Saudia Cargo, Alibaba ink air bridge pact
Saudia Cargo, a division of Saudia (SV, Jeddah), is to operate an air bridge between Asia and Europe via Saudi… Read More »
Kenya’s Astral Aviation opens Sharjah cargo base
Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has established its first Middle Eastern base at Sharjah, in the United Arab Emirates,… Read More »
Debt restructuring thins Khazanah’s Malaysia Airlines stake
Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, has said that its equity in Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) had been… Read More »
Gov’t to divest Air India groundhandler – report
India’s government is reportedly readying the sale of a profitable groundhandling unit belonging to Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) amid… Read More »
What’s Next for Airlines, Tourism After Relief Bill Passes Senate?
The U.S. Senate on Saturday passed the $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill, the third stimulus package in the last year,… Read More »
Lufthansa sees no future for A380s but will add B787-9s
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is unlikely to ever reactivate its fourteen mothballed A380-800s and will instead boost its medium-size widebody… Read More »
Millions Affected by Global Airline Data Breach
American, United, Lufthansa, Singapore and FinnAir are among several airlines whose frequent flyer information might have been compromised in a… Read More »
American 737 MAX Makes Emergency Landing
Ten weeks after American Airlines became the first commercial airliner to put the Boeing 737 MAX back in use, the… Read More »
How Grand Palladium Jamaica Is Keeping Health and Safety Top of Mind
Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa Located on the northeast coast of Jamaica, the Grand Palladium Jamaica Resort & Spa… Read More »
United Engine Failure Reportedly Came After Pilots Increased Speed
The National Transportation Safety Board on Friday said the engine that caught fire and failed last month on United Flight… Read More »
Study finds low particulate levels onboard aircraft
Commercial aircraft cabins at altitude had the lowest levels of aerosol particulates in the air compared to restaurants, stores, homes,… Read More »
Japan to decide this month about Olympics’ tourists
Japan says it will decide by the end of the month whether to ban international tourists from attending the Olympics…. Read More »
New factor in hotel choice: Sustainability
Sustainability can join the selling points for hotel selection thanks to a formula developed by the corporate lodging platform HRS…. Read More »
JetBlue is expanding into travel tech
JetBlue is trying to expand into a travel tech company to create more stability, says Eash Sundaram, JetBlue’s chief digital… Read More »
Partnership between Loews, Omni reflects new normal
A new partnership between Loews Hotels & Co. and Omni Hotels & Resorts will promote collaboration and cross-marketing with focus… Read More »
Lag in business travel may become permanent
The effect of the pandemic on the business travel industry has been 10 times more serious than both the Sept…. Read More »
Vaccinations put seniors in the mood — to travel
Some travel advisors are seeing an uptick in bookings with more than half coming from seniors who are vaccinated or… Read More »
Google it: Travel is much on consumers’ minds
Analysis of activity via Google, the world’s leading search engine, indicates that interest in travel coupled with optimism over vaccine… Read More »
Poll finds vast majority forgoing spring break travel
Only 12% of Americans plan spring break trips despite widening availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a survey by… Read More »
Meetings firm identifies cutting-edge tendencies
Vaccine availability has set the meetings business on the road to recovery, while regional gatherings reached by car remain ahead… Read More »
Clarify hotel reopening process, unions ask Ill. Senate
The Chicago Federation of Labor is beseeching Illinois lawmakers to end the “limbo” of tight limits on hotel convention attendance… Read More »
Wilton Rancheria tribe gets financing for Calif. casino
Construction on a $500 million casino-resort near Sacramento, Calif., is imminent, now that the Wilton Rancheria tribe has obtained funding… Read More »
Dallas complex to feature 500-room hotel-convention center
The $1 billion Sapphire Bay mixed-use project on Lake Ray Hubbard in Dallas will include a 500-room hotel and conference… Read More »
Basketball tourney gives bounce to Indy hotel trade
Next week’s Big 10 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are giving the struggling downtown hotel business in Indianapolis a shot… Read More »
Leisure travel expected to lead rebound through 2021
As search data indicate consumers are increasingly ready to fly, observers expect airlines’ focus on leisure destinations to continue through… Read More »
FAA testing anti-drone tech at 5 US airports
Airports in Washington, Alabama, New Jersey, New York and Ohio have been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to test… Read More »