Local travel to lead post-pandemic recovery
Travel sector players such as Wyndham Hotels, Southwest and Visa will benefit from a recovery in local travel, though businesses… Read More »
Delta Makes Several Route Adjustments
Delta Air Lines is the latest carrier to make adjustments to its route map, taking nine trips off the schedule… Read More »
Fla. spa accepts Bitcoin
In response to client requests, Peace Love Med Aesthetic Rejuvenation spa in Boca Raton, Fla., is accepting Bitcoin as payment…. Read More »
Delta Fully Implements Its ‘Digital Concierge’
Saying that it wants to remove the guesswork out of the new age of air travel, Delta Air Lines today announced it… Read More »
Draft of Coronavirus Relief Package Gives More Money to Airlines
It’s just a draft, and it’s a partisan draft at that, but the first stab at putting together what would… Read More »
Etihad Airways Becomes World’s First Airline to Vaccinate All Crew Members
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, became the first airline in the world to vaccinate 100%… Read More »
Veteran advisor finds niche as wellness consultant
Travel industry veteran Edyta Satchell turned her own health issues into a niche business, Satchelle Global Travel Wellness. She serves… Read More »
Buttigieg: Domestic testing mandate under discussion
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg confirmed that the Biden administration is having “an active conversation” about the possibility of requiring COVID-19… Read More »
Failed French canal turns into Mangalasy haunt
An ambitious 19th century project to outdo the Panama Canal, has left the intriguing Pangalanes canal in Madagascar. Travelers can… Read More »
Travel advisors favor flexibility for vaccine mandates
Travel advisors think there needs to be flexibility around requiring travelers to have a coronavirus vaccination because of the limited… Read More »
Rail Europe stops tours, leaves USTOA
Rail Europe North America Inc. has stopped selling tour packages and has dropped its membership in U.S. Tour Operators Association…. Read More »
ASTA seeks $9.3B in federal grants for travel advisors
ASTA is asking Congress for $9.3 billion in emergency aid for the travel industry and to allow agencies to receive… Read More »
The Londoner Macao debuts at Cotai Strip in China
The first phase of The Londoner Macao opens Monday at the Cotai Strip in China, just in time for the… Read More »
Air Namibia ceases operations, gov’t to announce liquidation
Air Namibia (SW, Windhoek Int’l) has announced the cancellation of all its operations, effective February 11, as the country’s government… Read More »
Air Mauritius to slash widebody fleet
Starting March 1, 2021, Air Mauritius (MK, Mauritius) will slash its widebody fleet to four Airbus aircraft and retain its… Read More »
India’s GoAir revives IPO plans – report
GoAir (G8, Mumbai Int’l) has revived plans to raise cash, reportedly INR30 billion rupees (USD411.8 million), by launching an Initial… Read More »
UK’s Eastern Airways unveils first E190 routes
Eastern Airways (T3, Humberside) has announced it will launch two new routes to Gibraltar in May 2021, which are also… Read More »
Wick, United Kingdom secures PSO funding
The Scottish Government has announced it will make GBP4 million pounds (USD5.5 million) in Public Service Obligation (PSO) grants available… Read More »
Canadian North to add first B737NG
Canadian North (5T, Yellowknife) is set to add its first B737-700 in the form of C-FHBO (msn 32768), director (flight… Read More »
Frontier Airlines to open Tampa base, plans for Atlanta
Low-fare carrier Frontier Airlines (F9, Denver Int’l) will establish a crew base at Tampa Int’l in May 2021, and plans… Read More »
Wizz Air to open Sarajevo base in 2Q21
Hungarian low-cost carrier Wizz Air (W6, Budapest) is to station an A320 in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia-Herzegovina, from May 20, 2021, representing the… Read More »
Aeroméxico seeks four more months to file restructuring plan
Grupo Aeroméxico has asked the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to extend the deadline… Read More »
Air Canada temporarily cuts US flights, lays off 1,500
Air Canada is temporarily laying off more than 1,500 additional employees and suspending service on 17 international routes, including flights… Read More »
Delta’s “Watch Tower” closely monitors vaccine shipments
Delta Air Lines’ “Vaccine Watch Tower” gives special attention to vaccine shipments, following each shipment from booking to delivery. “We… Read More »
Pandemic shrank US airline workforce by about 60K
The number of people employed by US airlines has rebounded slightly from its low in the fall of 2020 but… Read More »
Lawmakers propose extending airline payroll support
The $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package proposal includes $14 billion for extended airline payroll support, $8 billion for airports and… Read More »