Alaska Airlines adding to Idaho schedule
Alaska Airlines plans to add service in June from Seattle to Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Redding, Calif. The airline will… Read More »
Delta Air Lines adding in-flight contactless payment
Starting March 16, Delta Air Lines will offer passengers contactless payment for in-flight purchases. The service will start with earbuds… Read More »
Atlas will convert aircraft to freighters for Icelandair
Atlas Air has closed a deal that calls for purchasing two Boeing 767-300 passenger planes from Icelandair, converting them to… Read More »
A4A applauds “vital” payroll support for US airlines
Airlines for America applauded final congressional approval of $14 billion in direct payroll support for airlines, saying the relief “is… Read More »
American, United Airlines Cancel Around 27,000 Furloughs
Officials from American Airlines and United Airlines announce around 27,000 employee furloughs have been canceled after Congress passed the $1.9… Read More »
Amtrak Restores 12 Routes To Daily Service as Demand Increases
Amtrak announced that it is restoring twelve of its long-distance routes as desire for travel grows, as well as reinstating 1,200… Read More »
Canberra extends A$1.2bn lifeline to Australian carriers
Australian airlines have embraced the government’s AUD1.2 billion Australian dollar (USD930 million) stimulus package for the country’s aviation and tourism… Read More »
VietJetAir to sell all 17.77 million treasury shares
VietJetAir (VJ, Hanoi) has approved a proposal to sell all 17.77 million of its treasury shares, equivalent to 3.28% of… Read More »
Icelandair merges Air Iceland Connect, to add B767-300(F)s
Icelandair (FI, Reykjavik Keflavik) will convert two of its B767-300(ER)s into freighters and lease them back under a long-term deal… Read More »
South Korea unveils additional support to airlines
South Korea’s government has unveiled additional measures to help the country’s airlines as they wrestle with the continuing impact of… Read More »
IndiGo Airlines in talks about five A321P2Fs – report
India’s largest low-cost carrier IndiGo Airlines (6E, Delhi Int’l) is planning to tap into the cargo market with the addition… Read More »
Air India denies plans to retire B747-400s
In response to a number of articles in the Indian media, Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) has issued a statement… Read More »
Norwegian wins court nod to axe leases on 25 aircraft
Ireland’s High Court has given Norwegian (DY, Oslo Gardermoen) approval to terminate lease contracts for 25 aircraft that had been… Read More »
Texas’s Envoy Air to add E170s
Envoy Air (MQ, Dallas/Fort Worth) has announced it is planning to add its first E170s with at least six units… Read More »
Rolls-Royce and Tecnam join forces with Widerøe to develop an all-electric aircraft
Rolls-Royce and airframer Tecnam are joining forces with Widerøe – the largest regional airline in Scandinavia, to deliver an all-electric… Read More »
Valle de Guadalupe is for wine lovers
Valle de Guadalupe in Baja California is just 45 minutes south of the US border and is a destination for… Read More »
Robots are made to deliver in hotels
The pandemic has turned the concept of customer service on its head, and hotels have had to get creative to… Read More »
Hotels can now join Tripadvisor Plus
Hotels can now join Tripadvisor Plus, as the platform expands its services to become a distribution site for hotels. Membership… Read More »
Vaccines pave way for return of business travel
The distribution of coronavirus vaccines worldwide should help speed up a rebound in global business and leisure travel, industries hard… Read More »
Redevelopment with hotel eyed for Phoenix indoor mall
Developers are proposing a mixed-use project that includes a hotel, offices and residences on the 98-acre site of Phoenix’s oldest… Read More »
Pharrell: The Goodtime in Miami will justify its name
Bookings have begun as a scheduled April opening approaches for The Goodtime, a hotel in Miami’s South Beach developed by… Read More »
130-plus UAE restaurants link to new Marriott platform
Marriott International lists more than 130 United Arab Emirates restaurants in a new online dining platform for the Middle East,… Read More »
American Express poll shows wanderlust in fine health
Pent-up desire for travel is much in evidence in a new poll conducted a year into the pandemic. The American… Read More »
American partners on sustainable aviation fuel agreement
American Airlines and Kuehne+Nagel have inked an agreement that will allocate part of the emissions reduction the airline generates from… Read More »
Southwest to resume operating 737 Max flights
Southwest Airlines becomes the latest airline to put the 737 Max back in its active fleet. Airlines have operated some… Read More »
Alaska Airlines to restart service to Hawaii’s Kauai
Alaska Airlines will resume service to Kauai April 5 as the island prepares to join Hawaii’s program allowing visitors presenting… Read More »