Debt restructuring thins Khazanah’s Malaysia Airlines stake
Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, has said that its equity in Malaysia Airlines (MH, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) had been… Read More »
Gov’t to divest Air India groundhandler – report
India’s government is reportedly readying the sale of a profitable groundhandling unit belonging to Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) amid… Read More »
MAAS Aviation partners with FL Technics to create world class re-delivery centre in Kaunas, Lithuania
Following a multi-million Euro investment, MAAS Aviation, recognised experts in aircraft painting and exterior coatings, has opened a new purpose-built… Read More »
Lufthansa sees no future for A380s but will add B787-9s
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) is unlikely to ever reactivate its fourteen mothballed A380-800s and will instead boost its medium-size widebody… Read More »
Google it: Travel is much on consumers’ minds
Analysis of activity via Google, the world’s leading search engine, indicates that interest in travel coupled with optimism over vaccine… Read More »
Poll finds vast majority forgoing spring break travel
Only 12% of Americans plan spring break trips despite widening availability of the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a survey by… Read More »
Meetings firm identifies cutting-edge tendencies
Vaccine availability has set the meetings business on the road to recovery, while regional gatherings reached by car remain ahead… Read More »
Clarify hotel reopening process, unions ask Ill. Senate
The Chicago Federation of Labor is beseeching Illinois lawmakers to end the “limbo” of tight limits on hotel convention attendance… Read More »
Wilton Rancheria tribe gets financing for Calif. casino
Construction on a $500 million casino-resort near Sacramento, Calif., is imminent, now that the Wilton Rancheria tribe has obtained funding… Read More »
Dallas complex to feature 500-room hotel-convention center
The $1 billion Sapphire Bay mixed-use project on Lake Ray Hubbard in Dallas will include a 500-room hotel and conference… Read More »
Basketball tourney gives bounce to Indy hotel trade
Next week’s Big 10 men’s and women’s basketball tournaments are giving the struggling downtown hotel business in Indianapolis a shot… Read More »
Leisure travel expected to lead rebound through 2021
As search data indicate consumers are increasingly ready to fly, observers expect airlines’ focus on leisure destinations to continue through… Read More »
FAA testing anti-drone tech at 5 US airports
Airports in Washington, Alabama, New Jersey, New York and Ohio have been selected by the Federal Aviation Administration to test… Read More »
Terminal upgrade planned for Dallas-Fort Worth airport
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport now plans to renovate the existing Terminal C while plans for the future Terminal F project… Read More »
Southwest extends Colo. service past the ski season
Southwest Airlines has extended through June 5 service from Denver to Yampa Valley Regional Airport in Hayden, Colo., and Montrose… Read More »
Alaska adds new routes between Calif. and Mont.
Alaska Airlines is adding new seasonal routes between California and two Montana destinations. The airline will fly to Kalispell from… Read More »
Delta making investment to offset 2020 carbon emissions
Delta Air Lines is making significant investments to offset 2020 carbon emissions as a part of its ongoing efforts to… Read More »
FedEx exec discusses vaccines, carbon-neutral goal
FedEx President and COO Raj Subramaniam discussed how the company is transporting COVID-19 vaccines, including attaching a chip to every… Read More »
JetBlue is expanding into travel tech
JetBlue is looking to diversify beyond flights through expanding into a travel tech company to “future-proof,” says Eash Sundaram, JetBlue’s… Read More »
Frequent fliers ready to return to the skies
Many frequent fliers are looking forward to returning to traveling after being grounded due to the pandemic. “The rhythm is… Read More »
Saudi Arabia clears B737 MAX to resume operations
Saudi Arabia became the second country in the Gulf region to permit B737 MAX operations after the General Authority of… Read More »
Jet Airways denied old slots, new owner eyes Uzbek start-up
A revived Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) will not have recourse to airport slots it had held before its April… Read More »