Resorts World Bimini Plans December 26 Reopening
Bahamas property Resorts World Bimini will reopen on December 26, offering guests a “Safe in the Sun!” health and safety… Read More »
Preferred Hotels & Resorts Announces 15 New Properties for 2021
Preferred Hotels & Resorts, the world’s largest independent hotel brand, announced on December 9 that fifteen new properties are slated… Read More »
Israeli gov’t prepared to upgrade aid to El Al – report
Israel’s Ministry of Finance will improve the state aid it has promised to El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv… Read More »
France’s HOP! to become all Embraer operator
HOP! (A5, Paris Orly) is to become an all-Embraer carrier and be re-integrated into the Air France (AF, Paris CDG)… Read More »
Tajikistan’s Somon Air doubles B737 MAX plans
Somon Air (SZ, Dushanbe) has boosted its fleet renewal plans and intends to add two, rather than one, B737-8s, Chief… Read More »
Boeing Reports More 737 MAX Order Cancellations Despite Recertification
Despite an upcoming return to service, Boeing reported more 737 MAX order cancellations. According to The Associated Press, the airplane manufacturer announced… Read More »
Will Southwest Furloughs Spur Relief Package?
As if billions of dollars lost and tens of thousands of employees already laid off wasn’t enough, perhaps the first furloughs in… Read More »
Flight Forced to Make Emergency Landing After Engine Malfunctions
A Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu to Kahului had to make an emergency landing Monday barely 20 minutes after takeoff…. Read More »
American Airlines First to Launch Domestic COVID-19 Testing Program
American Airlines announced the expansion of its pre-flight COVID-19 testing program for domestic travel. The carrier revealed that starting on December… Read More »
Aviation Legend Chuck Yeager Dies at 97
One of the greatest legends in aviation history has died. Chuck Yeager, the first man to break the sound barrier… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Teams With Coca-Cola on Holiday Vacation Contest
Delta Air Lines has announced a new partnership with Coca-Cola designed to salvage what’s left of 2020 and bring people together… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Puts 2021 Flights on Sale From $49 One-Way
Southwest Airlines customers can coast to a winter getaway or give the gift of travel this holiday season during the low-cost carrier’s… Read More »
Amtrak Adding New Digital Payment Options
Amtrak is offering new digital payment options to make it easier for passengers to book travel. The rail company’s updated payment… Read More »
What Your Clients Need to Know About Hyatt Zilara Resorts
With nearly 20 properties located throughout Mexico, Jamaica and the Dominican Republic, Playa Hotels & Resorts has several options for travel advisors… Read More »
AC Hotels by Marriott Opening Its First Property in the Dominican Republic
Marriott will soon be expanding its lifestyle-led AC Hotels brand into the Dominican Republic with the opening of its new AC Punta Cana property in… Read More »
Israel’s El Al inks cooperation MOU with Gulf Air
Following on from the normalisation of ties between Israel and Bahrain, El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion)… Read More »
Norway’s Flyr start-up reveals credo and chief executive
The new Norwegian start-up carrier spearheaded by businessman Erik Gunnar Braathen has been given the name Flyr (Oslo Gardermoen) and… Read More »
Norwegian seeks creditor protection in Norway
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has filed for bankruptcy protection in Norway after applications for examinership in Ireland by its Norwegian… Read More »
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines to raise $320mn in debt issuance
Pegasus Airlines (PC, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) is set to issue debt securities worth up to TRY2.5 billion lira (USD320.6 million)… Read More »
Ryanair to open Treviso base in 2Q21, closes Vienna at YE20
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will deploy two B737-800s to Venice Treviso Sant Angelo Airport to cover an anticipated surge in… Read More »
Greece’s Aegean Airlines to open three new bases in 2Q21
Aegean Airlines (A3, Athens Int’l) will open bases in Mykonos, Kerkyra, and Santorini during the Summer 2021 season. In a… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Vietravel Airlines adds first aircraft, an A321
Vietravel Airlines (Hue Phu Bai Int’l) took delivery of its first aircraft, an A321-200, following the arrival of VN-A278 (msn… Read More »
Bomb Threat Reportedly Closes Runway at New York’s JFK Airport
A runway at a major New York City airport was shut down on Sunday as police allegedly investigated reports of… Read More »
RV Rentals to Thrive in 2021
A new survey found that recreational vehicle (RV) rentals will remain strong in 2021, with millennials showing the greatest interest. According to… Read More »
Hotel Waya Guajira Achieves Colombian Heath Seal
Colombia’s Hotel Waya Guajira, an eco-resort in the La Guajira department on the country’s Caribbean coast, this week received the Colombian… Read More »
Explore ‘The Reserve’ at Paradisus Playa del Carmen
Everyone is dreaming up the perfect vacation, and many of these dreams consist of long days spent in the sun,… Read More »