Delta Will Resume Hiring Pilots in June
Delta Air Lines has announced that it will resume hiring pilots as travel demand grows. A staff memo detailed the… Read More »
JetBlue’s First Airbus A220-300 Enters Scheduled Service
JetBlue Airways’ first Airbus A220-300 aircraft entered service on Monday with the first revenue flight from Boston Logan International Airport… Read More »
FAA Levying Heavy Fines to Disruptive Airline Passengers
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced it has levied fines of up to $31,750 for airline passengers who disrupted flights or interfered… Read More »
Delta Plans Enhanced Wi-Fi Connectivity
Delta Air Lines said it will enhance the WiFi onboard its planes, with plans to equip nearly all domestic mainline aircraft… Read More »
Amtrak Offering 50 Percent Off Fares to Celebrate 50th Anniversary
To celebrate Amtrak’s 50th anniversary, the rail company is offering fares at 50 percent off. Amtrak’s 50th Anniversary Sale offers… Read More »
What To Do During a Stay at MGM Grand Las Vegas
An icon along the Las Vegas Strip, MGM Resorts International’s MGM Grand pairs deluxe accommodations in the heart of Sin City… Read More »
Hotel Industry and Workers Call for Job Saving Legislation
In a rare display of unity, the American Hotel & Lodging Association (AH&LA), representing the hotel industry, and Unite Here,… Read More »
Hyatt Launches Hybrid Event Planning Services
Hyatt Hotels will now offer simpler and streamlined event planning services with attendee safety at the forefront with the new… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Plans Second Winter Season From Barbados
Royal Caribbean International announced a second winter season sailing from Bridgetown, Barbados, from November 2022 through April 2023. News of a… Read More »
Cruise Lines, CDC Discussing Caribbean Relaunch
Cruise lines operating in Caribbean waters are in discussions with Centers for Disease Control (CDC) officials to re-launch voyages to… Read More »
Celebrity Introduces Its Larger, Airier Ship Named Beyond
Celebrity Cruises shared the highlights of its newest ship, the 140,600-ton, 3,260-passenger Celebrity Beyond, which is scheduled to enter service on… Read More »
Three NCLH Cruise Brands Scheduled To Restart Operations Outside the US
Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings Ltd. will resume operations overseas with all three of its brands this summer. Oceania Cruises will… Read More »
Airports Company SA pulls plug on Mango
Mango Airlines (JE, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) was grounded on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, after the Airports Company South Africa (ACSA)… Read More »
Finnair ups savings target to €170mn on €149mn 1Q21 loss
As it posted another steep quarterly operating loss, EUR149.1 million euros (USD180.1 million) for the first quarter of 2021, Finnair… Read More »
Utah’s Breeze Airways boosts A220 order book – report
Breeze Airways (MXY, Salt Lake City) has reportedly ordered twenty incremental A220-300s increasing its total order for the type to… Read More »
Egypt’s Air Cairo takes delivery of maiden A320neo
Air Cairo (SM, Cairo Int’l) took delivery of its first A320-200N on April 26, 2021, the first of three it… Read More »
American Airlines joins Summer 2021 leisure wave
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has followed its rivals in announcing a panoply of new domestic leisure routes to cater… Read More »
Alitalia and successor ITA face “tragic” situation – CEO
Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino) faces a “tragic” situation as it cannot pay salaries to its employees for April until emergency… Read More »
Kyrgyzstan’s Air Manas takes delivery of first A220
Air Manas (MBB, Bishkek) took delivery of its first A220-300 on April 26, 2021, with plans to add another later… Read More »
N.Y. tour operator uses VR to market Italy
Perillo Tours, a New York tour operator, is using video and virtual reality to market its tours to Italy. One… Read More »
Survey: Travel advisors say summer bookings are up
In its latest Need to Know survey, TravelAge West found that 76% of the nearly 400 travel advisors who responded… Read More »
Md. Marriott teams up with doggie beer garden
Bethesda North Marriott Hotel has partnered with a dog park/beer garden that offers brews and treats for pooches and their… Read More »
Auction, foreclosure for 2 Calif. hotels seen as omen
A public auction and foreclosure are in the works for two hotels in California’s Silicon Valley whose owners defaulted on… Read More »
Corporate trip directors to hotels: How green are you?
Corporations making travel plans have dramatically increased their requests for sustainability data from hotels, according to various hospitality companies. The… Read More »
Oakland A’s to fund stadium portion of project with hotel
The Oakland A’s have pledged $1 billion to build a 35,000-seat stadium as the centerpiece of a $12 billion project… Read More »
Media push woos guests to Las Vegas hotel-casinos
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority kicked off a tourism ad campaign this week in anticipation of the return… Read More »