8 Things You Need to Know About the Reopening of Hotels
A Safer Stay is on the Way Much like airlines and cruise lines, hotels will operate differently in a post-COVID-19… Read More »
Crystal Cruises Receives Blue Circle Environmental Award
The Port of Vancouver in British Columbia, Canada has recognized Crystal Cruises with a 2019 Blue Circle Award as part of the… Read More »
Carnival CEO Unsure When Cruises Will Return, Says Demand Still High
The CEO of Carnival Cruise Line recently said in an interview that he doesn’t know when the cruise line will sail again…. Read More »
Delta and GOL in talks to delay $300mn loan payment
A deal is expected soon to allow GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes (G3, Sao Paulo Congonhas) to delay payments related to… Read More »
Nunavut gov’t gives $18.2mn to Canadian North and Calm Air
The Government of Nunavut, the most northern territory of Canada, will give a total of CAD24.64 million Canadian dollars (USD18.2… Read More »
Alaska Airlines could cut up to 3,000 staff
Alaska Air Group could cut up to 3,000 employees, or 13% of its workforce, by 2021 due to reduced demand… Read More »
Finnair details $569mn rights issue, EC okays state role
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has released details of its fully underwritten EUR500 million euro (USD569 million) rights offering, a sum… Read More »
American and Delta Reactivate Planes as Summer Takes Off
With the lifting of many of the nationwide lockdowns, summer travel is officially starting to take off, and airlines are… Read More »
LaGuardia Airport Announces Opening Date for New Terminal
After a massive redevelopment project of LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B, officials announced the Arrivals and Departures Hall would open on… Read More »
Car Rental Companies Offering Cheap Prices, Better Vehicle Options
Despite coronavirus-related travel restrictions and several car rental companies filing bankruptcy, people looking to rent a vehicle this summer will likely… Read More »
La Coleccion Begins Reopening Process of Its Mexican Resorts on June 11
La Coleccion Resorts has begun the process of reopening its properties in Mexico on June 11, while also transitioning the Grand… Read More »
Karisma Begins First Phase of Hotel Reopenings on June 15
Karisma Hotels & Resorts will begin reopening its portfolio of properties in Mexico and the Caribbean on June 15 – and… Read More »
Sandals Resorts Announces Phased Reopening Plans for Caribbean Properties
The Sandals Resorts brand has become synonymous with the Caribbean and the properties are scheduled to begin a phased reopening over the… Read More »
Holland America Cancels Fall Vancouver, Early 2021 Hawaii Voyages
Holland America Line is canceling additional departures from the port of Vancouver, British Columbia, in fall 2020, as well as select… Read More »
Crystal Announces New Caribbean Itineraries for Fall 2020
Crystal Cruises announced two new seven-night Caribbean itineraries voyages for October and November on the Crystal Serenity. These cruises come with… Read More »
Variety Cruises to Resume Small-Ship Cruising July 24
Variety Cruises said it will relaunch sailing July 24 with the 24-cabin M/S Galileo yacht in Greece’s Cyclades islands. Other… Read More »
Viking Venus Floated Out at Fincantieri’s Shipyard in Ancona, Italy
The 930-passenger, 47,800-gross-ton Viking Venus cruise ship was floated out at the Fincantieri shipyard in Ancona, Italy, on June 11…. Read More »
Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas Heading to Port Everglades in 2021
Due to construction delays in Galveston, Royal Caribbean’s Allure of the Seas will operate out of Fort Lauderdale in 2021. During her… Read More »
Court stays SA Express liquidation until late 3Q20
South Africa’s High Court in Pretoria has delayed the liquidation proceedings of South African Express (XZ, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) until… Read More »
Airbus threatens to sue airlines that bail on deliveries
Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) is working with its airline customers to adjust terms of deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic and… Read More »
Emirates, flydubai cut thousands of jobs
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) laid off at least 600 pilots, predominantly first officers certified on the A380-800 type, in a… Read More »
Korean banks to renegotiate HDC’s acquisition of Asiana
The two state-owned banks that have provided KRW3.3 trillion won (USD2.7 billion) to Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon) over the… Read More »
Biman Bangladesh resorts to charters as demand plunges
Biman Bangladesh Airlines (BG, Dhaka) has begun offering charter flights to six domestic destinations as it seeks a way to… Read More »
Korean Air to receive another $840mn, sell land – reports
South Korea will give KRW1 trillion won (USD840 million) of its KRW40 trillion (USD33.6 billion) long-term industry stabilisation fund to… Read More »
Air Malta to resume ops from early 3Q20 as airport reopens
Air Malta (KM, Malta Int’l) will resume scheduled commercial passenger flights from July 1 as Malta Int’l reopens as part… Read More »
Belgium’s Air Antwerp to remain grounded through late 3Q20
Air Antwerp (WP, Antwerp) has announced that it will remain grounded through the end of August 2020 and will resume… Read More »