Planet Hollywood Cancun Opening in December
Travelers looking to escape the new normal in the United States will soon be able to experience Mexico in the… Read More »
Fly Lankan Asia plans domestic, int’l ops from Sri Lanka
Fly Lankan Asia has filed an application for an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) and an Airline Licence (AL) in Sri… Read More »
India’s TruJet reaches deal with lessors to reactivate ATRs
TruJet (2T, Hyderabad Int’l) hopes to resume a full flying schedule having reached deals with lessors covering overdue payments and… Read More »
Wizz Air boosts Italian focus with new Catania base
Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) has announced it would open a base in Catania on October 8, 2020, basing two A321-200s… Read More »
South African Airways needs State cash next week to survive
The fate of South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) hangs in the balance again with its administrators urgently needing… Read More »
SpiceJet faces $33mn court order plus BOC lease claim
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) has had to confront several legal issues on top of problems such as ongoing financial losses,… Read More »
Miami’s GLOBALX to spin out Jetlines to target Canada market
Miami-headquartered Global Crossing Airlines, doing business as GLOBALX (Atlantic City), intends to spin out its wholly-owned subsidiary Canada Jetlines Operations,… Read More »
Zambia Airways completes certification
Zambia Airways (AZB, Lusaka) has been granted an Air Operators Certificate (AOC) by the Zambia Civil Aviation Authority (ZCAA) in… Read More »
Zimbabwe reopens to commercial pax traffic
Zimbabwe reopens its domestic airspace on September 10, 2020, followed by international flights on October 1, 2020, but travellers will… Read More »
Ryanair in $1bn bond issue, $470mn share placement
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) launched and sold an EUR850 million euro (USD1 billion) bond on September 7, which was more… Read More »
Delta Offers New Layer of Protection at Five US Hubs
Delta Air Lines and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) are working together to bring new antimicrobial technology to security checkpoints, developing… Read More »
Pilot Berates Passenger With Chronic Asthma for Not Wearing Face Mask
A video making its rounds on social media showed an easyJet pilot demanding that a passenger with asthma put on his… Read More »
Passenger on American Airlines Gets Heartwarming Note from Flight Attendant
Flying during a pandemic has been very different these days, however one Flight Attendant on American Airlines made a passenger’s day with… Read More »
Experiencing Enterprise Rent-A-Car During COVID-19 Pandemic
Enterprise Rent-A-Car makes traveling during a pandemic even easier. In late August, I took a trip with my family to Michigan to see… Read More »
Amtrak Adds RideReserve Tool to Ensure Social Distancing on Trains
Amtrak is helping people feel safer on its busiest trains by allowing customers who purchase multi-ride tickets to confirm their travel… Read More »
Iconic Chicago Hotel In Danger of Being Shuttered
Banks and lenders have filed a foreclosure suit against the Palmer House Hilton, one of the most iconic hotels in… Read More »
Miami Officials Sign Off on PortMiami Expansion
Despite the coronavirus epidemic that has hampered the entire travel industry, including cruising, several major expansion products at PortMiami will… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Group Hires Former Ambassador as SVP-Corporate Affairs
Royal Caribbean Group has hired a former ambassador for the new position of senior vice president of corporate affairs. Donna Hrinak,… Read More »
US judge approves JetSuite parent’s restructuring plan
A little over four months after Superior Air Charter (SAC) LLC, parent firm of JetSuite (Santa Ana, CA), declared bankruptcy… Read More »
AirAsia Group in talks to raise $600mn, mulls Japan exit
AirAsia Group is in talks with private equity firms and both local and international conglomerates and banks in efforts to… Read More »
Woman Banned From American Airlines After Calling Flight Attendant ‘Mask Nazi’
American Airlines has banned a female passenger after the woman allegedly left a nasty, derogatory note for a flight attendant… Read More »
Air Travel Has Best Day Since March
Airline travel had its best day since the coronavirus pandemic disrupted the industry, according to the Transportation Security Administration. The… Read More »