MSC Cruises Delays Restart of Operation for MSC Magnifica
MSC Cruises announced today the extension to the pause of operations for MSC Magnifica in connection with the additional lockdown measures that the… Read More »
Viking Floats Out First Expedition Ship
Viking announced its first expedition ship was floated out on Tuesday, marking a major construction milestone and the first time the… Read More »
Korean Air closes inflight unit sale, extends wage freeze
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) and the Korean Air Labour Union have agreed to freeze wages and keep 70% of… Read More »
European Commission approves €650mn state aid for LOT
The European Commission has approved EUR650 million euro (USD795 million) state aid to LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin) to… Read More »
China Southern offloads 45% stake in logistics unit
China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) is set to dispose of a 45% stake in its wholly-owned CSA Logistics subsidiary as the majority-state-owned… Read More »
Belarus’s Belavia adds maiden E195-E2
Belavia (B2, Minsk National) has taken delivery of its first of three E195-E2s on order from Embraer (EMB, Sao Jose… Read More »
Uganda Airlines takes delivery of first widebody, an A330neo
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) has acquired its first of two A330-800s on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) after 5X-NIL… Read More »
Norwegian mulls end to long-haul
Although Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) shareholders backed the troubled carrier’s restructuring plans last week, its creditors have said they are… Read More »
Alaska Airlines orders 23 incremental B737 MAX 9s
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) has ordered an additional twenty-three B737-9s, increasing its order book from Boeing and lessors… Read More »
Pionair Australia eyes more E190s as regional market grows
Pionair Australia (PH, Bankstown) is planning to add a further three E190s in 2021 as it sees the aircraft as… Read More »
Air Taxi India completes certification, to launch UDAN ops
Air Taxi (India) (Delhi Int’l) has secured its Air Operators Permit (AOP) from the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation… Read More »
Australia’s Rex complains over Qantas’s capacity dumping
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) has filed a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleging… Read More »
Airlines Begin Bringing Back Furloughed Employees
As American and United airlines begin the process of bringing back some 30,000 furloughed employees as part of the second coronavirus… Read More »
How Palladium Is Rewarding Travel Advisors
Palladium Hotel Group Rewards Travel Agents Palladium Hotel Group knows how hard travel advisors work for their clients, and this… Read More »
Quark Expeditions Launches Industry’s Most Rigorous COVID Travel Policy
Quark Expeditions, the recognized leader in Polar Adventures, has unveiled the most comprehensive, traveler-focused COVID policy in the travel industry…. Read More »
Carnival’s New Mardi Gras Fills Up With LNG for First Time
Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras made its first port call in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where it will mark a… Read More »
Costa Accepts Delivery of Ship in ‘Sign of Hope’ for Cruising
Costa Cruises took delivery of the 5,200-passenger Costa Firenze ship from the Italian shipyard Fincantieri. Delivery of the 135,000-gross-ton ship is… Read More »
Disney Cruise Line Announces New 2022 Caribbean Cruises
Whether you dream of a three-, four- or even seven-night getaway on one of Disney’s beloved cruise ships, the Disney… Read More »
easyJet agrees with Airbus to defer 22 deliveries
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has announced it has reached an agreement with Airbus to defer a total of 22 aircraft… Read More »
PIA plots staff cuts while fleet set to grow
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) plans to halve its payroll through staff redundancies while at the… Read More »
Canadian Air Force may replace CC-150s with ex-civilian jets
The Canadian government is considering buying five second-hand aircraft from the country’s troubled carriers to replace five A310-300s operated by… Read More »
BA to restart non-TATL, domestic ops from Gatwick in 1Q21
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) will transfer three of its London Heathrow long-haul services to London Gatwick at the end… Read More »
US to designate Russia’s UAC, China’s AVIC as military users
The US Department of Commerce (DOC) has unveiled plans to add 103 Russian and Chinese entities to its list of… Read More »
Delta aims to block SpiceJet’s US plans, demands reciprocity
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) has petitioned the US Department of Transportation (DOT) to deny SpiceJet (SG, Delhi… Read More »
Lebanon’s MEA to stop accepting domestic USD payments
MEA – Middle East Airlines (ME, Beirut) will cease to accept payments for its services in US Dollar transfers from… Read More »
Australia’s Alliance Airlines ramps up E190 purchases
Alliance Airlines (QQ, Brisbane Int’l) has entered into an agreement with Jetran for the purchase of 16 additional E190s and… Read More »