Marriott International Celebrates Debut of 8,000th Property

Marriott International celebrated the opening of its 8,000th property with the debut of the 12-story Marriott Bethesda Downtown. As the… Read More »
Weighing pros and cons of Alaska Airlines’ Flight Pass

Alaska Airline’s fixed-price plan for travel, called Flight Pass, allows subscribers to pay a monthly fee based on the number… Read More »
Biden Bans Russian Aircraft From US Airspace

President Joe Biden on Tuesday night announced in his State of the Union Address that he will ban Russian aircraft… Read More »
Airlines Offering Huge Perks To Attract New Workers

U.S. airlines – burned last year by trimming their staffs due to the pandemic and then finding themselves unprepared when… Read More »
American Queen Voyages Sets Record-Breaking Booking Day

American Queen Voyages said it reached a 2022 single-day booking record on Feb. 25, surpassing the previous high mark by… Read More »
Carnival Updates Itineraries Through 2024 Related to Ship Reassignments

Carnival updated its itineraries related to recent ship reassignments for 2023 and 2024. Its goal is to deploy its entire… Read More »
Uber Launches Uber Explore, a New Way To Explore In-Destination Attractions

Today, March 1, Uber launched its newest expansion: Uber Explore, a new way to browse and book attractions while in… Read More »
Amtrak Offering Midweek Savings on Pacific Surfliner

Amtrak announced its Pacific Surfliner service would offer special savings on midweek train travel through June 29. The limited-time offer… Read More »
Air Canada mulls an A321neo order

Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) is in early discussions about a potential order for between ten and twenty A321neo, sources… Read More »
China Southern Airlines to retire A380s by YE22

China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) is set to retire all of its remaining A380-800s by the end of 2022, Chinese… Read More »
IAG mulls cargo, loyalty, IT, aircraft changes

IAG International Airlines Group is looking to divest assets such as aircraft and stakes in its air freight unit IAG… Read More »
Lessors start repossessing aircraft from Russian airlines

All European Union-based lessors have until March 28 to terminate existing contracts with Russian operators and have begun a frantic… Read More »
Ireland’s Emerald Airlines commences flight operations

Emerald Airlines (Ireland) (EAI, Dublin Int’l) has begun flight operations following the launch of its inaugural service on the state-subsidised… Read More »
World’s only An-225 destroyed by Russian airstrikes

The government of Ukraine has confirmed that the world’s only An-225, operated by state-owned Antonov Airlines (ADB, Gostomel), has been… Read More »
Tenders open for TAP’s slots at Lisbon, Portugal

Expressions of interest have been invited from interested airlines for 18 daily slots at Lisbon belonging to TAP Air Portugal… Read More »
Qantas to order A350-1000(ULR)s by mid-2022, launch in 2025

Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) has revived plans to order A350-1000(ULR)s for its planned “Project Sunrise” non-stop services to Europe… Read More »
Cobham secures FIFO contract in Western Australia

Cobham Aviation Services Australia – Airline Services (QJE, Adelaide) has secured a further seven-year contract to continue providing fly-in, fly-out… Read More »
Moscow bans air space in response to Western sanctions, forcing airlines to reroute their flights

Airlines on Monday Feb. 28 braced for a potentially lengthy sanctions war after the EU banned Russian airlines and Moscow… Read More »
Contracts for 515 aircraft leased to Russian airlines will be terminated

Lessors are set to terminate hundreds of aircraft leases with Russian airlines following Western sanctions over the invasion of Ukraine… Read More »
More European countries ban Russian flights from their airspace

A growing number of countries in Europe announced Sunday Feb. 27 that they were closing their airspace to Russian planes… Read More »
Airbus counters back at Qatar with $220 million A350 damages claim

Airbus hit back in an escalating dispute with Qatar Airways over A350 jets on Monday Feb. 28, asking a British… Read More »
Anuvu secures exclusive in-flight distribution rights for Zero to Hero

High-speed connectivity and entertainment solutions provider Anuvu has obtained exclusive worldwide in-flight distribution rights for the award-winning Hong Kong film… Read More »