Cruising to Resume in Singapore Under New Safety Protocols
The Singapore Tourism Board has cleared the way for cruising to resume starting in November by two cruise lines that homeport ships… Read More »
MSC Receives RINA’s Biosafe Ship Classification
MSC’s ship, the MSC Grandiosa, has been awarded RINA’s Biosafe Ship class status for meeting some of the highest health and… Read More »
Silversea Initiative Wins Award For Sustainability
Silversea Cruises won this year’s Seatrade Cruise Award for Sustainability, a recognition for putting sustainability at the forefront of its… Read More »
Reservations Open for Carnival Celebration Ahead of 2022 Debut
Reservations are now open for Carnival Celebration, Carnival Cruise Line’s newest ship set to debut in November 2022 as part… Read More »
ASL Airlines Ireland to take five ATR72-600 freighters
ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int’l) has confirmed it will be the ATR72-600 freighter’s launch operator when it takes delivery… Read More »
Bhutan and India resume “air bubble” flights
Bhutan’s Drukair (KB, Paro) has announced it will be operating several weekly flights to India under a special “air travel… Read More »
Liberian gov’t inks MOU for Lone Star Air
The Government of Liberia has signed a strategic partnership agreement with Ghanaian start-up Goldstar Airlines (Accra) over the proposed establishment… Read More »
Spain’s Privilege Style reconfigures a B757 into all-premium
Privilege Style (P6, Palma de Mallorca) has converted one of its two B757-200s into an all-premium cabin configuration, business charter… Read More »
Philippine Airlines to cut a third of its workforce
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has announced it will lay off around 2,500 staff during the final quarter… Read More »
Switzerland’s Comlux Aviation orders ACJ TwoTwenty bizjets
Comlux Aviation (Zurich) has become the world’s first disclosed customer for Airbus’s newly unveiled corporate jet, the ACJ TwoTwenty, a… Read More »
Wizz Air to enter Norwegian domestic market
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) will open a base at Oslo Gardermoen and launch domestic Norwegian routes effective November 5, signalling… Read More »
Brussels approves €19.3mn Romanian state aid to Tarom
The European Commission has approved Romanian state-guaranteed loans of up to EUR19.3 million euros (USD22.6 million) to Tarom (RO, Bucharest… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Brasil pilots, crew yield to fixed wage cuts
LATAM Airlines Group will resume negotiations with its Brazilian pilots and cabin crew over a permanent reduction in salaries, after… Read More »
KLM mulls early retirement of A330 fleet
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (KL, Amsterdam Schiphol) is discussing the early retirement of its A330 aircraft, Luchtvaartnieuws has reported. With… Read More »
Branson, Bain quibble over size of stake in Virgin Australia
The size of a stake in Virgin Australia Holdings has become a point of disagreement between new owner Bain Capital… Read More »
FAA extends slot, schedule waiver at seven major gateways
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has decided to extend through March 27, 2021, i.e. for the duration of the… Read More »
Ethiopian Airlines Nov 2020 South America operations as of 06OCT20
Ethiopian Airlines in late-October 2020 plans to resume service to Argentina, with 1 weekly Addis Ababa – Sao Paulo Guarulhos… Read More »
Volaris adds Mexico City – Dallas route from Dec 2020
Mexican carrier Volaris from December 2020 is adding Mexico City – Dallas/Ft. Worth service, set to open for reservation later… Read More »
Asiana Airlines schedules limited Nepal charter flights in Oct 2020
Asiana Airlines during this month schedules 2 one-way charter flights to Nepal, based on schedule listing. The Star Alliance carrier’s… Read More »
Asiana Airlines expands A380 scenic flights in Oct/Nov 2020
Asiana Airlines this week expands offering of Airbus A380 domestic scenic flights, originally scheduled on 24OCT20 and 25OCT20. The Star… Read More »
Qatar Airways adds San Francisco service from mid-Dec 2020
Qatar Airways from December 2020 is adding new service to the US West Coast, as the airline announced the launch… Read More »
Saudia NW20 International network changes as of 07OCT20
Saudia in the last few days filed additional changes to its planned International network for Northern winter 2020/21 season, as… Read More »
Wizz Air launches domestic Norway service in Nov 2020
Wizz Air from November 2020 is launching new base in Oslo Gardermoen (OSL) airport, as the airline begins domestic flights… Read More »
AirAsia resumes Kuching – Langkawi service from mid-Nov 2020
AirAsia starting next month is resuming Kuching – Langkawi service, after 2.5 years hiatus. Last served until June 2018, the… Read More »
Ural Airlines adds new domestic routes from Moscow Zhukovsky in late-Oct 2020
Ural Airlines later this month plans to add 6 domestic routes from Moscow Zhukovsky, on board Airbus A320 aircraft. Current… Read More »
Red Wings expands Ekaterinburg domestic network in Oct 2020
Russian carrier Red Wings starting this week gradually introduces additional routes from Ekaterinburg, on board Sukhoi SuperJet SSJ100 aircraft. Planned… Read More »