First Time in 50 Years French Quarter Welcomes New Hotel
ONE11 Hotel, which is housed in the former Louisiana Sugar Refining Company building, made its debut as the first property… Read More »
An Outlook on the State of the Cruise Industry for 2021
A New Era The Cruise Lines International Association (CLIA) released the “2021 State of the Cruise Industry Outlook” report highlighting… Read More »
Holland America Line Offers ‘Buy One, Gift One’ Promotion
Holland America Line is offering a free second stateroom on the same cruise when a verandah or suite is booked, the… Read More »
MSC Cruises Delays Restart of Operation for MSC Magnifica
MSC Cruises announced today the extension to the pause of operations for MSC Magnifica in connection with the additional lockdown measures that the… Read More »
Viking Floats Out First Expedition Ship
Viking announced its first expedition ship was floated out on Tuesday, marking a major construction milestone and the first time the… Read More »
Korean Air closes inflight unit sale, extends wage freeze
Korean Air (KE, Seoul Incheon) and the Korean Air Labour Union have agreed to freeze wages and keep 70% of… Read More »
European Commission approves €650mn state aid for LOT
The European Commission has approved EUR650 million euro (USD795 million) state aid to LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin) to… Read More »
China Southern offloads 45% stake in logistics unit
China Southern Airlines (CZ, Guangzhou) is set to dispose of a 45% stake in its wholly-owned CSA Logistics subsidiary as the majority-state-owned… Read More »
Belarus’s Belavia adds maiden E195-E2
Belavia (B2, Minsk National) has taken delivery of its first of three E195-E2s on order from Embraer (EMB, Sao Jose… Read More »
Uganda Airlines takes delivery of first widebody, an A330neo
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) has acquired its first of two A330-800s on order from Airbus (AIB, Toulouse Blagnac) after 5X-NIL… Read More »
Norwegian mulls end to long-haul
Although Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) shareholders backed the troubled carrier’s restructuring plans last week, its creditors have said they are… Read More »
Alaska Airlines orders 23 incremental B737 MAX 9s
Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) has ordered an additional twenty-three B737-9s, increasing its order book from Boeing and lessors… Read More »
Pionair Australia eyes more E190s as regional market grows
Pionair Australia (PH, Bankstown) is planning to add a further three E190s in 2021 as it sees the aircraft as… Read More »
Air Taxi India completes certification, to launch UDAN ops
Air Taxi (India) (Delhi Int’l) has secured its Air Operators Permit (AOP) from the Indian Directorate General of Civil Aviation… Read More »
Australia’s Rex complains over Qantas’s capacity dumping
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) has filed a complaint with the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) alleging… Read More »
FedEx Express modernises fleet with delivery of first purpose-built regional ATR freighter
FedEx Express the world’s largest express transportation company, has announced the delivery of the first ever purpose-built turboprop regional freighter… Read More »
Textron Aviation announces new Cessna Citation flight data monitoring service options
Textron Aviation has announced new aircraft flight data monitoring (FDM) service options for Cessna Citation business jets equipped with Aircraft… Read More »
CAPA Live: Virgin Australia: Brand valuable in competitive market
The loyalty battle is joined! Virgin Australia has doubled Qantas’ loyalty offer and is targeting those travellers who want lounges… Read More »
CAPA Live: AirAsia – huge data opportunities – and….
AirAsia will be back stronger in 2021, with international operations starting to open up within the next six months. AirAsia… Read More »
Qantas Frequent Flyer: the gold standard in airline loyalty programmes
Qantas Frequent Flyer, the loyalty programme of Qantas, has been heralded by many as the gold standard in airline loyalty… Read More »
CAPA Live Jan-2021 – “Irreversible” changes in a COVID-19 world
The global COVID-19 pandemic has irreversibly changed the world in more ways than anyone could have imagined. The way we… Read More »
S7 Airlines returns to fly from Milan Malpensa to Moscow from December 30th
After the announcement of the new flights of Air Senegal departing from Malpensa on February 17th, further good news arrives… Read More »
Airlines Begin Bringing Back Furloughed Employees
As American and United airlines begin the process of bringing back some 30,000 furloughed employees as part of the second coronavirus… Read More »
How Palladium Is Rewarding Travel Advisors
Palladium Hotel Group Rewards Travel Agents Palladium Hotel Group knows how hard travel advisors work for their clients, and this… Read More »
Quark Expeditions Launches Industry’s Most Rigorous COVID Travel Policy
Quark Expeditions, the recognized leader in Polar Adventures, has unveiled the most comprehensive, traveler-focused COVID policy in the travel industry…. Read More »
Carnival’s New Mardi Gras Fills Up With LNG for First Time
Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras made its first port call in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, where it will mark a… Read More »