MSC Cruises To Homeport in New York City Year-Round
MSC Cruises will operate the 5,700-guest MSC Meraviglia from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal in New York City year-round starting in… Read More »
Celebrity Cruises Achieves Gender Equality Milestone in Cruising
Celebrity Cruises announces a key gender equality milestone this International Women’s Day: one-third of its bridge officers are now female…. Read More »
Canada Announces Protocols for Cruise Industry’s 2022 Return
The Canadian government announced cruise ships would once again be welcomed to its ports in 2022, but strict coronavirus-related restrictions… Read More »
Eurowings is adding seven new routes from Hamburg
Lufthansa’s low-cost subsidiary Eurowings has now added seven new routes from its primary operating base, Hamburg. The routes added are… Read More »
Southwest Airlines expands Houston IAH footprint
Southwest Airlines is expanding its footprint at Houston IAH in an USD250 million undertaking over the next five years, USD20… Read More »
Canada’s Porter Airlines inks first Q400 sale and lease-backs
Porter Airlines (PD, Toronto City Centre) has diversified its fleet ownership model following the signing of sale/lease-back agreements with Aergo… Read More »
Lufthansa CEO confirms new CityLine subsidiary
Lufthansa Group Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr has confirmed Germany’s largest airline is creating a second Lufthansa CityLine-type subsidiary to… Read More »
Wizz Air shifts Chisinau base ops to Iasi, Romania
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) says it has shifted all flights from its Chisinau, Moldova base to Iasi in Romania given… Read More »
UK’s Air Alderney adds Trislander to fleet
Air Alderney has announced its first Trislander from Britten-Norman is scheduled to enter service in the fourth quarter of 2022…. Read More »
Finnair in furlough talks with crew amid Russia closure
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has begun negotiations on possible furloughs among its pilots and cabin crew after having to suspend… Read More »
El Al resumes flights to Dubai after security crisis solved
El Al Israel Airlines has announced the resumption of all flights between Tel Aviv Ben Gurion and Dubai Int’l from… Read More »
AirAsia Group loses appeal in airport case
The Court of Appeal of Malaysia has dismissed attempts from AirAsia (AK, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) and AirAsia X (D7, Kuala… Read More »
Jet fuel price surge deals heavy blow to fragile air travel
Global jet fuel prices have surged to near 14-year highs in line with crude oil’s surge on supply shortfall worries,… Read More »
Startup Avelo announces three new routes
Avelo has announced three new routes from Tweed-New Haven, with Baltimore, Chicago Midway, and Raleigh Durham taking off at the… Read More »
How airlines are using in-flight connectivity for passenger and operational applications
ST Engineering iDirect and its partners are hosting a series of webinars focused on advanced mobility technology and its impact… Read More »
NetJets to buy 150 Lilium eVOTLs and plans to operate them as charter aircraft
NetJets said last week that it’s buying 150 Lilium eVTOLs and plans to operate them as Part 135 charter aircraft…. Read More »
Boeing suspends Russian titanium purchases from Russia as Airbus keeps buying
Boeing said on Monday Mar. 7 it had suspended buying titanium from Russia, while its European rival Airbus continues to… Read More »
Lufthansa Cargo expects global market capacity will be 10% down as a result of the Ukraine invasion
Speaking at a press conference, Lufthansa Cargo chief executive Dorothea von Boxberg said this is because of restrictions for global… Read More »
This 19th century Sicilian house has been transformed into a digital nomad paradise
Tucked into an ancient side street of Sicily’s port city of Catania, a 19th century house is offering female travellers… Read More »
American Airlines Cargo will place its capacity on booking portal WebCargo
American Airlines Cargo will place its capacity on online booking portal WebCargo as it continues to invest in digital capabilities…. Read More »
NetJets, Lilium and Flight Safety International to partner up for sustainable future
NetJets and aviation training organisation FlightSafety International have signed a memorandum of understanding with all-electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL)… Read More »
Satcom Direct transitions tax reporting services to MySky
AI-powered financial management platform MySky has announced the transition of Satcom Direct’s (SD) tax reporting services to MySky. According to… Read More »
Start-up Breeze Airways plans to nearly double its routes
Breeze Airways on Tuesday Mar. 8 said it plans nearly double its network to 77 routes this spring and… Read More »
A travel guide is fleeing Ukraine, and hosting free online ‘tours’ along the way
Her virtual tours around Kyiv normally attract between 30 and 100 people. But more than 1,800 tuned in to Olga… Read More »
Airline are hedging and adding surcharges worldwide due to high oil prices
The price of oil has surged to its highest since 2008 after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, adding to airline costs… Read More »
Tubs, cribs, kitchens rise as post-COVID hotel amenities
Bathtubs and kitchens are hot while Wi-Fi and business facilities have cooled according to a Hotels.com survey of changed consumer… Read More »