US Hotel Profitability Improved in October
STR reported some positive news on the domestic hotel front in its monthly P&L data release, noting that the September… Read More »
Preferred Hotels & Resorts to Debut 15 Properties in 2021
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is scheduled to unveil 15 properties next year in a wide range of destinations in the Americas… Read More »
Boutique Air clinches Altoona, PA EAS contract
Boutique Air (4B, San Francisco, CA) has been granted a two-year contract to service Altoona in Pennsylvania, starting on January… Read More »
Frontier Airlines sues lessor in clash over leaseback deal
Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) has sued Dublin-headquartered lessor AMCK Aviation for allegedly seeking to alter the terms of an… Read More »
AirAsia India plans more A320neo despite uncertainty
Despite speculation about its uncertain future and the ongoing strategic review at AirAsia Group, AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) is… Read More »
Nigeria’s First Nation CEO charged with fraud
A long-standing NGN2.1 billion naira (USD5.5 million) fraud case against First Nation Airways (FRN, Lagos) Chairman and Chief Executive Officer… Read More »
Air France repeats call for a stretched A220-300
Air France-KLM Chief Executive Ben Smith reaffirmed the group’s belief that a stretched version of the A220 Family aircraft “would… Read More »
Court clears hurdle for Korean Air-Asiana merger; LCCs fret
An attempt to derail the planned merger of Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) and Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) lost… Read More »
Global industry bodies call for the extension of slot relief
The leading global associations of airlines, airport operators, and slot coordinators have called upon the legislators to extend slot relief… Read More »
Kenya Airways launches Johannesburg cargo base
Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has moved into a market gap left my stricken South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg… Read More »
New Stimulus Package Proposal Calls for $17 Billion for Airlines
A new, bipartisan COVID-19 relief package would include $17 billion for the struggling airline industry, a spokeswoman for Senator Mark Warner… Read More »
Airlines Offering Safety Tours to Corporate Travel Managers
U.S. airlines are inviting corporate travel managers to tour their health and safety protocols in a bid to bring back business… Read More »
American Airlines Expands Digital Health Pass Trial, Pre-Flight COVID-19 Testing
American Airlines is expanding access to the VeriFLY mobile app and pre-flight COVID-19 testing this winter, making travel easier for passengers visiting… Read More »
FCC Quashes Proposal to Allow In-Flight Phone Calls
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has officially rejected a seven-year-old proposal to lift the ban on in-flight cellphone calls on… Read More »
World of Hyatt Halves Elite Status Earnings Requirements for 2021
World of Hyatt, Hyatt’s award-winning guest loyalty program, has just announced that it will enable members to achieve elite status… Read More »
airBaltic eyes IPO in 2022/3, opens Lithuanian entity
airBaltic (BT, Riga) has submitted a solution to Latvia’s Ministry of Transport to recover the EUR250 million euros (USD299 million)… Read More »
SpiceJet suspends seaplane ops for maintenance
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) suspended its only seaplane route on November 27, 2020, due to the maintenance of the DHC-6-300… Read More »
Bangladesh’s Air71 eyes 3Q21 launch with B757 freighters
Air71 (Dhaka) plans to commence operations in the third quarter of 2021 with two B757-200(F)s, the start-up told Cargo Facts…. Read More »
Appeal Court dismisses Airlink’s appeal for SAA millions
South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal has dismissed with costs a claim by Airlink (South Africa) (4Z, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo)… Read More »
Thailand’s K-Mile Air to add B737-800(F) for DHL ops
K-Mile Air (8K, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) is planning to add a B737-800(F) dedicated freighter in time for the March 2021 launch… Read More »
El Al mulls public bond sale, doubts going concern status
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has revealed that its board failed to reach a deal with… Read More »
Japan’s ANA Holdings looks to raise $3.2bn in added funding
Following rival JAL Group, which successfully raised JPY182.7 billion yen (USD1.5 billion), ANA Holdings has announced it will hold a… Read More »
Singapore Airlines, Tata Sons mull joint bid for Air India
Tata Sons is negotiating with its Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) joint-venture partner Singapore Airlines (SQ, Singapore Changi) about bidding together… Read More »
United Raises Miles for Dozens of Non-Profits That Rely on Travel
United is inviting MileagePlus members to give back on Giving Tuesday and throughout the holiday season by donating miles to nearly… Read More »
Sunday Became US Air Travel’s Busiest Day Since the Start of the Pandemic
November 29, the Sunday that closed out the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday travel window, proved to be the single busiest day for U.S…. Read More »
American Airlines Plans to Test 737 MAX With Employees Only
American Airlines, which has already committed to using the Boeing 737 MAX aircraft again now that it has been recertified, will run… Read More »