FAA Fines for Unruly Behavior This Year Exceed $1 Million
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced that it has proposed another $531,545 in civil penalties against more than 30 airline… Read More »
Avelo Airlines Expands To East Coast With Nonstop Florida Flights
Avelo Airlines is wasting no time expanding to the East Coast, announcing plans to launch service from Connecticut’s Tweed-New Haven… Read More »
Crystal Cruises Announces New Caribbean Sailings for Winter
Crystal Cruises will be sending its Crystal Symphony ship to the Caribbean this winter, sailing from late November through March 2022… Read More »
Disney Cruise Line Reveals New Details About the Disney Wish
Disney Cruise Line has been sharing regular updates about the fleet’s newest ship, the Disney Wish, setting sail for the first time… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet has cargo business valued at $344mn
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) is in talks with several private equity funds as it looks to raise cash by separating… Read More »
Latvia’s airBaltic secures approval for €90mn more state aid
Another EUR90 million euros (USD105 million) of Latvian public money has been promised to airBaltic (BT, Riga) to help keep… Read More »
Hong Kong’s Greater Bay Airlines outlines initial network
Greater Bay Airlines (HGB, Hong Kong Int’l) has said on its website that it plans to begin international operations to… Read More »
Denmark’s Alsie Express to launch international flights
Alsie Express (6I, Sønderborg) is set to foray into the international market with plans to launch seasonal scheduled services between… Read More »
Philippines AirAsia to resume international flights by 1Q22
Philippines AirAsia (Z2, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) intends to restart international flights by the first quarter of 2022 after resuming… Read More »
US penalises Chinese carriers in tit-for-tat politics
In tit-for-tat politics, the US Department of Transportation (DOT) is restricting passenger loads on a number of US-bound flights of… Read More »
US’s Spirit Airlines counts the cost of flight cancellations
The cancellation of more than 2,826 flights over an 11-day stretch between July 30 and August 9, 2021, has cost… Read More »
Interpol issues warrant for founder of Mexico’s Interjet
Following the arrest warrant issued in Mexico last month for Interjet (AIJ, Toluca) co-founder Miguel Alemán Magnani, Interpol has now… Read More »
Boeing and Alaska Airlines commence flight trials for key new components of Inmarsat’s Iris air traffic modernisation programme
Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, has announced its participation in this year’s Boeing ecoDemonstrator programme. The… Read More »
Menzies expands footprint with acquisition in Central America and contract momentum in Oceania
John Menzies plc (“Menzies”), the global aviation services business, is pleased to announce further expansion in Central America with the… Read More »
Boeing Should Consider Developing a 737 Replacement Instead of the 797 NMA
The Covid epidemic changed the air transport landscape drastically. Small jets are in, big jets are out. During 2020 and… Read More »
How hard is it to recycle a Boeing 747 jumbo jet?
Thanks to the pandemic and the subsequent collapse in air travel, around a quarter of the world’s passenger jets remain… Read More »
Spirit Airlines says canceled flights cost it $50 million
Spirit Airlines said Monday the cancellation of more than 2,800 flights over an 11-day stretch this summer cost the budget… Read More »
Insights: Combating hackers in the travel sector
Hotels and airlines are prime targets for hackers, and training staff to recognize phishing scams, constant software updates and locking… Read More »
Ritz-Carlton resort offers spa-cation
The Ritz-Carlton Ras Al Khaimah, Al Wadi Desert will offer a spa-cation through the end of September that includes a… Read More »
The state of NYC’s economy and real estate market
New York City’s economy is showing several signs of improvement, including progress in apartment leasing, hotel occupancy and restaurant seating…. Read More »
Conn. Brutalist building reborn as hotel
A Brutalist concrete office building in New Haven, Conn., will see new life as a modernist hotel scheduled to open… Read More »
Ohio’s Cedar Point plans hotel, other upgrades
Cedar Fair Entertainment Company has announced new additions and upgrades coming to its properties in Ohio next year. Plans for… Read More »