Delta Air Lines Will Block Middle Seats, Limit Passenger Capacity Into 2021

Delta Air Lines announced Thursday it would continue blocking middle seats and limiting the number of passengers per flight through at… Read More »
American Airlines Will Cut Service to These 15 US Cities

American Airlines announced August 19 it plans to suspend service to fifteen U.S. cities in October as flights continue to… Read More »
6 Stunning Amtrak Routes to Take to a National Park

6 Stunning Amtrak Routes to Take to a National Park With the global pandemic shooting down many summer and fall… Read More »
Extended Stay Offers From Top Hotels and Resorts

Stay Safe, Stay Long With many people working and attending school from home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, hotels and resorts… Read More »
Noble House, Tradelasts Offer Health Care Workers Free Stays

Noble House Hotel & Resorts is offering complimentary post-COVID-19 vacation stays for medical personnel and their families at 18 of its… Read More »
Holland America Extends “Save Now, Cruise Later: Have it All” Program

Holland America Line knows savvy travelLers like to plan ahead and take advantage of a great offer, which is why… Read More »
Crystal Parent Genting Hong Kong Halts Payments to Creditors

Genting Hong Kong Ltd., the parent of Crystal Cruises and other lines, warned that it is suspending payments to creditors to conserve… Read More »
Victory Cruise Lines Unveils Risk-Free Booking Policy

Victory Cruise Lines (VCL) introduced the Risk-Free Booking Policy: Come Home to America, which “enables travelers to cancel bookings 121 days… Read More »
Costa Confirms Restart of Cruise Operations in September

Costa Cruises has confirmed it will resume sailing with two ships in September but only allowing Italian guests. The ships will visit Italian… Read More »
Take a Virtual Ride on Disney Cruise Line’s AquaDuck Water Coaster

Cruising may be on hold for now but Disney fans can still experience the very first water coaster at sea virtually… Read More »
Great Lakes Cruise Industry Issues COVID-19 Safety Guidelines

Cruise the Great Lakes (CTGL), a coalition made up of cruise lines, ports, convention and visitor bureaus along with states… Read More »
MSC Cruises Celebrates Float-out of MSC Seashore

MSC Cruises celebrated as the 169,500-gross-ton MSC Seashore met water for the first time Aug. 20 at the Fincantieri shipyard in… Read More »
El Al attracts third potential buyer, extends ops suspension

A third potential buyer has sought a permit to acquire control of El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben… Read More »
Chile’s Aerovias DAP adds first freighter

Aerovías DAP (V5, Punta Arenas) has added its first dedicated freighter, BAe 146-200(QT) N16TA (msn E2089), Skyliner-Aviation has reported. The… Read More »
Nigeria, Ghana to restart international flights

Scheduled international flights from Nigeria will restart on August 29, Nigerian Aviation Minister Hadi Sirika has said. “Glad to announce… Read More »
Calls for inquiry as Fiji Airways nets $215mn gov’t funding

Fiji Airways (FJ, Nadi) has had to turn to taxpayers for FJD455 million Fijian dollars (USD215 million) in assistance, of… Read More »
easyJet raises $771mn in sale/lease-backs, eyes more funding

easyJet (U2, London Luton) has said it “will continue to review its liquidity position on a regular basis and will… Read More »
Brussels backs €133mn state aid for Portugal’s Grupo SATA

The European Commission has approved EUR133 million euros (USD157 million) in Portuguese state aid to bolster the liquidity of SATA… Read More »
Wizz Air to open London Gatwick base in 4Q20

Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced that its British subsidiary Wizz Air UK (W9, London Luton) will open a new… Read More »
Reykjavik approves $120mn Icelandair loan, share offer moved

The Icelandic government approved on August 18, along with state-run banks Íslandsbanki and Landsbankinn, a government-guaranteed credit facility to Icelandair… Read More »
ISS crew looks for source of small cabin air leak

Three crew members on board the International Space Station will spend the weekend in the vessel’s Russian segment while they… Read More »
Breaking Down Rail Travel in 2020 and Beyond

As the world continues to cope with the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, Vacations By Rail is adapting to the changing times by… Read More »