Study by Stirling University reveals how safe cabin air really is
A researcher at a Scots university has lifted the lid on “fume events” on commercial aircraft, where oil leaks into… Read More »
Korean Air flight attendant with coronavirus reportedly flew between South Korea and US twice
The South Korean Center for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed that the Korean Air flight attendant diagnosed with coronavirus… Read More »
Vistara is India’s first domestic airline to offer in-flight Internet access
A partnership agreement between Panasonic Avionics and Tata Group subsidiary Nelco Limited is set to make Vistara India’s first domestic… Read More »
HNA Group asks Chinese government for help
HNA Group, a once-acquisitive Chinese travel conglomerate and the parent group of Hainan Airlines, has asked the government of China’s… Read More »
Marriott Waives Cancellation Fees in Response to Outbreak
Marriott International has released a statement today regarding its handling of the COVID-19 outbreak that has been affecting the travel industry… Read More »
Club Med’s Spring Into Summer Sale
Club Med has just launched its Spring into Summer sale in which guests can spend their next winter or summer… Read More »
Hotels Catering to the Rise of Voluntourism
These Hotels are Making Voluntourism Easy for Travelers Voluntourism—or the act of volunteering while on vacation—is on the rise. As… Read More »
Amtrak Offers Two-Day Leap Year Sale
To celebrate the extra day in February, Amtrak is offering customers 50 percent off ticket purchases with its Leap Year… Read More »
U.S. airlines and hotels are extending options to rebook travel
U.S. airlines and hotels are extending options for customers to rebook travel to a growing list of countries, including Italy,… Read More »
ItaliaRail Launches Real-Time Rail Booking Solution for Travel Advisors
ItaliaRail, the largest seller of Italian train tickets outside of Italy, has just announced the launch of its online retail… Read More »
Space industry and travel predictions for 2020
In 2019, the U.S. Space Force was formally established, NASA received a 2024 deadline for returning Americans to the moon,… Read More »
Lufthansa is offering employees unpaid leave and deferring new hirings
Lufthansa is offering employees unpaid leave and deferring the hiring of new flight attendants and station personnel-even though they already… Read More »
Judge rejects Britain’s London Heathrow Airport expansion plan
The expansion of Heathrow Airport was declared unlawful by an appeal court judge on Thursday, a major setback for the… Read More »
FAA proposes 737NG flight control software inspections and updates
The Federal Aviation Administration intends to require airlines to inspect flight control computers on more than 500 737NGs to address… Read More »
Airfares from South Korea to China shoot up amid covid-19 fears
Airfares from South Korea to China have spiked amid a growing coronavirus outbreak on the southern half of the Korean… Read More »
Brightline Reports Substantial Ridership Growth to Begin 2020
Brightline has released ridership numbers for the month of January 2020, showing an increase of 56 percent compared to January… Read More »
All Nippon ANA orders 11 Boeing 787-10 and four 787-9s jets
Boeingand ANA Holdings announced the Japanese airline group today decided to acquire up to 20 more 787 Dreamliner airplanes. The… Read More »
EU certifies the Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion
European authorities have certified the Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter conversion undertaken by the airframer’s EFW joint venture with ST Engineering. Approval… Read More »
Pilot of Pegasus airplane that skidded off Istanbul airport runway arrested
An Istanbul court has ordered the arrest of the captain pilot of a Pegasus Airlines plane that skidded off a… Read More »
Virgin Galactic hints at more delays for start of SpaceShipTwo commercial flights
Virgin Galactic executives suggested Feb. 25 that the beginning of commercial flights of its SpaceShipTwo suborbital vehicle might slip again,… Read More »
China Eastern’s OTT Airlines will operate Chinese-made jets
China Eastern Airlines launched on Wednesday a fresh subsidiary – OTT Airlines – to push home-grown aircraft to wider markets,… Read More »
FAA issues a new round of safety fixes for the Boeing 737 Max
Federal aviation regulators issued a new round of safety fixes for Boeing’s beleaguered 737 Max jetliners, mandating repairs to sections… Read More »