Southwest flight hosts pilot’s wedding vows
Southwest pilot York Zentner and Sabrina Solesbee recently tied the knot while onboard a Southwest flight from Las Vegas to… Read More »
Ranking the Top US Airlines’ Frequent Flyer Programs
The Best, Worst Loyalty Rewards Programs Air travel is bouncing back more than one year into the COVID-19 pandemic but… Read More »
United, Alaska CEOs Are Bullish On Travel Recovery
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby and Alaska Airlines CEO Ben Minicucci say the travel industry’s recovery from the coronavirus pandemic… Read More »
Delta CEO, Georgia Gov. in a War of Words Over Voter Bill
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian, eager to dispel a wide-ranging social media perception of the airline’s apparent initial support… Read More »
Amtrak Proposes New Routes, Enhanced Services Under Biden Infrastructure Plan
Amtrak CEO Bill Flynn has responded to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion American Jobs Plan, which would include funding for… Read More »
7 Ways Hotel Stays Have Changed for Good
The pandemic has forced just about every industry to make changes, especially the travel industry, and hotels have been confronted with many… Read More »
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas Unveils Unique Rooftop Pool Experiences
The famed Pool District at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas once again comes to life this spring with luxurious rooftop… Read More »
Viva Wyndham Celebrates 34th Anniversary With Sweepstakes
Viva Wyndham Resorts is celebrating its 34th anniversary with a sweepstake that will reward nine lucky individuals with a free vacation… Read More »
Quark Expeditions Takes Over New Ship, Ultramarine
Quark Expeditions took ownership today of the highly-anticipated polar vessel, Ultramarine. The official handover of the technologically advanced ship took… Read More »
Celestyal Cruises To Resume Sailing May 29 From Athens, Greece
Celestyal Cruises plans to resume sailing May 29 with the 1,200-passenger Celestyal Crystal from Athens, Greece. The seven-night “Idyllic Aegean” itinerary… Read More »
The Demand For Cruising Continues To Rise
As countries like Israel and the United Kingdom begin preparing to cruise again, albeit slowly and with proper safety measures, the demand for cruising… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Extends Singapore Season on Quantum of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International, which began sailing Quantum of the Seas from Singapore in December 2020, will extend its season through October 2021…. Read More »
British Airways join investors in zero-emission aircraft
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) has partnered several other firms in investing USD24.3 million in ZeroAvia (Hollister), a UK/US-based firm… Read More »
Italy’s EGO Airways launches scheduled operations
EGO Airways (E3, Milan Malpensa) launched scheduled operations on March 30, 2021, using a single E190 rather than two as… Read More »
LATAM mulls cargo cooperation with Mercado Libre
LATAM Airlines Group is considering partnering South American online retailer Mercado Libre (Mercado Livre in Brazil) in expanding into the… Read More »
United Airlines bets on leisure demand for Summer 2021
In yet another sign of hopes that US summer 2021 demand will be driven by pent-up leisure demand, United Airlines… Read More »
Romania’s Tarom to downsize but renew fleet – minister
As part of its restructuring plan for Tarom (RO, Bucharest Otopeni), Romania’s government aims to reduce the size and diversity… Read More »
Qantas to pursue defecting executive case in Singapore
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has vowed to pursue its case in Singapore against former executive Nick Rohrlach for defecting… Read More »
Cebu Pacific looks to raise another $6.6mn in cash
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has listed 328,947,368 convertible preferred shares with a par value of PHP1.00… Read More »
Tehran cancels IranAir privatisation process
IranAir (IR, Tehran Mehrabad) has been removed from Iran’s list of state-owned assets earmarked to be sold into private ownership… Read More »
Romania’s Blue Air takes first B737 MAX 8
Blue Air (Romania) (0B, Bucharest Otopeni) took delivery of the first of ten B737-8s on dry-lease from Air Lease Corporation… Read More »
Miss. paddle wheeler launched after delay
Delayed a year by the pandemic, American Queen Steamboat Co. has launched its newest paddle wheeler, American Countess, that will… Read More »