Amex GBT Acquires 30SecondsToFly
American Express Global Business Travel (GBT), the world’s leading business partner for managed travel, has acquired 30SecondsToFly, a technology start-up… Read More »
American Airlines Renews Charlotte to Cozumel Service
American Airlines is flying Charlotte to Cozumel once again. The airline has resumed flights to Cozumel from Dallas, Miami and now,… Read More »
New Survey Shows 79 Percent of Travelers Will Fly in the Next 6 Months
A new survey by digital flight information company OAG shows a more optimistic public attitude about flying in the near… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Working With Stanford on Health, Safety Protocols
Southwest Airlines announced it has partnered with the Stanford University School of Medicine to review the carrier’s health and safety protocols… Read More »
Officials Want New York-London Travel Bubble by the Holidays
Officials in the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Department of Homeland Security and other agencies are talking with their counterparts… Read More »
Travelers Booking Fewer Flights for Thanksgiving Travel
New data suggests travelers taking to the skies during the 2020 Thanksgiving holiday period will encounter far less congestion at the airport… Read More »
AIC Hotel Group Launches Free Medical Insurance Plan
AIC Hotel Group unveiled free medical insurance for wedding and social groups at its all-inclusive Hard Rock Hotels in Mexico and the Caribbean,… Read More »
IHG Reveals Which Traveler Trends Defined Summer 2020
New research from IHG Hotels & Resorts, which owns such brands such as Crowne Plaza, Holiday Inn, InterContinental, Kimpton and Staybridge… Read More »
Study Finds 94 Percent of Americans Are Missing Travel
A new study found that an astonishing 94 percent of Americans are missing travel right now. According to a new study from… Read More »
Radisson Hotel Group Unveils Radisson Blu Toronto Downtown
Radisson Blu unveiled its first Canadian property, the 157-room Radisson Blu Toronto Downtown, which formerly operated as the Radisson Admiral Toronto-Harbourfront…. Read More »
The Roosevelt, Iconic NYC Hotel, to Close Due to COVID-19
The Roosevelt Hotel, in a pantheon of famous and iconic New York City hotels, will close its doors this year… Read More »
Carnival Cancels November Cruises From Miami and Port Canaveral
Carnival Cruise Line has canceled cruises for November 2020 on six ships from PortMiami and Port Canaveral. When the U.S. Centers for Disease… Read More »
P&O Cruises Welcomes New Ship to Fleet
During a ceremony in Germany last week, P&O Cruises took ownership of the latest addition to its fleet and the largest cruise… Read More »
Icelandair retires a third of its B757-200 fleet
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has announced that it sold three B757-200s to an undisclosed buyer for cargo conversions and that… Read More »
India’s Jet Airways rejects claim about winning bid
Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) clarified in a stock exchange filing on October 8 that a consortium consisting of London-based… Read More »
Value of Transat-Air-Canada deal cut to quarter of original
Although Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) remains committed to buying the tour operator Transat AT and its airline Air Transat… Read More »
FlyArmenia Airways outlines initial network plans
FlyArmenia Airways (VF, Yerevan) has announced its tentative initial network on its website with a disclaimer that flights would only… Read More »
Qantas to restart int’l scheduled ops in early 4Q20
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) outlined plans to relaunch scheduled international flights on October 16, 2020, once the “travel bubble”… Read More »
Rome creates Alitalia newco on road to nationalisation
After lengthy political infighting, the Italian government has agreed to incorporate a new company which will house the assets of… Read More »
Michigan’s Vision Air rebrands as FLYBY Air
Vision Air, a business charter airline and a fixed base operator in Michigan, has rebranded as FLYBY Air due to… Read More »
Cebu Pacific Air eyes $500mn capital raising measures
Cebu Pacific Air (5J, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) will seek to raise USD500 million in additional capital to bolster its… Read More »
Angola’s TAAG resumes international services
TAAG Angola Airlines (DT, Luanda) has resumed international commercial flights with limited regular services to Portugal and Brazil, its biggest… Read More »
Air Seychelles reinstates limited international schedule
Air Seychelles (HM, Mahé) will resume limited commercial flights across its regional network from Mahé to Mauritius, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo,… Read More »
easyJet demands more UK state help, adjusts bases in Europe
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has demanded that the UK government provide “a bespoke package of measures” for airlines as it… Read More »
Maldivian expands seaplane operations
Maldivian (Q2, Malé), the national airline of the Maldives, is to expand its seaplane operations to connect four southern atolls… Read More »
United resumes nonstop San Francisco – Shanghai routing from late-Oct 2020
United Airlines starting next week is resuming San Francisco – Shanghai Pu Dong service, replacing current 1-stop flight via Seoul… Read More »