How D&I can deliver a competitive edge
LeadHERship Global CEO Linda Fisk asserts the competitive advantage that organizations can have if they incorporate diversity and inclusion initiatives… Read More »
Why diversity is essential to the wine industry’s future
A slew of dedicated groups are pledging to bring much-needed inclusion and equity to the wine industry, which is not… Read More »
PepsiCo program promotes Black-owned eateries
PepsiCo kicked off a five-year program to help Black-owned restaurants grow sales with a commercial, which launched in late December,… Read More »
Trader Joe’s ramps up diversity, inclusion programs
Trader Joe’s will increase its diversity and inclusion efforts, pledging to set aside 15% of its shelf space to showcase… Read More »
Airport Officials Seize Nearly Nine Pounds of Exotic ‘Mystery Meat’
One would think that the zoonotic origins of the COVID-19 virus and the consequential pandemic would be enough to convince everyone that… Read More »
Grab One-Way Fares Starting at $59 With JetBlue’s Big Winter Sale
JetBlue has just launched its ‘Big Winter Sale’ with one-way fares starting as low as $59, inclusive of government taxes and… Read More »
Travelers Arrested for Smuggling Over $4 Million in Gold Bars
Three suspects were in court on Monday after their arrest at a South African airport for illegally transporting gold bars…. Read More »
Delta Selects New Wi-Fi Provider
Delta Air Lines and Viasat Inc. today announced a new partnership for the California-based company to take the carrier’s Wi-Fi… Read More »
American Airlines Changes Emotional Support Animal Rules
American Airlines announced major changes to its emotional support and service animal policies and procedures on Tuesday. According to the carrier’s official… Read More »
Top 10 Safest Low-Cost Airlines for 2021
Travelers looking to book a flight with a low-cost carrier still care about safety, and a new study found the safest… Read More »
Airlines For America Backs Program for Universal COVID-19 Testing Program
Airlines for America (A4A) on Monday said it backs a plan by public health officials for a worldwide program that… Read More »
TSA Announces 2020 Passenger Totals, Changes Made to Combat COVID-19
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it screened approximately 324 million passengers in 2020, a decline of around 39 percent from the… Read More »
Cambria Hotels Continues US Expansion With Suburban Detroit Opening
Cambria Hotels, an upscale brand franchised by Choice Hotels International, Inc., continues its rapid expansion across the country with the opening… Read More »
Crystal Endeavor on Track To Debut in Summer 2021
Crystal’s polar-class expedition ship, Crystal Endeavor, is now scheduled to make its debut in summer 2021. The introduction became uncertain… Read More »
Cruise Lines Roll Out the 2021 Wave Season Deals
It’s a Wave Season like no other, but Wave Season nonetheless. As they usually do at this time of year,… Read More »
Ryanair’s Maltese subsidiary lays off 40 cabin crew
Malta Air (AL, Malta Int’l) and the Mediterranean island nation’s General Workers’ Union have failed to reach a cabin crew… Read More »
Gabon’s Afrijet adds wet-leased ATR freighter
Afrijet Business Service (J7, Libreville) has wet-leased its first dedicated freighter, an ATR72-500(F), from Switzerland’s Zimex Aviation (XM, Zurich). HB-ABS… Read More »
Nigeria’s Azman Air to add B737NGs, more A340s
Azman Air (AZM, Kano) has acquired three B737-800s as part of its fleet growth strategy aimed at developing Kano into… Read More »
Delta Air Lines withdraws objection to SpiceJet’s FACP
Having received approval from the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to codeshare with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL,… Read More »
Chad orders suspension of all scheduled pax flights
Chad has suspended all international and domestic passenger flights for a renewable period of one week from midnight on January… Read More »
Afghanistan’s Kam Air denies Delhi route refusal reports
Private Afghan carrier Kam Air (RQ, Kabul) has dismissed as “fake news” a reported warning from the Afghanistan Civil Aviation… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines agrees to issue $345mn in new shares
Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) will issue VND8 trillion dong (USD345 million) worth of common shares to existing shareholders “to supplement… Read More »
IAG adjusts structure to protect Aer Lingus’s EU status
IAG International Airlines Group has tweaked its corporate structure to ensure that its Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l) and Iberia… Read More »
Court approves Rami Levy’s planned Israir acquisition
Beating its January 3 deadline to do so, Tel Aviv District Court approved the sale of Israir (6H, Tel Aviv… Read More »
Air passenger traffic set back by pandemic
“The pandemic and its consequences wiped out 21 years of global passenger traffic growth in a matter of months, reducing… Read More »
EPA issues standards for aircraft emissions
The US Environmental Protection Agency has issued greenhouse gas standards that will apply to new aircraft. “We anticipate US manufacturers… Read More »