Alaska, United Airlines aim to better serve visually impaired passengers
Alaska and United Airlines joined with Guide Dogs for the Blind and The Seeing Eye, two of North America’s leading… Read More »
Two Months After Going Public, Sun Country’s Main Investor Reduces Stake
Apollo Global Management, the chief investor that helped take Sun Country Airlines public two months ago, is selling part of… Read More »
La Compagnie To Resume Flights in June
La Compagnie, the boutique, all-business-class airline that only flies between France and New York, is set to resume flights next… Read More »
JetBlue Plane Diverted Due to ‘Erratic’ Passenger
A JetBlue flight from New York to San Francisco was forced to land in Minneapolis on Monday after the crew… Read More »
FAA Orders Boeing 737 Classic Inspections
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it would require carriers operating Boeing 737 Classic series planes to perform safety checks… Read More »
Lodging Industry Revises Mask Guidance
The American Hotel & Lodging Association has relaxed mask mandates for guests who are fully vaccinated following the revised CDC guidelines…. Read More »
New Innovations Coming to Sandals Royal Barbados
Sandals Royal Barbados is taking a step further into luxury this summer, as it gears up to debut the all-new… Read More »
Bahia Principe Grand Coba Reopens in Riviera Maya This Summer
Bahia Principe Hotels & Resorts, the leading all-inclusive resort brand with properties in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Spain, is pleased… Read More »
MSC Cruises to Resume Baltic Sea Sailings from Germany
MSC Cruises announced it would restart sailing from Germany on July 3. When MSC Seaview arrives in Kiel, it will become… Read More »
Viking Names Newest Ocean Ship in English Channel
Viking has named its newest ocean ship, the 930-passenger Viking Venus, during a celebration in the English Channel as the ship… Read More »
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic Increases Alaska Program
Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic plans to add additional voyages for the 2021 season in Alaska this summer due to “robust demand.” Lindblad will… Read More »
Norwegian Prima Debuts With Record-Breaking Sales
Earlier this month Norwegian Cruise Line named the Norwegian Prima, the first of six 142,500-gross-ton ships that can accommodate 3,215 passengers, with double… Read More »
Ryanair “quite upset” with ongoing B737 MAX delays
Ryanair Holdings is “quite upset” with Boeing and does not “necessarily believe” the manufacturer’s assertion that its B737-8-200 will start… Read More »
Defunct Fly Africa Zimbabwe in court again over debt
Defunct Fly Africa Zimbabwe (FZW, Harare Int’l) and its directors are being sued again in the Harare High Court, this… Read More »
Kenya’s Astral Aviation denies Somalian ban
Kenya’s Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has denied media reports that it has been banned from flying to Somalia… Read More »
Caribbean Airlines pitches voluntary retirements
After instituting furloughs and wage reductions, Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) (CAL) now wants to reduce staff through voluntary… Read More »
Viet Nam proposes airfare cap removal
The Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam has proposed removing a cap for airfares on domestic routes operated by the country’s… Read More »
Malta’s Freebird Airlines Europe opens Cologne-Bonn base
Freebird Airlines Europe (FHM, Malta Int’l) has stationed a single A320-200 at a new base at Cologne/Bonn, from where it… Read More »
North Carolina’s 21 Air adds first B767-200(BDSF) for DHL
21 Air (2I, Greensboro) has added its first B767-200(BDSF) under a CMI deal with DHL Express, Cargo Facts has reported…. Read More »
Canada’s Air Transat reacts to Péladeau’s withdrawal
Tour operator Transat AT has been caught off-guard by the public announcement on May 14 of media mogul Pierre Karl… Read More »
Cargojet mulls job shift to US over new Canadian rest rules
Most pilots at Canada’s Cargojet Airways (W8, Hamilton, ON) have voted against the carrier’s bid for an exemption from new… Read More »
India’s Vistara receives further $63.5mn boost to finances
In the fourth capital injection in Vistara (UK, Delhi Int’l) since April 2020 to bolster its finances amid the Covid-19… Read More »
British energy firm sues Air India to enforce $1.2bn award
In the latest twist in a long-running corporate tax case between the Indian government and Cairn Energy over a USD1.2… Read More »
Korea’s Eastar Jet stalks new investor, launches auction
Eastar Jet (ESR, Seoul Gimpo) announced on Monday, May 17, that it had launched an open auction to find an… Read More »
Florida’s Amerijet International eyes Boeing 757s, more 767s
Amerijet International (M6, Fort Lauderdale Int’l) is planning to significantly expand its fleet by the end of 2022 through the… Read More »
CDC adds screening guidelines for cruises
Cruise lines must now screen new passengers for COVID-19 symptoms. If they have been fully vaccinated, they may go on… Read More »