Boeing 737 MAX Completes First Public Flight Since Grounding
The first post-grounding, non-test flight for Boeing’s 737 MAX fleet of planes took place Wednesday, as the aircraft carried members of the… Read More »
RVs’ Continued Popularity Is Poised to Characterize the 2021 Travel Landscape
RVshare, the first and largest peer-to-peer RV rental marketplace, today released its annual Travel Trend Report, with research conducted in collaboration… Read More »
Four Seasons Reveals What’s New for 2021 and Beyond
Whether making plans to travel, dreaming of future travel or simply looking to enjoy a new local experience, Four Seasons Hotels… Read More »
Sonesta Adds 102 Hotels, Debuts New Simply Suites
Sonesta International Hotels Corporation added 102 properties to its portfolio, which represents the largest expansion in its 80-year history. The… Read More »
Kimpton’s First Hotel in Mexico Slated to Open December 18
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants announced it will open its first hotel in Mexico, the Kimpton Aluna Hotel, located in Tulum in the… Read More »
Caribbean Resorts Reopening for Winter Travel
Resorts Throughout the Caribbean Reopening This Winter It’s that time of year: for snow, for holiday activities and usually, for… Read More »
Carnival Cruise Line Cancels Sailings Through February
Carnival Cruise Line has canceled cruises through Feb. 28 and moved the inaugural voyage of its new Mardi Gras ship until April 24,… Read More »
Princess Expanding MedallionClass Experience to Entire Fleet
While its ships aren’t sailing with passengers, Princess Cruises is adding its MedallionClass technology to its entire fleet. The MedallionClass Experience will include… Read More »
MSC Cruises Cancels US Sailings Through Feb. 28
MSC Cruises on Dec. 3 became the latest cruise line to cancel U.S. voyages through Feb. 28, 2021. The decision will… Read More »
Royal Caribbean’s Richard Fain Updates Travel Advisors in New Video
Royal Caribbean Group Chairman Richard Fain expressed confidence that continued progress on a COVID-19 vaccine could mean a faster return to cruising… Read More »
Ryanair firms options for 75 B737-8-200s
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has firmed options for seventy-five B737-8-200s to increase its total commitment to the type to 210… Read More »
Thai Airways to resume domestic flights by YE20
Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) will restart domestic flights on two trunk routes, from Bangkok Suvarnabhumi to each of… Read More »
Ascent Global Logistics buys Hageland Aviation Services
Michigan-based firm Ascent Global Logistics has acquired defunct Alaskan regional specialist Hageland Aviation Services (H6, Saint Mary’s) and plans to… Read More »
Taiwan’s China Airlines takes first 777 freighter
China Airlines (CI, Taipei Taoyuan) took delivery of its first B777-200F on November 30, 2020, expanding its fleet of dedicated… Read More »
Nepal Airlines mulls options to get rid of Chinese aircraft
Nepal Airlines (RA, Kathmandu) has proposed to the Ministry of Tourism four options to offload six unwanted Chinese-made turboprops even… Read More »
SAA’s administrators between a rock and a hard place
The administrators of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) have confirmed they have received ZAR1.5 billion (USD97.9 million) in… Read More »
Norwegian to put emergency rescue plan up for vote
Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) has scheduled an extraordinary general meeting for December 17 to ask shareholders to back a restructuring… Read More »
Air Namibia liquidation case postponed
Namibia’s High Court has again postponed a case in which Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) is facing liquidation over a… Read More »
Qantas outsources ground-handling to save costs
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has announced the outsourcing of 2,000 ground staff jobs at ten airports across Australia in… Read More »
easyJet enlists restructuring firm to cut $1.9bn debt pile
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has enlisted American consulting and restructuring firm AlixPartners in an attempt to refinance its GBP1.4 billion… Read More »
Air Caraibes and Corsair Int’l CEOs clash over state aid
Air Caraibes Atlantique (CAJ, Paris Orly) and French Bee (BF, Paris Orly) chief executive Marc Rochet is prepared to file… Read More »
US Tightens Rules on Service Animals for Air Travel
The U.S. Transportation Department has limited the types of animals that qualify as service animals. It issued a final rule… Read More »
Flight Attendants President Says Proposed Relief Package a Stop-Gap
Sara Nelson, president of the powerful Association of Flight Attendants-CWA International union, said Tuesday she is thankful for a newly… Read More »
Audit Finds Flaws in TSA’s Quiet Skies Surveillance Program
The Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) controversial Quiet Skies program designed to monitor higher risk travelers has come under more fire. A recent audit… Read More »
US Hotel Profitability Improved in October
STR reported some positive news on the domestic hotel front in its monthly P&L data release, noting that the September… Read More »
Preferred Hotels & Resorts to Debut 15 Properties in 2021
Preferred Hotels & Resorts is scheduled to unveil 15 properties next year in a wide range of destinations in the Americas… Read More »