US airlines commit to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050
Airlines for America announced the commitment of its member carriers to work with the aviation industry and government leaders to achieve… Read More »
A4A CEO: US airlines recovery will take “a very long time”
While the increase in vaccinations and uptick in passenger throughput are encouraging signs, “we see [recovery] as taking a very… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Will No Longer Block Middle Seats
Delta Air Lines has announced that starting May 1, it will no longer block middle seats on its aircraft. The… Read More »
Spirit Airlines Announces New International, Domestic Flights
Spirit Airlines announced it was expanding service from Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) to both international and domestic destinations in… Read More »
TSA Screens Over One Million Passengers for 20th Consecutive Day
Despite warnings from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) against non-essential travel, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced… Read More »
Airlines Working to Achieve Net-Zero Carbon Emissions by 2050
Airlines for America (A4A) announced a new collaboration across the aviation industry to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The partnership between… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Expanding Hawaiian Pre-Clear Program
Southwest Airlines announced customers flying to Hawaii will now be able to bypass airport screening when arriving in Honolulu and Kahului… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Accepts Delivery of Odyssey of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International took delivery of its 25th ship, the 169,000-gross-ton Odyssey of the Seas, on March 31, and planned an… Read More »
Alaska Airlines firms order for 23+15 B737 MAX 9s
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) has announced in a stock market filing that it firmed an order for twenty-three… Read More »
ASL Airlines UK certifies, launches domestic operations
ASL Airlines UK (ABV, East Midlands) became the first new fixed-wing airline to receive an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) in… Read More »
Sri Lanka’s Cinnamon Air resumes charter operations
Cinnamon Air (C7, Colombo Int’l) resumes domestic charter flights on April 1 in accordance with safety guidelines of the Civil… Read More »
Hong Kong Air Cargo, Cainiao launch joint logistics hub
Hong Kong Air Cargo (RH, Hong Kong Int’l) and Cainiao Smart Logistics Network, an affiliate of China’s Alibaba Group, have… Read More »
Lauda Europe to launch Zagreb base in mid-3Q21
Ryanair Holdings has announced it will open a new base at Zagreb airport, starting on September 1, 2021, and operated… Read More »
Norway’s Norse Atlantic Airways to lease nine AerCap B787s
Low-cost long-haul start-up Norse Atlantic Airways has signed up to lease six B787-9s and three B787-8s from Dublin-based lessor AerCap,… Read More »
Spain’s Volotea mulls A220s but not in near-term
Volotea (V7, Asturias) is contemplating the A220 as a potential future aircraft type but plans no changes in the next… Read More »
Paris, Brussels set to announce new Air France bailout
Paris and the European Commission have agreed on the conditions and the amount of a second tranche of financial aid… Read More »
Brussels backs €25mn aid to Alitalia, blocks ITA over slots
Even as the European Commission found on March 26 that EUR24.7 million euros (USD29.1 million) in Italian support in favour… Read More »
JetBlue scoops Heathrow slots for 3Q21
JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) has secured slots for services to London Heathrow from Boston and New York JFK… Read More »
Kenya suspends domestic flights to curb spread of COVID-19
Kenyan airlines, including Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta), its low-cost subsidiary Jambojet (JM, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta), and Skyward Express… Read More »
Air Canada plans to restart Nova Scotia flights
Air Canada plans to resume temporarily suspended flights in June to some of the cities in eastern Atlantic Canada. Flights… Read More »
Bourdain’s “World Travel” goes on sale in April
A new book by the late Anthony Bourdain is expected to stir up interest in travel. Laurie Woolever, his longtime… Read More »
Fla. governor threatens suit over cruise ship ban
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is threatening to sue the federal government over the continued ban on cruise ships, a major… Read More »