Sign of better times: Marriott buys 19 resorts
Marriott International is acquiring 19 resorts with nearly 7,000 rooms in the Caribbean and Central America from Sunwing Travel Group… Read More »
Milan: Football City
The first day of the long-awaited 26th World Route Development Forum in Milan, postponed because of the world pandemic, will… Read More »
Air Namibia ceases operations, gov’t to announce liquidation
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has announced the cancellation of all its operations, effective February 11, as the country’s government… Read More »
Air Mauritius to slash widebody fleet
Starting March 1, 2021, Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) will slash its widebody fleet to four Airbus aircraft and retain its… Read More »
India’s GoAir revives IPO plans – report
GoAir (G8, Mumbai Int’l) has revived plans to raise cash, reportedly INR30 billion rupees (USD411.8 million), by launching an Initial… Read More »
UK’s Eastern Airways unveils first E190 routes
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has announced it will launch two new routes to Gibraltar in May 2021, which are also… Read More »
Wick, United Kingdom secures PSO funding
The Scottish Government has announced it will make GBP4 million pounds (USD5.5 million) in Public Service Obligation (PSO) grants available… Read More »
Canadian North to add first B737NG
Canadian North (5T, Yellowknife) is set to add its first B737-700 in the form of C-FHBO (msn 32768), director (flight… Read More »
Frontier Airlines to open Tampa base, plans for Atlanta
Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) will establish a crew base at Tampa Int’l in May 2021, and plans… Read More »
Wizz Air to open Sarajevo base in 2Q21
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) is to station an A320 in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, from May 20, 2021, representing the… Read More »
Aeroméxico seeks four more months to file restructuring plan
Grupo Aeroméxico has asked the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to extend the deadline… Read More »
Air Canada temporarily cuts US flights, lays off 1,500
Air Canada is temporarily laying off more than 1,500 additional employees and suspending service on 17 international routes, including flights… Read More »
Delta’s “Watch Tower” closely monitors vaccine shipments
Delta Air Lines’ “Vaccine Watch Tower” gives special attention to vaccine shipments, following each shipment from booking to delivery. “We… Read More »
Pandemic shrank US airline workforce by about 60K
The number of people employed by US airlines has rebounded slightly from its low in the fall of 2020 but… Read More »
Lawmakers propose extending airline payroll support
The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package proposal includes $14 billion for extended airline payroll support, $8 billion for airports and… Read More »
$1B project with hotel in Austin, Texas, area OK’d
A proposed $1 billion complex that would include a hotel and conference center along with housing, retail and a 4-acre… Read More »
The Londoner Macao debuts at Cotai Strip in China
The first phase of The Londoner Macao opens Monday at the Cotai Strip in China, just in time for the… Read More »
Delta Vacations will only book non-US hotels offering tests
To help travelers comply with the requirement for COVID-19 testing before returning to the US, Delta Vacations will only book… Read More »
79 hotels slated to open this year in Dubai
According to data from TopHotelProjects, more than 150 hotels are under construction in Dubai, UAE, with 79 hotels scheduled to… Read More »
Hoteliers add COVID-19 tests to amenities
US hotel companies and travel agencies are scrambling to cope with the latest pandemic-linked challenge by folding in COVID-19 testing,… Read More »
More details revealed on 2nd-tallest NYC tower
New images reveal more about RXR Realty and TF Cornerstone’s plans for what will be New York City’s second-largest tower…. Read More »
100 days BER: a successful start / The airport is fully operational
Due to coronavirus pandemic, only 700,000 passengers could be handled The airport company is satisfied with the launch of Berlin… Read More »
Another Super Bowl in the Books for TPA
A year of planning and preparation. Thousands of volunteers and excited fans. Hundreds of private planes. Countless VIPs. The Super… Read More »
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines set to issue $21mn worth of bonds
Pegasus Airlines (PC, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) has announced it will issue TRY150 million lira (USD21 million) worth of 365-day bonds…. Read More »
Canada’s Sunwing receives takeover offer, says CEO
The chief executive of Sunwing Travel Group, Stephen Hunter, has revealed that its low-cost subsidiary Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson)… Read More »
United, American, Hawaiian warn of job losses in early 2Q21
Airlines in the United States have issued fresh warnings of job losses once the second round of payroll support expires… Read More »