making its comeback,… Read More »
Chains must share blame for “deflagging”
Dropping brand affiliation, or “deflagging,” is on the rise among hoteliers for a variety of reasons, including lapsed performance on… Read More »
Vegas casinos line up July 4 fireworks as tourism explodes
As visitors return to Las Vegas in droves, several casino-hotels on the Strip have announced plans to resume fireworks celebrations… Read More »
UNWTO says half project travel rebounding by 2024
The United Nations World Tourism Organization has released its latest analysis if global travel, confirming what everyone knows — the… Read More »
Defiance launches travel business ETF
Defiance ETFs launched an exchange-traded fund that invests in companies in the travel and leisure businesses. The Defiance Hotel, Airline,… Read More »
Plaza suite where JFK slept sells at loss for under $20M
A four-bedroom suite at New York City’s Plaza Hotel, once a stopover for President John F. Kennedy, has sold for… Read More »
Valor adds 17 IHG-branded UK hotels in joint venture
Atlanta-based management firm Valor Hospitality Partners is doubling its UK portfolio by acquiring 17 regional IHG Hotels & Resorts-branded hotels…. Read More »
Gaming & Leisure closes on $480M Ind. casino-hotel deal
Gaming & Leisure Properties and Bally’s Corp. have closed on their $480 million purchase of Tropicana Evansville from Caesars Entertainment…. Read More »