Best winter holiday destination in Japan
A recent online survey with participants from a dozen different countries listed Japan as their top choice of destination once… Read More »
US Airlines Take Different Approaches to Thanksgiving
Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Five: Global aviation capacity continues to hover around the 55 million mark with an additional 400,000… Read More »
IATA Announces Creation of Digital COVID-19 Travel Pass
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) today announced that it’s in the final development stages for a mobile app called ‘IATA Travel… Read More »
Delta Teams With TSA at Atlanta Airport on New Security Tech
Delta Air Lines has announced a new program to help speed up security lines at an Atlanta airport ahead of the… Read More »
Holiday Air Travel off to Big Start
Well, if Friday and Saturday (Nov. 20 and 21) were any indications, the holiday air travel season is going to be a… Read More »
United Airlines Expands COVID-19 Testing Program to Latin America, Caribbean
United Airlines announced it would expand its COVID-19 testing program to include flights from Houston to destinations in Latin America and… Read More »
Delta CEO Says NY-to-London Corridor Not as Easy as First Thought
A New York-to-London air travel corridor might not be as easy as some people think, Delta Air Lines CEO Ed… Read More »
Brightline to Build High-Speed Rail Station at Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort and Miami-based intercity rail service Brightline today announced the formalization of an agreement to construct a train station at… Read More »
Virgin Limited Edition BVI Properties to Reopen December 1
Virgin Limited Edition, the collection of luxury properties owned by Sir Richard Branson, has scheduled the reopening of its British… Read More »
Disney Cruise Line Cancels Departures Through January 2021
Disney Cruise Line has canceled all sailings through January 2021. The company said in a Nov. 23 website post that sailings… Read More »
Virginia’s Dynamic Aviation to invest $47.9mn in MRO
Dynamic Aviation (Bridgewater) has announced it will build a new office, maintenance, and aircraft storage facility at Bridgewater, VA, airport,… Read More »
American Airlines confirms B737 MAX restart by YE20
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has confirmed it will resume commercial B737-8 flight operations by the end of the year,… Read More »
Delta, WestJet drop JV plans; claim DOT terms too onerous
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) and WestJet (WS, Calgary) have announced they have dropped their plans to establish… Read More »
Air Mauritius postpones watershed meeting
The administrators of Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) have obtained permission from the country’s Supreme Court to postpone the watershed meeting… Read More »
easyJet continues sale/lease-backs drive with 10 A320s
easyJet (U2, London Luton) has announced yet another sale and leaseback transaction, this time covering ten A320 family aircraft sold… Read More »
Saudia received $6.75bn in state aid in 2019-2020 – report
The Government of Saudi Arabia funnelled at least USD7 billion into state-owned flag carrier Saudia (SV, Jeddah) in 2019 and… Read More »
Creditors unwilling to fund Jet Airways’ restart
Lenders are hesitant to inject any fresh funds into Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) to finance the airline’s planned resurrection… Read More »
Brussels shuts state aid probe into Air Nostrum CRJ purchase
The European Commission has closed its in-depth investigation into a EUR9 million euro (USD10.6 million) Spanish regional government disbursement to… Read More »
Nigeria lifts ban on Lufthansa, KLM, and Air France
The Nigerian government has lifted its flight ban on Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l), KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol),… Read More »
UK’s Loganair to launch Teesside base in 1Q21
Loganair (LM, Glasgow Int’l) is set to open a base at Teesside on February 1, 2021, with a single E145… Read More »
PFA and IAGO join forces to deliver fully integrated training solutions
Pilot Flight Academy has partnered with IAGO Flight Training to offer and deliver fully integrated training solutions for their customers…. Read More »
CAPA Live: KLM CEO straps in for aviation’s bumpy recovery
“We’re heading for a very cold winter”, KLM CEO Pieter Elbers told CAPA Live on 11-Nov-2020, but added that, “with… Read More »
Which Thanksgiving Foods Can You Carry Onboard Flights?
Ahead of this week’s Thanksgiving holiday and amid this year’s unprecedented COVID-19 concerns, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidelines for… Read More »
Delta, WestJet Cancel Joint Venture
Saying that demands by the U.S. government for approval of a new alliance were unfair, Delta Air Lines and Canada’s… Read More »
CDC Updates Recommendations for Cruising
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday has issued new recommendations for cruise travel, and at the top… Read More »
Australia’s Rex confirms A$150mn investment from PAG
Rex – Regional Express (ZL, Wagga Wagga) has signed a final agreement with Asia-Pacific investment firm PAG regarding AUD150 million… Read More »