Spirit Sets Date for Shareholder Vote on JetBlue Deal
After a five-month saga that dominated aviation headlines through the spring and much of the summer, Spirit Airlines shareholders agreed… Read More »
Retired Nurse on Spirit Flight Saves Baby’s Life
Retired nurse Tamara Panzino was relaxing and reading a book during a Spirit Airlines flight from Pittsburgh to Orlando when… Read More »
Costa Rica Aims to Jumpstart Recovery
William Rodriguez has only been Minister of Tourism for Costa Rica for four months, but the official has 49 years… Read More »
PW812GA engine to power Gulfstream G400 reaches significant milestone
Pratt & Whitney Canada has announced that its PW800 engine programme has reached a key milestone by receiving the Type… Read More »
Constant Aviation adds Philadelphia-based AOG mobile response capabilities
Constant Aviation has added a new AOG (Aircraft on Ground) mobile response group in Philadelphia. The company, which has a network of mobile… Read More »
Air Canada launches WhereWeFly interactive route map
Air Canada has launched a new ‘WhereWeFly’ interactive route map on its Panasonic seatback IFE and Thales Wireless Portal. The… Read More »
United Airlines partners with Emirates and will launch Dubai flights
United Airlines and Emirates will sell seats on each other’s planes, marking a turnaround in the business models of the… Read More »
Lufthansa, Amadeus Strike NDC Agreement
The Lufthansa Group’s New Distribution Capability offers will begin to be available through Amadeus’ NDC platforms in the next quarter,… Read More »
Campbell Travel to Resell Thomalex OBT
Dallas-based Campbell Travel will be the first North American reseller of travel technology company Thomalex’s corporate online booking tool, Thomalex… Read More »
U.S. Ext.-Stay Demand Falls for First Time in Two Years
For the first time in two years, year-over-year demand for U.S. extended-stay hotels has declined, according to a new report…. Read More »
Vietjet launches two new routes to New Dehli and Mumbai
Vietjet has launched two new routes from Phu Quoc to Mumbai and New Dehli. This new service from the island… Read More »
Lufthansa pilots agree to ‘no strike’ deal until June 2023
Lufthansa (LHAB) (LHA) pilots will not go on strike until June 30, 2023, pilot union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) announced in… Read More »
Etihad Cargo positive about new Guangzhou flights
Etihad Cargo is hoping to capitalise on the addition of new passenger flights to China in October. The two weekly… Read More »
Teleport to add three leased Airbus A321 freighters
Teleport is expanding its fleet with the addition of three Airbus A321 freighters leased from BBAM. This increases the cargo-only… Read More »
BBN plans to set up Indonesian cargo airline
Holding company BBN Cargo Airlines is planning on adding a new airline based in Indonesia as it looks to capitalise… Read More »
Artemis I lunar mission has a new launch date
The Artemis mission team previously had been targeting September 23. October 2 is a potential backup date that is “under… Read More »
Boeing deliveried 35 jets in August and resumed 787 handover after a 15-month delay
Boeing jetliner deliveries rose in August 2022 to 35 airplanes as the U.S. planemaker resumed handovers of its 787 Dreamliner… Read More »
Biden cracks down on U.S. airlines to improve treatment of passengers
President Joe Biden said on Monday spet. 12 his administration had cracked down on U.S. airlines to improve treatment of… Read More »
Japan Airlines is operating at 65% of its pre-pandemic international capacity
Japan Airlines (JAL) is operating at 65% of its pre-pandemic international capacity, although COVID-19 curbs are limiting demand to just… Read More »
Israeli insurer Phoenix buys 20% of El Al Israel Airlines’ frequent flier program
Israeli insurer Phoenix has exercised an option to buy roughly 20% of El Al Israel Airlines’ frequent flier program, the… Read More »
French air traffic to be cut by 50% on Sept. 16
France’s DGAC aviation authority on Tuesday Sept. 13 said it has asked airlines to halve their flight schedules on Friday,… Read More »
20-Year-old Florida student tracks famous private jet owners’ summer trips
He may be only 20 years old, but a brilliant young University of Central Florida college student created headlines earlier… Read More »