Austrian Airlines accelerates fleet, manpower cuts
As travel restrictions and a slower-than-hoped-for recovery continue to affect European airlines, Austrian Airlines (OS, Vienna) has announced that it… Read More »
Finnair signs Letter of Interest on electric aircraft
Finnair has moved a step closer to adding electric aircraft to its fleet by signing a Letter of Interest with… Read More »
West Star Aviation expands second shifts at all full-service locations
West Star Aviation is expanding second shifts at their four full-service locations to improve overall efficiency and reduce turn times…. Read More »
Business Travel Sees Signs of Life
Some have said it’s doom and gloom for the business travel industry. And it may have looked that way, especially early… Read More »
UK’s Titan Airways to operate A321neo for the government
Titan Airways (ZT, London Stansted) is set to operate its first A321-200NX(LR) on behalf of the British government. The Airbus… Read More »
Malaysian court to hear AirAsia X vs BOC in late 2Q21
Following its intention expressed in a corporate filing on January 3 for the case to be judged in the Malaysian… Read More »
UAE’s Abu Dhabi Aviation to pursue mergers, acquisitions
Abu Dhabi Aviation (Abu Dhabi Int’l) will pursue a growth strategy based on acquisitions and mergers, a stock exchange disclosure… Read More »
Ryanair to open three new bases in Greece in S21
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has announced that it will open two entirely new bases in Greece, at Kerkyra and Rhodes… Read More »
SkyWorks Leasing to auction A321s, A350s, and B787s
SkyWorks Leasing is planning to sell seventeen ex-LATAM Airlines Group aircraft, including eleven A321-200s, four B787-9s, and two A350-900s, in… Read More »
American Airlines pays gov’t loan with new $10bn financing
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) parent American Airlines Group has secured USD10 billion in fresh financing backed by its AAdvantage… Read More »
Aer Lingus to launch UK-US flights in early 3Q21
Aer Lingus (United Kingdom) (Belfast City) has filed schedules indicating that it plans to begin commercial transatlantic services on July… Read More »
Finnair inks LOI for up to twenty ES-19s
Finnair (AY, Helsinki Vantaa) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with Heart Aerospace (Gothenburg City) for up to twenty… Read More »
LOT Polish Airlines, Turkish Airlines resume 737 MAX ops
LOT Polish Airlines (LO, Warsaw Chopin) and Enter Air (E4, Warsaw Chopin) resumed B737-8 operations on March 24 and 25,… Read More »
ITP Aero to support Pratt & Whitney Canada for MRO on PW814 and PW815 engine modules
ITP Aero and Pratt & Whitney Canada have agreed that ITP Aero will be the exclusive supplier of Original Equipment… Read More »
Satair appointed first global exclusive distributor of Champion Aerospace products
Satair and Champion Aerospace have signed a global agreement appointing Satair as the exclusive global distributor of Champion’s commercial aircraft… Read More »
Adrian Dunne appointed Executive Vice President Operations for Norwegian
Adrian Dunne will join Norwegian as the company’s new EVP Operations. Dunne has more than thirty years of experience as… Read More »
Norwegian’s reconstruction process in Ireland is approved
Norwegian’s reconstruction process in Ireland, called the Examinership, was today approved by the judge in the Irish High Court. Based… Read More »
Richmond, Va., casino-resort bidder field narrowed to 3
Minority-owned Urban One has been listed along with the Cordish Cos. and Bally’s as a finalist to develop a casino… Read More »
Occupancy, room rates continue closing in on 2019 mark
US weekly hotel occupancy as of March 20 climbed to 93.9% of last year’s comparable pandemic-affected point and hit the… Read More »
Popular Utah retail center redevelopment to include hotel
Provo, Utah’s Plum Tree shopping center was demolished to make way for a new development with apartments, a hotel and… Read More »
Things are looking up for “multi-star” resort guests
Astrotourism offers a new dimension for travelers seeking spectacular views of celestial phenomena, and resorts from Wyoming to Hawaii and… Read More »
Colony Capital steers away from hotels, warehouses
Colony Capital has successfully shifted its investment focus from assets such as warehouses and hotels into the digital arena —… Read More »