Cathay Pacific in survival mode, parks 40% of fleet abroad
Cathay Pacific (CX, Hong Kong Int’l) has grounded 40% of its passenger fleet for the foreseeable future, it revealed in… Read More »
Pakistan’s Vision Air Int’l eyes Sialkot base
Vision Air International (Pakistan) (VIS, Karachi Int’l) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Sialkot International Airport to establish… Read More »
Air Canada targets almost $553mn in private funding
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) plans to raise just over USD552.6 million in Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates (EETCs) – a… Read More »
Airlines for America President Says Industry Has Done Everything It Can to Fight COVID-19
Nicholas Calio, president of Airlines for America, the trade group representing virtually every domestic carrier, says the industry has done… Read More »
American Airlines Adds Coronavirus Restrictions Tool for Destinations
American Airlines announced the launch of a new travel tool to help customers quickly see the current coronavirus travel guidelines for… Read More »
American Airlines to Make DFW a Hub for Flights to Asia
Saying it would be more profitable to fly to Asia-Pacific of its home base at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, American… Read More »
United CEO Says Travel, Lodging, Hospitality at ‘Near-Depression Levels’
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby appeared on national television Sunday, lobbying for an extension of the CARES Act stimulus package… Read More »
Travelers Say Rental Cars Safest Form of Transportation Amid COVID-19
With more destinations reopening their borders to tourism, travel is gradually coming back. But while travelers are growing more confident… Read More »
Spice Island Beach Resort Delays Reopening Until October 2021
Grenada’s Spice Island Beach Resort, which was scheduled to welcome guests back in fall 2020, will instead delay its reopening until… Read More »
Bahamas Resorts Delay Openings Beyond Government
Nassau’s Sandals Royal Bahamian joined the Baha Mar mega-resort this past week in opting to delay their re-openings until this… Read More »
Marriott Announces New Escape to Luxury Offerings
Marriott International announced a new offering for guests who book at participating hotels in North America, the Caribbean and Latin America,… Read More »
Park MGM, NoMad to Reopen as First Smoke-Free Casino Resort on Las Vegas Strip
MGM Resorts International will complete its reopening of properties worldwide in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic with the opening… Read More »
Lufthansa mulls further fleet cuts, including all A380s
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is contemplating cutting its fleet beyond the 100 aircraft announced earlier this year in a move… Read More »
RwandAir axes A330neo, B737 MAX leases
RwandAir (WB, Kigali) has confirmed it has cancelled leases for two A330-900Ns and two B737-8s amid protracted delays in their… Read More »
Avianca responds to court ruling blocking gov’t funding
Avianca Holdings will, in the next few days, present information to the Administrative Court of Cundinamarca showing that the Colombian… Read More »
Nepal’s Shree Airlines ventures into international market
Shree Airlines (N9, Kathmandu) is set to venture into the international market with its first flights abroad due to start… Read More »
Thai Airways formally enters business reorganisation
Thailand’s Central Bankruptcy Court has allowed flag carrier Thai Airways International (TG, Bangkok Suvarnabhumi) to enter into a business reorganisation… Read More »
New AirAsia Group MRO unit may save $240mn a year in costs
AirAsia Group has created a new MRO company, Asia Digital Engineering, a wholly-owned subsidiary that will provide engineering services for… Read More »
American Airlines mulls B737 MAX deferrals
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) is in negotiations with Boeing over the potential deferral of eighteen B737-8s due in 2021… Read More »