Royal Caribbean Erases Alaska, Canada Itineraries From Website
Royal Caribbean has removed any bookings to Alaska and Canada for 2020 from its website, another sad, stark reality of… Read More »
South Africa allows limited domestic flights from late 2Q20
South Africa is allowing domestic air travel for business purposes from June 1, but not all carriers are providing capacity… Read More »
Mitsubishi closes acquisition of Bombardier’s CRJ line
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has taken formal ownership of the CRJ Regional Jet line from Bombardier Aerospace (BBA, Montréal Trudeau)… Read More »
Draft South African Airways rescue plan proposes new airline
A draft business rescue plan for embattled national carrier South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) would see the government… Read More »
Air Kiribati resume flight ops after brief downtime
Air Kiribati (IK, Tarawa) has resumed flight operations following a 17-day suspension brought on by a lack of serviceable aircraft…. Read More »
Greek gov’t unveils €115mn in support for airline industry
The Greek government has announced a EUR115 million euro (USD127.65 million) aid package for the tourism-dependent country’s ailing aviation industry…. Read More »
Air Algérie converts an A330 into a makeshift freighter
Air Algérie (AH, Algiers) has announced that it has converted one of its eight A330-200s into a makeshift cargo carrier…. Read More »
India’s SpiceJet adds makeshift Q400 freighters
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has converted three of its thirty-two Dash 8-400s to makeshift freighters to respond to increased demand… Read More »
Thai AirAsia mulls merger with rival LCCs
Thai AirAsia (FD, Bangkok Don Mueang) has initiated talks with rival low-cost carriers about a potential merger given the havoc… Read More »
Cyprus Airways plots restart in late 2Q20
Cyprus Airways (CY, Larnaca) is planning to gradually resume services from Cyprus, initially focusing on serving destinations in Greece. The… Read More »
Emirates Announces Firing Employees Amid the Pandemic
Emirates Airline, the last holdout among the Gulf region’s three major East-West carriers in retaining its workforce announced on May 31,… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Announces New Mileage Plan Promotions
Alaska Airlines announced three new promotions Monday that will benefit customers and Mileage Plan members. Officials from the carrier not only… Read More »
Cheap Airfare Pricing Could Make a Major Comeback After COVID-19
Air carriers are faced with some major strategic dilemmas when it comes to surviving and rebuilding business in the wake… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Working to Avoid Around 2,300 Pilot Furloughs
Delta Air Lines announced Sunday that the company is working with its pilots’ union to avoid furloughing roughly 2,300 pilots…. Read More »
21 Aircraft That Changed How We Travel
Revolutionary Aircraft Heavier-than-air human flight is just over a hundred years old, and the technological advances undertaken by the aviation… Read More »
Etihad Launches Wellness Program for COVID
Etihad Airways has launched ‘Etihad Wellness’, an expanded and more comprehensive health and hygiene programme and customer guide. This builds… Read More »
New United CEO Scott Kirby Comes Out Firing
United Airlines’ Scott Kirby, who took over as CEO last week in the wake of Oscar Munoz’s retirement, is wasting… Read More »
Delta Extends Change-Fee Waiver Through June 30
Air travel is starting to come back, but that doesn’t mean travelers aren’t wary about taking to the skies again…. Read More »
Viking Extends Suspension of Cruising Through August 31
Viking has further suspended operations through Aug. 31, 2020. The company initially announced it would stop cruising on March 11. “We were the… Read More »
Canada Extends Ban on Cruise Ships Through Oct. 31, 2020
The Canadian government on May 29 extended the ban on cruise ships through Oct. 31, essentially shutting down the 2020… Read More »
What The 2020 Summer Cruise Season Will Look Like
The summer cruise season should be well underway by now, with hundreds of thousands of passengers reveling in the sun,… Read More »
Southwest Airlines eyes restart of int’l routes in 3Q20
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) is planning to restart its international flights to destinations in Mexico and the Caribbean… Read More »
Russia’s Pobeda to restart in late 2Q20
Pobeda (DP, Moscow Vnukovo) is planning to restart flights on 73 routes on June 1, 2020, after a two-month hiatus… Read More »
Bangladeshi carriers to resume domestic ops from late 2Q20
Private Bangladeshi carrier NovoAir (VQ, Dhaka) will resume scheduled domestic operations from June, after being largely grounded from late March… Read More »
Three Sandos Resorts Ideal for Family Vacations
While most Sandos Hotels & Resorts properties are already family-friendly, the brand is particularly proud of three of its resorts that are… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Upgrades Health, Safety Guidelines
As travel restrictions are lifted, Delta Air Lines has implemented a series of health protocols to keep passengers safe as… Read More »