UK’s Titan Airways takes first A321neo(LR)
Titan Airways (ZT, London Stansted) has taken delivery of the first of two A321-200NX(LR)s due to be operated, among others,… Read More »
SpiceJet wet-leases Maldivian Twin Otter for seaplane ops
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has wet-leased a DHC-6-300 amphibian from Maldivian (Q2, Malé) for use in operating India’s first-ever scheduled… Read More »
Lithuanian ACMI start-up Heston Airlines to launch in 1Q21
Lithuanian lessor and MRO provider Heston Aviation has launched all-A320 operator Heston Airlines (Vilnius), which will focus on charter and… Read More »
Solomon Airlines pleads for gov’t support
Solomons – Solomon Airlines (IE, Honiara) needs state funding to survive after the Solomon Islands government extended the closure of… Read More »
GE’s shares soar as earnings recover from pandemic lows
General Electric Co GE.N on Wednesday unexpectedly reported a quarterly profit and a positive cash flow on the back of cost cuts… Read More »
Canada launches major initiative in advanced air mobility
The future of flight in Canada took a major step forward today with the launch of the Vancouver-based Canadian Advanced… Read More »
First Airbus A321P2F by ST Engineering enters service
ST Engineering, Airbus and their joint venture, Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) achieved a key milestone in their joint A321 passenger-to-freighter (P2F)… Read More »
Boeing deepens job cuts as twin crises extend losses
Boeing Co BA.N unveiled a fourth straight quarterly loss and deeper job cuts on Wednesday as the coronavirus pandemic and the lengthy… Read More »
Japan’s ANA to shrink fleet as it skids toward record $4.8 billion loss
Japan’s ANA Holdings Inc 9202.T on Tuesday said it will retire more than a tenth of its mostly Boeing Co BA.N fleet and delay… Read More »
Saudi airline faces claim over 50 leased Airbus planes
State-owned Saudi Arabian Airlines is facing a claim in London’s High Court filed last month by a Dubai-based financial services… Read More »
Airplane COVID-19 risk ‘very low’ with masks, other actions, report finds
Transmission risks of COVID-19 during airline flights are very low and below other routine activities during the pandemic such as… Read More »
Traffic May Drop 70 Percent at World’s Busiest Airport for International Travel
The chief executive officer of the world’s busiest airport for international travel said passenger traffic could drop by as much as 70… Read More »
No Stimulus Package Until After Election as Senate Is Adjourned
United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has adjourned the Senate until Nov. 9, ending any hope that the… Read More »
Southwest Puts Holiday Flights on Sale From $49 One-Way
Southwest Airlines is extending its low fare sale ahead of the holiday season, offering flights from $49 one-way now through Thursday, November… Read More »
Iberostar Launches ‘Travel at Ease’ Initiative
Iberostar Hotels & Resorts has launched its new Travel at Ease initiative as it continues reopening its resorts in Mexico,… Read More »
Marriott Announces New Day Pass, Stay Pass and Play Pass Packages
Marriott International announced a new program designed to help travelers break up the monotony of juggling work and school from… Read More »
IHG’s Holiday Inn Express Brand Opens First Airport Hotel in Australia
IHG Hotels & Resort’s Holiday Inn Express brand announced the opening of its first airport hotel in Australia, the Holiday Inn… Read More »
Dream Cruises’ World Dream Arrives in Singapore
World Dream, Dream Cruises’ 150,695-gross-ton megaship, arrived in Singapore in the morning on October 25 with 187 crew members aboard,… Read More »
Costa’s Favolosa and New Toscana to Sail on South America Cruises in 2021, 2022
Costa Cruises plans to make its presence known in South America in 2021 and 2022, with the positioning of Costa Toscana,… Read More »
Virgin Voyages Cancels December Sailings
Virgin Voyages has canceled December cruise departures of the new 2,770-passenger Scarlet Lady. The company website now shows a Jan. 3… Read More »
Carnival’s Adolfo Perez Launches New Webcast for Travel Advisors
Adolfo Perez, Carnival Cruise Line’s senior vice president of trade sales and marketing, will debut a new webcast series for travel… Read More »
Temptation Caribbean Cruise Returning in 2022
Adult hospitality company, Original Group, announced the new Temptation Caribbean Cruise would set sail in 2022. The voyage, dubbed Naughty by… Read More »
Former Spicejet owner tells court to hand stake back
Indian media baron Kalanithi Maran, owner of the Chennai-based conglomerate Sun Group, has asked the High Court of Delhi to… Read More »
Japan’s ANA to launch new airline in rejigged business model
ANA Holdings has set out a series of measures towards what it calls a new business model to survive the… Read More »
Belgium’s VizionAir expands chartered fleet
VizionAir (Antwerp) has expanded its fleet of aircraft available for charter through the addition of a Fokker 50 operated by… Read More »
Southwest Airlines eyes A220/B737-7 decision by 2025
Southwest Airlines (WN, Dallas Love Field) is evaluating both the A220-300 and B737-7 ahead of an order and deliveries which… Read More »