Aeroflot shareholders back offering of 1.7bn new shares
Aeroflot (SU, Moscow Sheremetyevo) shareholders have approved at an extraordinary general meeting a state-approved increase in the company’s authorised capital… Read More »
Crunch time for South African Airways
It’s crunch time for state-owned South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo), as the country’s government appears to run out… Read More »
More West African airlines return to the skies
Mauritania Airlines (L6, Nouakchott) has resumed international flights following the reopening of the country’s airspace on September 11, 2020, after… Read More »
United Airlines Resumes Existing, Adds New Service to Key West
United Airlines announced it would resume daily nonstop service to Key West from Chicago O’Hare and New Jersey’s Newark Liberty… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Announces Latest Promotion With QB Russell Wilson
Alaska Airlines today announced its latest promotional sale in concert with Seattle Seahawks star quarterback Russell Wilson, who has been a… Read More »
United Adding New Antimicrobial Coating to Cleaning Procedures
United Airlines announced it is adding an EPA-registered antimicrobial coating to its already rigorous safety and cleaning procedures. The carrier is… Read More »
Southwest to Keep Middle Seats Open Through November 30
Southwest Airlines has announced that it will continue to limit the number of seats sold on every flight this fall… Read More »
IHG’s voco Brand Comes to America, First Locations in NYC, Florida and Missouri
IHG (InterContinental Hotels Group), one of the world’s leading hotel companies, today announced that its highly anticipated upscale voco brand has arrived… Read More »
Antigua’s Boutique Carlisle Bay Resort Reopening on October 10
The five-star, boutique Carlisle Bay all-suite resort on Antigua has announced its imminent reopening, set for October 10, 2020. The low-density, luxury… Read More »
Preferred Hotels & Resorts Adds 13 Properties Between May and August
Preferred Hotels & Resorts added 13 new properties to its portfolio of hotels between May and August 2020, rounding its number… Read More »
Visit Santa Barbara Reprises Third Night Free Hotel Promotion
Visit Santa Barbara is reprising its 2019 Third Night Free hotel promotion for bookings made by Sept. 27 for travel through Nov. 22,… Read More »
New Touchless Sterilization Robot Designed to Clean Hotel Rooms Revealed
Cloud-based platform CIRQ+ announced its new CIRQ+CLEAN touchless sterilization robot designed to restore consumer confidence in Travel during the ongoing coronavirus outbreak…. Read More »
AmaWaterways Suspends River Cruises Through Nov. 15
AmaWaterways has canceled regularly scheduled river cruises in Europe, Africa and Asia through Nov. 15, 2020. “The U.S. and Canadian markets… Read More »
South Africa to reopen to int’l pax traffic in early 4Q20
South Africa will reopen its international borders in October as the country scales down its COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. This has… Read More »
Stockholm Bromma, Sweden can be allowed to close – operator
Stockholm Bromma operator Swedavia has told Sweden’s Ministry of Enterprise and Innovation that continuing operations at the secondary airport “are… Read More »
Delta to back $6.5bn bonds and loans with loyalty scheme
Delta Air Lines (DL, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson) will try to raise USD6.5 billion through bonds and a new loan facility… Read More »
Brazil’s Azul receives loan proposal but may reject it
Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras (AD, Sao Paulo Viracopos) has received a funding proposal from the state-owned Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES)… Read More »
El Al holds share offering, one potential buyer exits
El Al Israel Airlines (LY, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) announced on September 15 that it would stage a government-mandated USD150… Read More »
Further snags for Kenya Airways’ nationalisation plan
The renationalisation of Kenya Airways (KQ, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has been put on ice to allow for a fresh round… Read More »
European Commission to extend slot waiver for Winter 2020/21
The European Commission has agreed to extend the waiver of “use it or lose it” slot rules in the European… Read More »
Pilots hit hard by Turkish Airlines wage cuts
Pilots at Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New) will see their wages halved until end-2021 following an agreement between the airline… Read More »
Delta Begins $12 Billion Investment in US Airports
Delta Air Lines flight 2020 took off from Salt Lake City for Atlanta this morning from the brand new 900,000-square… Read More »