Paradisus Launches The Reserve, An Upgraded Guest Experience
Paradisus by Meliá has announced the debut of The Reserve, a brand-wide upgraded guest experience within each Paradisus location. The… Read More »
Margaritaville Is Gifting Free Vacations to 16 Lucky Educators
Margaritaville has launched its first-ever “Educators: Our Everyday Heroes” giveaway, which begins today, May 3 to recognize the incredible educators who… Read More »
American Queen Steamboat Company Will Sail American Empress This June
American Queen Steamboat Company announced that the American Empress, which cruises along the Columbia and Snake rivers, will resume operating June… Read More »
Atlas Ocean Voyages Celebrates Travel Advisor Appreciation Month
Atlas Ocean Voyages always values Travel Advisors’ important role in supporting the cruise and travel industry. Kicking off Travel Advisor… Read More »
MSC Seaside Returns to Sea With New Destination in Mediterranean
MSC Seaside joined MSC Grandiosa back at sea this past Saturday, welcoming guests back on board for weekly 7-night cruises… Read More »
NCL Gifting Educators Free Cruises, School Donations
Norwegian Cruise Line announced today, May 3, that it has launched its “Norwegian’s Giving Joy” contest, which gifts educators three cruises… Read More »
Carnival Celebrates Travel Advisor Day With Rewards, Tool Kit
In honor of National Travel Advisor Day on May 5, Carnival Cruise Line is celebrating with a special webinar, a rewards points… Read More »
Kenyan carriers resume scheduled domestic flights
Kenyan airlines have resumed domestic flights following the lifting of COVID-19 travel restrictions to/from the capital Nairobi. From May 2,… Read More »
Kampala sends Uganda Airlines’ execs on leave
Members of the Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) management team, including Chief Executive Officer Cornwell Muleya, have been placed “on leave”… Read More »
Canada’s Jazz Air adds first E175
Jazz Air (QK, Halifax) has added the first seven of twenty-five E175s transferred from Sky Regional Airlines (KV, Montréal Trudeau)… Read More »
JetBlue Airways takes first A321neo(LR)
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) took delivery of the first of its A321-200NX(LR) on April 29, 2021, after N4022J… Read More »
India restricts airlines to 80% capacity until end mid-2Q21
India’s domestic airlines may continue to operate 80% of their 2020 summer domestic schedules until May 31, 2021, according to… Read More »
Botswana’s Mack Air debuts scheduled int’l pax ops
Botswana’s first private airline, Mack Air (MKB, Maun), is putting its regional scheduled plans into action with the launch on… Read More »
Wisconsin’s Midwest Express sees renewed investor interest
Midwest Express Airlines (Milwaukee General Mitchell) is moving forward with its planned relaunch after COVID-19 had forced it to put… Read More »
US greenlights flights by Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines
Plans by Taiwan’s Starlux Airlines (JX, Taipei Taoyuan) for long-haul flights to Los Angeles Int’l have been given the thumbs… Read More »
Mexico’s VivaAerobus obtains $150mn loan from US investor
VivaAerobus (VB, Monterrey General Mariano Escobedo) has announced that “as part of its growth and expansion plans” it has signed… Read More »
A350s back on SriLankan Airlines’ radar post-COVID
SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo Int’l) is planning to take advantage of depressed lease rates to renew its ageing widebody fleet… Read More »
Viet Nam’s Bamboo Airways raises charter capital – again
Bamboo Airways (QH, Hanoi) continues to increase its registered charter capital, announcing on April 29 a rise to VND16 trillion… Read More »
UK’s flybe. secures Heathrow slots
flybe. (BE, Exeter) is edging towards its relaunch under new ownership and a certificate issued to shell company Thyme Opco,… Read More »
Air Seychelles to be 100% Seychellois in Etihad deal
Seychelles will take full ownership of its flag carrier, having reached an agreement with Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l)… Read More »
Southwest Flight Attendant Sues Her Own Airline After Husband’s COVID-19 Death
A Southwest Airlines flight attendant has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against her own carrier, alleging that loose COVID-19 health… Read More »
Could We Someday Leave Liquids and Laptops in our Bags at Airport Security?
Imagine not having to take liquids and laptops out of your carry-on bags anymore while going through Transportation Security Administration… Read More »
Delta’s Last Flight Blocking Middle Seats Signals End of Social Distancing
The great social distancing experiment on airplanes is officially over. Delta Air Lines has flown its final flight while blocking… Read More »
The Beverly Hilton Reboots Hollywood Glamor With Refreshed Spaces
Los Angeles is a city of storied hotels. Some figure prominently in films, while others are beloved as long-time haunts… Read More »
President Biden Helps Amtrak Celebrate Its 50th Anniversary
In 1972, when Joe Biden was a newly elected U.S. Senator from the state of Delaware, his first wife and… Read More »
SAA exits bankruptcy protection with equity deal in sight
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has exited bankruptcy protection with its administrators declaring it “both solvent and liquid”… Read More »