Trend: Laid-off advisors, have portfolio, will travel
Layoffs at large travel agencies has been a boon for travel agency groups that have been hiring unemployed travel advisors… Read More »
New Amazon CEO may take inclusion further
Andy Jassy, who will be replacing Jeff Bezos as Amazon’s CEO, may champion initiatives to foster inclusivity at the company…. Read More »
Wine Spencer supports Black Winemakers Scholarship
Proceeds from Wine Spencer’s Female Winemakers and Black-Owned Wineries virtual tastings will partly go to the Black Winemakers Scholarship Fund… Read More »
Turkey’s Pegasus Airlines set to issue $21mn worth of bonds
Pegasus Airlines (PC, Istanbul Sabiha Gökcen) has announced it will issue TRY150 million lira (USD21 million) worth of 365-day bonds…. Read More »
Canada’s Sunwing receives takeover offer, says CEO
The chief executive of Sunwing Travel Group, Stephen Hunter, has revealed that its low-cost subsidiary Sunwing Airlines (WG, Toronto Pearson)… Read More »
United, American, Hawaiian warn of job losses in early 2Q21
Airlines in the United States have issued fresh warnings of job losses once the second round of payroll support expires… Read More »
Singapore Airlines converts B787-10 orders to B777-9s
Singapore Airlines Group has announced that it has converted orders for fourteen B787-10s into eleven B777-9s as a part of… Read More »
Hainan Airlines Holdings to restructure up to ¥72.5bn debts
Hainan Airlines Holding revealed in a disclosure on February 9 that it expects to restructure interest-bearing debts amounting to no… Read More »
Moves to disqualify Boutique Air from Jackson EAS tender
Southern Airways Express (9X, Memphis Int’l) and Air Choice One (3E, St. Louis Lambert Int’l) are trying to have Boutique… Read More »
Sun Country Airlines outlines plans to IPO on Nasdaq
Sun Country Airlines (SY, Minneapolis/St. Paul) has outlined plans for an Initial Public Offering (IPO) on the NASDAQ stock exchange,… Read More »
Samoa’s Talofa Airways suspends flights over COVID-19
Talofa Airways (Apia Faleolo) has suspended scheduled services until Samoa reopens its borders, the airline confirmed to ch-aviation by email…. Read More »
W.Va. airport set to begin $8.3M expansion project
Raleigh County Memorial Airport in Beaver, W.Va., has secured funding and will begin taking construction bids for an $8.3 million… Read More »
Mo. airport building inclusive play area
Kansas City International Airport is planning to build an inclusive children’s play area in the airport’s new terminal, which will… Read More »
India’s gov’t spotlights Assam for aviation development
As part of a major boost to infrastructure development that the Indian government of Narendra Modi has announced for the… Read More »
American explains at-home COVID-19 testing process
American Airlines walks through the at-home COVID-19 testing process, which allows travelers who test negative to avoid quarantine requirements at… Read More »
Delta maintenance unit services first Trent 7000 engine
Delta Air Lines’ Miami maintenance center completed its first engine maintenance visit for a Rolls-Royce Trent 7000 engine from a… Read More »
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi confirms new route Alexandria, Egypt this month
Wizz Air Abu Dhabi, the newest national airline of the UAE has confirmed the start of its route from Abu… Read More »
Flybig, India’s regional airline adopts ARMS® software suite for digitalised operations
Flybig, India’s newest airline has selected LAMINAAR Aviation Infotech’s ARMS® application software to kickstart its operation. The ATR operator chose… Read More »
Delta CEO: Domestic testing mandate “horrible idea”
Requiring a negative COVID-19 test for domestic flights would be a “horrible idea for a lot of reasons,” Delta CEO… Read More »
Hawaiian Airlines celebrates the Hawaiian language
Hawaiian Airlines is celebrating Hawaiian language month by teaching passengers how to order drinks in Hawaiian and partnering with native… Read More »
RwandAir granted Ghana 5th freedom rights to US
RwandAir (WB, Kigali) plans to launch scheduled services from Kigali via Accra, Ghana to New York JFK in December 2021… Read More »
Lauda Europe to open Zadar, Croatia base from 2Q21
Lauda Europe (LW, Malta Int’l) is to open a base at Zadar, Croatia, from March 30, 2021, to serve destinations in Germany, Vienna,… Read More »