Hyatt To Acquire Apple Leisure Group, Doubling Global Resorts Footprint
Hyatt Hotels Corporation announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire leading North American resort-management, travel and hospitality… Read More »
Hilton Vallarta Riviera All-Inclusive Resort Opens
Hilton’s newest all-inclusive resort in Mexico has officially opened today, August 16, called the Hilton Vallarta Riviera All-Inclusive Resort, located in… Read More »
Uniworld Now Requires All Passengers To Be Vaccinated
Uniworld Boutique River Cruises is the latest travel company requiring all of its travelers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19. The… Read More »
Air New Zealand again defers capital raise
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) has again deferred its plans to raise capital, this time until the first quarter… Read More »
Air Travel Sales Slip Due To COVID-19 Delta Variant
More evidence that the Delta variant, the strain of COVID-19 that has suddenly become more prevalent in the world, is… Read More »
AmaWaterways Adds Third Seven River Journeys
AmaWaterways’ new Seven River Journeys are generating tremendous demand and the cruise line has added another 47-day sailing. A new Seven River Journey will… Read More »
Norwegian Cruise CEO Calls Florida Vaccine Mandate Appeal ‘Shameful’
Norwegian Cruise Line is setting sail once again. The cruise line resumed operations with crew and passengers 100 percent vaccinated. CEO… Read More »
Berlin to cut stake in Lufthansa from 20% to 15%
Germany’s Finance Agency (Bundesrepublik Deutschland Finanzagentur – BDF) revealed on August 16 that the stabilisation fund assembled to keep Lufthansa… Read More »
Zimbabwe’s Fly City Air targets 3Q21 launch
Zimbabwean startup Fly City Air (Harare Int’l) is set to introduce its first scheduled flight on September 9, 2021, between… Read More »
South Korea’s Jin Air plans $157.5mn recapitalisation
Jin Air (LJ, Jeju) will strengthen its capital by an additional KRW183.4 billion won (USD157.5 million) by issuing both new… Read More »
Denmark’s Star Air settles on B767 freighter for growth
Star Air (Denmark) (SRR, Copenhagen Kastrup) has secured a B767-200 freighter from Air Transport Services Group with service-entry set for… Read More »
American invests in hubs, hires thousands as travel rebounds
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) continues to invest in its hubs and plans to bring back thousands of employees and… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet to pursue separate AOC for cargo unit
India’s Minister of Civil Aviation VK Singh has said that SpiceXpress & Logistics, the cargo division of SpiceJet (SG, Delhi… Read More »
Helvetic Airways completes the renewal of its Embraer aircraft fleet
Swiss regional airline Helvetic Airways took delivery of its twelfth latest-generation Embraer E-Jet E2 aircraft on the 15 August. The… Read More »
Turks and Caicos Will Soon Require All Visitors To Be Vaccinated
The paradisiacal Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos—revealed in a recent study to be one of the most sought-after destinations among American travelers… Read More »
Germany Tightens Restrictions on Travelers from US
Less than two months after opening its borders to U.S. citizens, Germany today began tightening travel restrictions on Americans as… Read More »
United Allows Basic Economy Customers to Make Free Changes
United Airlines is throwing its customers a nice big bone through the end of the year. United has restored its… Read More »
Harrah’s New Orleans to Require Vaccine or Negative Test to Enter
Harrah’s New Orleans Hotel & Casino is believed to be the first U.S. casino to require proof of vaccination or… Read More »
Norwegian Cruise Line Resumes Sailing From its Miami Homeport
Norwegian Cruise Lines (NCL) today celebrated two momentous milestones. Firstly, the Norwegian Gem began sailing once again from its homeport in Miami for… Read More »
Avianca files restructuring plan with US bankruptcy court
Avianca Holdings has announced that its board of directors approved the filing of its restructuring plan at the Bankruptcy Court… Read More »
Commercial flights to Afghanistan suspended
Foreign airlines have suspended commercial flights to Afghanistan following a take-over by Taliban forces. A NATO official at Kabul, the… Read More »
Avfuel and Embraer collaborate to bring Neste MY SAF to Melbourne Orlando Airport
Avfuel Corporation and Embraer are proud to announce their recent collaboration to bring Neste MY Sustainable Aviation FuelTM (SAF) to Melbourne… Read More »