American Travelers Reveal Sentiments on Emotional Support Animal Ban
Earlier this year, several airlines banned labeling emotional support animals as service animals, which means that they might have to be flown… Read More »
US Has 10 Consecutive Days of 1 Million Air Passengers
For the first time in more than a year since the coronavirus outbreak was declared a pandemic, more than 1… Read More »
TSA Announces Expansion of PreCheck Program
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced the expansion of its PreCheck expedited screening program. The official TSA website revealed it had expanded… Read More »
Four Seasons Growing Portfolio Domestically and Internationally in 2021
As part of a 60th anniversary celebration, Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is looking to the future with a growing… Read More »
How Hotels Can Better Meet Accessibility Needs
Handiscover, a leading accessibility and disability data organization, found that over a third of people with disabilities in America say… Read More »
American Queen Steamboat Company’s American Countess Christened in New Orleans
After a bit of drama, American Queen Steamboat Company’s (AQSC) American Countess was christened on March 21 in New Orleans by… Read More »
Royal Caribbean CEO Says Cruising Is Safe, Vaccines Work
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. CEO Richard Fain shared another video updating travel agents and travelers alike on the state of… Read More »
Atlas Ocean Voyages Provides Seamless Experience With Private Jet
Atlas Ocean Voyages brings “all-inclusive” cruising to the next level. The luxe-adventure expedition cruise brand has added private jet service to… Read More »
Costa To Resume Cruising in May
Costa Cruises has changed its plans to reopen in March, moving its cruising dates for two of its cruises back to… Read More »
British Airways mulls sale of HQ due to homeworking
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) is considering selling the building near London Heathrow that houses its headquarters, as the switch… Read More »
Norfolk Island sees resumption fo commercial pax flights
Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the South Pacific, has become the focus of a bun fight between Qantas (QF,… Read More »
Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace bags four non-binding offers
Italian aerospace manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace (Genoa) has received four non-binding offers for the acquisition of the group’s aircraft and engine… Read More »
Ohio’s Ultimate Air Shuttle to resume scheduled ops in 2Q21
Ultimate Air Shuttle (UE, Cincinnati Lunken) has announced that it will restart scheduled operations on April 12, 2021, more than… Read More »
Uganda Airlines dismisses Auditor-General’s debt claims
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) has denied it is indebted as claimed in a recent report by the country’s Auditor General,… Read More »
Egypt’s Air Cairo to expand into West Africa
Air Cairo (SM, Cairo Int’l) is to open a new route between Cairo Int’l and Conakry (Guinea) via Niamey (Niger)… Read More »
Alitalia newco to launch ops early 3Q21, plans asset tenders
ITA – Italia Trasporto Aereo, the newco Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino), must commence flight operations this summer, by June or… Read More »
Saudia inks historic $3bn fleet financing deal
Punted as the largest deal to date in Saudi Arabia’s aviation history, Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has clinched a SAR11.2 billion… Read More »
Ukraine will not nationalise Motor Sich – security secretary
Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), has said that there is currently no talk of… Read More »
Jet Airways deal hits new hurdle, ex-CEO eyes new airline
The acquisition of Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) by the consortium of London-based Kalrock Capital and Dubai-based businessman Murari Lal… Read More »
Lithuania’s Heston Airlines adds first A320
Heston Airlines (HST, Vilnius) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, A320-200 LY-FJI (msn 2157), as it inches towards its… Read More »
Airbus, Boeing vie as Qantas says “now is the time to buy”
As Airbus and Boeing vie for a multi-billion dollar Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) order to replace its ageing B737-800… Read More »
Kigali in final talks with Qatar over RwandAir equity
The Rwandan government is in “final talks” with Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) over the sale of a 49%… Read More »
Ariana Afghan Airlines looks to grow B737 fleet
Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) is on the market for a B737-500, almost six months after it sold its first… Read More »
Air China to acquire five A320neo, 13 A321neo
Air China (CA, Beijing Capital) has announced in a stock market filing that it will buy eighteen A320neo Family narrowbodies… Read More »
Three Biggest US Airlines Slashing Sports Sponsorships
There’s an old saying in the business world during times of financial crisis – the first thing that gets cut… Read More »
International Airlines Start To Roll Out Vaccine Passports
Travelers coming to the United States or flying internationally will soon be exchanging their paper proof of a coronavirus vaccination or negative… Read More »