Hope trumps distress as hotel sale prices defy pandemic
The window to cut-rate acquisition of distressed hotel properties appears to be closing as sellers hold the line out of… Read More »
Winter storm affects vaccine shipments
The massive winter storm that affected the Midwest and Texas delayed the delivery of 6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses due… Read More »
TSA to add 6K airport screeners by summer
The Transportation Security Administration plans to hire 6,000 additional screening agents for hundreds of airports by summer. “We expect to… Read More »
JetBlue, American expand Caribbean schedule
American and JetBlue are increasing their flight schedules to Caribbean and Florida destinations as part of the expansion associated with… Read More »
American manager’s mentorship makes a difference
Angela Johnson, customer service manager at O’Hare International Airport, started her career at American as a fleet service clerk, and… Read More »
Black United Airlines pilots mentor the next generation
A group of Black United Airlines pilots who completed flight training while they were students at Hampton University now mentor… Read More »
Delta Flight Museum hosts vaccination center
The Delta Flight Museum near Atlanta’s airport will serve as one of four COVID-19 vaccination centers opening in Georgia today…. Read More »
US airlines support international contact tracing program
Airlines for America said that its member airlines have agreed to ask passengers traveling to the US to voluntarily provide… Read More »
Another United Plane Made Emergency Landing Due to Engine Issue
A United Airlines plane was forced to make an emergency landing in the United States after departing from Mexico on Saturday. According… Read More »
United grounds Boeing 777 Fleet in wake of incident
United Airlines on Sunday announced it is grounding all 52 of the Boeing 777 airplanes powered by Pratt & Whitney… Read More »
Dominican Republic’s Red Air eyes US charters
Red Air (Santo Domingo Las Américas) has sought US government approval to start passenger charter flights to the United States… Read More »
Court ruling allows Malaysia Airlines $890mn capital jab
Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) parent Malaysia Aviation Group (MAG) has said it will proceed with a MYR3.6 billion… Read More »
Air Côte d’Ivoire takes delivery of maiden A320neo
Air Côte d’Ivoire (HF, Abidjan) took delivery of its first A320-200N on February 18, 2021, after TU-TSX (msn 10197) was… Read More »
American Airlines, JetBlue expand East Coast network
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) and JetBlue Airways (B6, New York JFK) have announced a significant expansion of their networks with 33 new routes from… Read More »
British Airways nets £2bn loan, defers pension payments
IAG International Airlines Group has confirmed two financing agreements that its British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) subsidiary reached that will… Read More »
ASL Airlines Ireland starts domestic Italian ops for Amazon
ASL Airlines Ireland (ABR, Dublin Int’l) has commenced operating domestic routes in Italy on behalf of Amazon.com, using one of… Read More »
Japan, US ground PW-powered B777s after United incident
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will issue an emergency airworthiness directive grounding all B777 widebodies powered by certain Pratt… Read More »
Etihad, Gulf Air ink partnership agreement
Etihad Airways (EY, Abu Dhabi Int’l) and Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) have signed a wide-ranging strategic commercial cooperation agreement… Read More »
Transat AT extends $198mn loan facility termination date
Air Transat (TS, Montréal Trudeau) parent Transat AT has announced that it has extended the termination date of its CAD250… Read More »
EU approves slot relief potentially through 4Q22
The Council of the European Union has approved an extension of a bloc-wide slot waiver through at least the end… Read More »
Ireland’s Aer Lingus will not be allowed to fail, gov’t says
Leo Varadkar, Ireland’s former prime minister and current deputy prime minister, has told the parliament (Dáil) that the government is… Read More »
CPaT sees airline industry recovery through increased pilot training demand
CPaT Global, the world’s leading provider of distance learning for the airline and aviation industry, has stated that it is… Read More »