United Now Expects to Furlough 16,000 Employees on October 1
United Airlines announced today that it plans on furloughing 16,370 employees, come October 1, when the federal government’s CARES Act payroll… Read More »
Colorado Official Asks DOT to Investigate Frontier Airlines
More than 100 complaints by consumers from 30 states were more than enough for Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser. Weiser… Read More »
TSA Extends Touchless Self-Service Technology Test Program
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced it would continue operating pilot programs for its new touchless “self-service” technology at airports. The TSA… Read More »
Amtrak Partners With Lysol to Strengthen Hygiene Protocols
Amtrak announced its new partnership with RB, the company that manufactures Lysol, to help the rail line with its disinfection protocols. As part… Read More »
IHG Bolsters Meet With Confidence Program
IHG has enhanced its Meet with Confidence program with an emphasis on cleanliness and flexibility in the time of coronavirus. On Tuesday, the… Read More »
Saudi Arabia to allow Israel-UAE overflights
Two days after the first-ever commercial flight between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia has said it would… Read More »
Qantas sells $369mn of bonds in oversubscribed issue
Qantas Group has shown that it can still access long-term funding from the bond market, issuing 10-year unsecured bonds worth… Read More »
Solomons to cut workforce by 20%
Solomons – Solomon Airlines (IE, Honiara) has announced that it will lay off 59 staff members, thus reducing the size… Read More »
India’s IndiGo completes A320neo engine replacement drive
IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) has replaced faulty Pratt & Whitney PW1000-family engines powering all of its 128 A320neo Family… Read More »
Uber App’s New Mask-Wearing Selfie Function Holds Riders Accountable
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to complicate all activities involving human interaction, leading ride-hailing service Uber is implementing a timely new function within its… Read More »
Marriott Still Set to Open Disney World Hotel in 2021
Marriott Hotels is still set to open its latest hotel, on the grounds of Walt Disney World, sometime in 2021, according… Read More »
Palladium Hotel Group Unveils Fall Reopening Dates for Mexican, Caribbean Resorts
Palladium Hotel Group, which reopened a number of Mexican and Caribbean resorts in July, released an updated timeline for additional property… Read More »
Hilton Opens New Conrad Punta de Mita Resort in Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit
Hilton announced the opening of the new Conrad Punta de Mita Resort in Mexico’s Riviera Nayarit on September 1. The resort features… Read More »
New Report Breaks Down Updated Impact of Coronavirus on Hotel Industry
The American Hotel & Lodging Association (AHLA) has released a report about the impact of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak on the hotel… Read More »
FBI opens probe into defunct US carrier OneJet CEO
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has allegedly launched a criminal investigation into defunct virtual carrier OneJet (J1, Pittsburgh Int’l),… Read More »
California’s Surf Air nets $200mn, hires industry veteran
Surf Air (URF, Santa Monica) has raised USD200 million in advance of plans to go public and has also hired… Read More »
UAE gov’t injects $2bn into Emirates
The government of the emirate of Dubai pumped AED7.3 billion dirhams (USD2 billion) into Emirates (EK, Dubai Int’l) earlier this… Read More »
Bank dangles more incentives for HDC to buy Korea’s Asiana
State-owned Korea Development Bank, the main creditor of Asiana Airlines (OZ, Seoul Incheon), has offered further financial incentives to ease… Read More »
Audit points to graft, mismanagement at Thai Airways
A governmental audit has identified multiple cases of graft, corruption, and wrong business decisions as the reasons for Thai Airways… Read More »
Pakistan’s Serene Air adds maiden widebody, an A330-200
Serene Air (ER, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) took delivery of its first widebody aircraft, an A330-200, on August 27, 2020. AP-BNE… Read More »
President Trump Says He Will Help Struggling Airlines
President Donald Trump said that his administration would help out struggling airlines but gave no details on how. “We’ll be helping the… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Eliminates Change Fees on Service to All Destinations
Alaska Airlines announced today that it is permanently ditching its customer change fees for all tickets (except for Saver fares) on… Read More »
Flight Delayed After Two Women Brawl at NYC Airport
Two women forced a flight delay after they engaged in a fistfight on a jet bridge at a New York… Read More »
Southwest Puts Fall, Winter Flights on Sale
Southwest Airlines is kicking off September with another three-day sale featuring fares under $50 one-way and less than $100 roundtrip…. Read More »
Pilot Landing at LAX Sees Person With Jetpack in Flight Path
An American Airlines pilot preparing to land at a Los Angeles airport Sunday night got more than he bargained for when he… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines Issues Furlough Notices
Pilots and flight attendants are among the first of nearly 1,000 employees to be laid off from Hawaiian Airlines as… Read More »