Envoy Air to expand MRO base at Springfield, MO
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) – a wholly-owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group – has announced plans to expand its… Read More »
Allegiant Air to open Des Moines base in early 3Q21
Allegiant Air (G4, Las Vegas McCarran) has announced it will open its base at Des Moines, Iowa, on July 1,… Read More »
Indonesia’s Lion Air restructures some lease deals – report
Lion Air Group is understood to have reached agreement with a number of its lessors to restructure their lease agreements… Read More »
India’s Alliance Air to add two Do228s
Alliance Air (India) (9I, Mumbai Int’l) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding covering two Do228s with Hindustan Aeronautics (Bangalore HAL),… Read More »
SriLankan Airlines restructures leases, secures gov’t funds
SriLankan Airlines (UL, Colombo Int’l) has renegotiated several aircraft leases saving the airline USD150 million over five years as part… Read More »
Lessors object to Norwegian’s bid to wriggle free of deals
Lessors have told the High Court of Ireland, currently overseeing the examinership process currently underway to protect Norwegian (DY, Oslo… Read More »
Air Canada rouge suspends flight operations
Air Canada rouge (RV, Toronto Pearson) paused its operations from February 8 until further notice and temporarily laid off 80… Read More »
Lufthansa refinances all 2021 dues using €1.6bn bond
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has raised EUR1.6 billion euros (USD1.92 billion) by issuing a bond on February 4, funds it… Read More »
Delta Expands Facial Recognition Technology
Delta Air Lines is expanding its facial recognition technology to domestic flights at Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, according to Fox… Read More »
Now Airlines Are Booting Passengers for Wearing Too Much Protection
Airlines have certainly been diligent and have meted out a plethora of punishments to passengers who refuse to wear a… Read More »
Feds Bust Man at Airport Smuggling Erectile Dysfunction Drugs
A passenger flying from India to Savannah, Georgia was intercepted by federal officers at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport on Thursday… Read More »
Flight Attendants President Encourages Airlines To Continue Addressing Issues
Sara Nelson says airlines are at a critical crossroads where they could actually take advantage of what has been the… Read More »
Navitaire receives IATA NDC Capable Level 4 full offer & order management certification
Navitaire, an Amadeus company, and a leading provider of reservations and ancillary sales solutions to low-cost and hybrid airlines, has… Read More »
Airbus’s January deliveries drop by a third
Although commonly regarded as a slow month for aircraft manufacturers, Airbus stated on 5 February that is had delivered 21… Read More »
Air Canada’s LCC Rouge halts flights indefinitely
New travel restrictions now in place in Canada has resulted in Air Canada putting a halt on Rouge operations indefinitely,… Read More »
Boeing to relocate 737 fin production to India
On 5 February, a joint venture between Boeing and Tata Advanced Systems (TAS), Tata Boeing Aerospace, said it would start… Read More »
Union Says Flight Attendants Will Bear the Brunt of American Layoffs
A spokesperson for the Association for Professional Flight Attendants said Friday it will be mostly flight attendants who beat the… Read More »
Name Chosen for Key West Airport’s Coronavirus-Fighting Robot
In an online naming contest that attracted the 1,000 maximum number of entries in just six hours, Key West International… Read More »
N.Y. county to raise room occupancy tax rate
Officials in Onondaga County, N.Y., have approved a plan to increase the local room occupancy tax rate to 7% from… Read More »
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 »
San Francisco’s historic Sir Francis Drake Hotel sold
Pebblebrook Hotel Trust says it has transacted with an unnamed party to sell the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, a landmark… Read More »
Asheville, N.C., will allow new hotels, with limits
The city of Asheville, N.C., is lifting a year-and-a-half-old ban on hotel construction, but strict rules on locations are expected… Read More »