Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airlines is suspending cargo flights due to virus controls
Hong Kong’s Cathay Pacific Airlines is suspending cargo flights for a week due to stricter quarantine requirements for air crews,… Read More »
U.S. airline group A4A seeks 5G wireless deployment delay near airports
The aviation industry and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration have raised concerns that 5G might interfere with sensitive aircraft electronics… Read More »
SpaceX Starship launch headlines the most anticipated 2022 space missions
The SpaceX Starship launch (its first official one to orbit, specifically) proves to be the headliner among the most anticipated… Read More »
Israel buys Boeing KC-46 tankers and Lockheed helicopters worth $3.1 billion
Israel has signed a deal with the United States to buy 12 Lockheed Martin Corp CH-53K helicopters and two Boeing… Read More »
JetBlue cuts hundreds of January flights due to omicron surge as travel disruptions worsen
JetBlue Airways will cut more than 1,280 flights from Thursday through mid-January in anticipation of more Covid-19 infections among pilots… Read More »
Jet Stream winds are causing issues for airlines on transcontinental flights
U.S. airlines are already understaffed because of COVID-19, and the weather isn’t helping matters. The jet stream winds have been… Read More »
New Norway-based airline Norse Atlantic will start flying 787s in spring 2022
Norse Atlantic Airways, a new Norway-based airline, has received an air operator’s certificate (AOC) from the Norwegian Civil Aviation Authority…. Read More »
Michigan teacher isolates in bathroom for 5 hours after testing positive for Covid mid-flight
A Michigan teacher’s trip to Iceland took a dramatic turn when she discovered that she was positive for COVID-19 midway… Read More »
NASA says Webb Space Telescope’s fuel likely to last more than 10 years
After a successful launch of NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope on December 25, and completion of two mid-course correction maneuvers,… Read More »
Sochi International Airport served its 11 millionth passenger
Sochi International Airport named after V.I. Sevastyanov served its 11 millionth passenger, which flew away on the board of Nordwind… Read More »
JetBlue Canceling 1,280 Flights Through Mid-January
JetBlue is scrapping approximately 1,280 flights or nearly 10 percent of its flight schedule from Thursday through January 13 as… Read More »
Montage Palmetto Bluff: Low Country Hospitality and Natural Abundance
I’m staring into a freshwater lagoon at Montage Palmetto Bluff, eyeing a circle of bubbles, on a warm, sunny December… Read More »
Top Cruise Travel Stories From 2021
Top Cruise Travel Stories of 2021 The year 2021 was a big year for the cruise industry. This was the… Read More »
With CDC Monitoring 92 Ships for COVID, Should You Cancel Your Cruise?
With the Omicron variant having already spread quickly across the U.S. to become the country’s dominant COVID-19 strain in a… Read More »
CDC Advises Against Cruise Travel Amid COVID-19 Surge
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) elevated its travel warning for cruise ships from Level 3 to… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Provides Update on COVID-19, Omicron Impact
Royal Caribbean Group has commented on the status of its business and the impact of the new Omicron coronavirus variant… Read More »
World’s last A320ceo Family jet delivered – to Delta
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) took delivery of the world’s last new-build A321-200 – its 127th of the… Read More »
Tigerair Taiwan applies for stock exchange listing
Tigerair Taiwan (IT, Taipei Taoyuan) has applied to the Taiwan Stock Exchange to list its shares on the main board… Read More »
Colombo must privatise SriLankan Airlines
Sri Lanka’s State-owned Enterprise Restructuring Board has advised the government to suspend state assistance and restructure SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo… Read More »
US carriers in uproar over Icelandair US-Cuba charter plans
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to operate 170 round-trip charter… Read More »
Pakistan’s AirSial secures int’l traffic rights
AirSial (PF, Karachi Int’l) launched its first international charter passenger flight from Lahore Int’l, Pakistan to Dubai Int’l in the… Read More »
Air Serbia plots turboprop fleet renewal in 2022
Air Serbia (JU, Belgrade) is planning to resume its turboprop fleet renewal programme in 2022 but remains ready to adapt… Read More »
Argentina to bring back fare bands for domestic flights
The Argentine government has declared that within 180 days it will set maximum fare prices and a system of fare… Read More »
India’s SpiceXpress eyes electric fleet by 2024
SpiceXpress – the cargo division currently being spun off by parent SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) – has confirmed it is… Read More »
AirAsia India pays all debts to airport operator
AirAsia India (I5, Bangalore Int’l) has paid its debts for air navigation, landing and parking fees, and other tariffs to… Read More »
Qantas returns A380 to service ahead of schedule
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) will fast-track the return of its A380-800 service from January 11 to relieve B787-9 pilots… Read More »