Celebrity Cruises Debuts Winter Wonder-Filled Sailings for 2021-22
Celebrity Cruises today announced its updated program of winter 2021-2022 sailings for the Caribbean, Europe and South America. Informed by market… Read More »
100,000 Have Volunteered to Sail Aboard RCCL’s Mock Cruises
It seems that the cruise-going community has been suffering some very serious withdrawal pains over the past eight months, which… Read More »
Confidence in Cruising Growing Again
A new survey found the majority of Americans who enjoy cruise vacations are ready to sail again once the coronavirus… Read More »
Virgin Atlantic ready to partner flybe. after restart
Virgin Atlantic (VS, London Heathrow) would be interested in partnering with flybe. (BE, Exeter) if the regional airline restarts under… Read More »
UK’s Jet2 to open Bristol base in 2Q21
Jet2 (LS, Leeds/Bradford) has announced it will open its tenth British base on April 1, 2021, basing three aircraft out… Read More »
JetStar, Qantas resume Tasmania-Victoria flights
Virgin Australia (VA, Brisbane Int’l)Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) and its low-cost subsidiary Jetstar Airways (JQ, Melbourne Tullamarine) will resume… Read More »
Ecuatoriana Airlines granted an OP, to begin AOC drive
Ecuatoriana Airlines (Quito Int’l) is set to commence its AOC certification drive after the Ecuadorian civil aviation authority (Consejo Nacional de… Read More »
Emerald Airlines zeroing in on Aer Lingus contract – report
Emerald Airlines (Ireland), a start-up carrier founded by Conor McCarthy, is in exclusive talks with Aer Lingus (EI, Dublin Int’l)… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines scrubs Amhara flights as crisis escalates
Ethiopian Airlines (ET, Addis Ababa) has reportedly cancelled flights from Addis Ababa to Gondar and Bahar Dar in Ethiopia’s Amhara… Read More »
Ryanair takes over bulk of easyJet’s Stansted slots
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will take over 312 weekly slots at London Stansted airport from low-cost carrier rival easyJet (U2,… Read More »
Singapore Airlines nets $632mn in bond issue, reworks fleet
Singapore Airlines Group has raised SGD850 million Singapore dollars (USD632 million) via a convertible bond issue placed with a range… Read More »
Nigeria reopens more airports for international flights
The Nigerian government is to reopen Kano and Port Harcourt Omagwa for international flights to relieve congestion at Lagos and… Read More »
Etihad lays off cabin crew, A380s grounded “indefinitely”
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) may lay off more than 20% of its cabin crew and will keep its… Read More »
New business plan mooted for Air Namibia
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has presented a new NAD4.7 billion Namibian dollar (USD303.8 million) business plan to the country’s… Read More »
Cargolux studying B777-300(ER) freighters
Cargolux (CV, Luxembourg) is contemplating adding its first converted freighters in the future and is particularly interested in the B777-300(ER)(SF)… Read More »
UAE’s Air Arabia applies for state aid
Air Arabia (G9, Sharjah) is in talks with the Emirati government over a possible financial aid package, given the growing… Read More »
CAPA Live: Emirates Sir Tim Clark: network carriers stronger
Emirates Airlines president Sir Tim Clark, speaking at CAPA Live October 2020, argued there will be a demand-driven bounce back… Read More »
European airlines hit by new lockdowns, economic contraction
A number of European countries, including France, Germany, UK, Italy, Belgium, Ireland and Greece have reintroduced lockdown-like restrictions in response… Read More »
Aviation’s pandemic winners and losers: CAPA Live, 11-Nov
CAPA – Centre for Aviation will hold the CAPA Live November edition on 11-Nov-2020. The virtual summit features aviation industry… Read More »
Global Capacity Stabilises At Least For One Week
Coronavirus Capacity Update Week Forty-Four: But capacity falls below June levels. Whilst news of a vaccine led to airline stocks… Read More »
Olsztyn-Mazury Airport with ILS-II category system
Investment is our way of giving wings for Olsztyn-Mazury Airport in these difficult times. On Friday, October 23rd 2020, Olsztyn-Mazury… Read More »
Isavia: Iceland placed to attract more tourists and future hub traffic
The Icelandic airports and ATC operator Isavia has just published its financial report for the first half of 2020. In common with… Read More »
TikTok Video Leads to Man Getting Banned From Spirit Airlines
Spirit Airlines has apparently banned a college journalist from flying on its planes after the reporter allegedly created a TikTok… Read More »
United Debuts COVID-Free New York to London Flight
Is this the future of flying, at least for the time being in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic? On Tuesday,… Read More »
Qatar Airways Creates Student Loyalty Program
Qatar Airways announced November 16 that it has launched its Student Club, a subset of the airline’s loyalty program, to… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines Loyalty Members Can Use Miles for COVID-19 Test
Hawaiian Airlines announced it had become the first carrier in the United States to allow loyalty program members to redeem… Read More »