Interups, employees tweak their Air India bid
Interups, which is backed by non-resident Indians (NRIs), has withdrawn its Expression of Interest for Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l),… Read More »
Emirates now expecting B777X induction in 2023
Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) says it does not expect to take delivery of its first B777-9 earlier than 2023, three… Read More »
Pakistan’s PIA faces asset grab in British Virgin Islands
PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) could see its assets attached by the High Court of Justice… Read More »
JetBlue receives its first Airbus A220 powered by Pratt & Whitney GTF engines
Pratt & Whitney, a division of Raytheon Technologies Corporation, Airbus and JetBlue Airways (“JetBlue”) celebrated the 31 December with the… Read More »
Must see safari lodges in Tanzania
With 2021 arriving with high expectations, we hope it will fulfill every travel desire that 2020 did not. Tanzania is… Read More »
Delta gives back throughout tough 2020
Delta employees maintained a spirit of giving throughout 2020, including donating 10,000 pints of blood and one million pounds of… Read More »
Tenn. facility benefits from Southwest workers’ charity
Southwest Airlines employees in Nashville recently “adopted” 180 residents of an area assisted living facility, creating a wish list tree… Read More »
Holiday TSA screening remain 50% lower than in 2019
The Transportation Security Administration screened about 10.2 million people at airport checkpoints between Dec. 18 and Dec. 28, the highest… Read More »
Southwest, United prepare for 737 Max return to service
Southwest and United are preparing to return the Boeing 737 Max to service, and American Airlines has already resumed flights… Read More »
Airlines continue to add routes but capacity remains down
Airlines continue to add routes where they see demand, such as United increasing service to Grand Junction, Colo., and Hawaiian… Read More »
US considers, Canada requires passenger testing
“Efforts are currently ongoing in the US to assess the risk reduction associated with testing and other recommended preventative measures,… Read More »
Federal aid provides relief for US airline employees
Southwest Airlines announced it will not be forced to implement furloughs or pay cuts and American and United are bringing… Read More »
US airlines look toward recovery in 2021
US airlines lost an estimated $35 billion in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Looking ahead to what Delta CEO… Read More »
Passenger, cargo airlines coordinate vaccine distribution
CNBC and Delta Air Lines highlighted the critical role US airlines, including American, United, Delta, UPS and FedEx, have in… Read More »
Baltimore extends hotel contracts for homeless
The city of Baltimore will cover hotel fees for local homeless residents through March 2021, by extending an arrangement between… Read More »
These hotel openings won’t lack for grandeur
Resorts World Las Vegas, touted as perhaps the costliest hotel-casino project in history, joins properties from Australia to Vietnam on… Read More »
Circa CEO: Vegas casinos will have “robust” 2021
Derek Stevens, CEO of Las Vegas’ D Casino and Hotel, Circa Resort and Casino and the Golden Gate Hotel and… Read More »
Pair wages national jobs crusade for ex-hotel staffers
Two laid-off hotel employees have started a campaign to alert other industries to the transferable skills of their peers and… Read More »
MGM Resorts gets cool response to $11B Entain bid
MGM Resorts International has made an $11 billion purchase offer for Entain PLC, owner of the British gaming company Ladbrokes…. Read More »
Hotel trade rises as China bears down on coronavirus
China’s hotel industry has paced the world in recovery from the pandemic that originated there, and the country’s vigorous response… Read More »
New year won’t cure hospitality, say those in the know
The hotel industry will suffer well beyond 2021 before recovering from its worst year ever, the coronavirus vaccine boost notwithstanding,… Read More »
Scottish train melds luxury, history, whisky
The Belmond Royal Scotsman is resuming train excursions to the Scottish Highlands in the spring. Itineraries can include everything from… Read More »
Health app acts as vaccination passport
A number of airlines are adopting the CommonPass app for travelers to prove they have been vaccinated for COVID-19 before… Read More »
Alaska first airline to bar emotional support animals
Alaska Airlines will allow only trained service dogs to fly in passenger cabins, the first airline to change its policy… Read More »
2020 holiday travel half of 2019’s
The Transportation Security Administration screened about 11.3 million people at airport checkpoints between Dec. 18 and Dec. 28, the highest… Read More »
New year won’t cure hospitality, say those in the know
The hotel industry will suffer well beyond 2021 before recovering from its worst year ever, the coronavirus vaccine boost notwithstanding,… Read More »