Black-owned Urban One bids for Va. casino license
Urban One is joining Golden Nugget, Bally’s, and Native American tribes in bidding for a Richmond, Va., casino project. The… Read More »
Hyatt Regency will debut in Las Vegas as Rio rebrands
The first Hyatt Regency to open in Las Vegas will replace the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino as Hyatt Hotels… Read More »
Virgin Hotels to open Thursday after $200M makeover
The former Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas has had a $200 million makeover and is ready for its beauty… Read More »
Blackstone buyout bid values Aussie resort at $6.2B
Shares in Australia’s Crown Resorts Ltd. rose more than 20% after its announcement Monday that Blackstone Group Inc. has offered… Read More »
How entertainment travels to American’s in-flight screens
Inflight entertainment offerings undergo a detailed curation process by American Airlines’ inflight entertainment team months in advance to appearing on… Read More »
US air passengers top 1M mark for 10 straight days
March 20 was the 10th consecutive day that the Transportation Security Administration screened more than a million passengers at US… Read More »
Air Canada adds triangular route to Saskatchewan
Air Canada is adding a triangular route to its schedule that will fly from Montreal to Regina and stop in… Read More »
Delta expands services to US, Caribbean vacation spots
Delta Air Lines plans to add nine new routes and expand service to vacation destinations in the US and Caribbean…. Read More »
Delta Air Lines maintains American Red Cross blood drives
Delta Air Lines has continued supporting the American Red Cross with blood drives despite the coronavirus pandemic. The events include… Read More »
Alaska adds flights between Minneapolis and Anchorage
Alaska Airlines is adding summer service between Anchorage and Minneapolis-St. Paul starting June 19. Last week, the airline resumed flights… Read More »
United has operated more than 11K cargo flights
United Airlines has operated more than 11,000 cargo-only flights transporting more than 570 million pounds of freight since the first… Read More »
Alaska appoints its first female COO
Alaska has appointed Constance von Muehlen as its new COO, effective April 3, 2021. She recently served as senior vice… Read More »
British Airways mulls sale of HQ due to homeworking
British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) is considering selling the building near London Heathrow that houses its headquarters, as the switch… Read More »
Norfolk Island sees resumption fo commercial pax flights
Norfolk Island, an Australian territory in the South Pacific, has become the focus of a bun fight between Qantas (QF,… Read More »
Italy’s Piaggio Aerospace bags four non-binding offers
Italian aerospace manufacturer Piaggio Aerospace (Genoa) has received four non-binding offers for the acquisition of the group’s aircraft and engine… Read More »
Ohio’s Ultimate Air Shuttle to resume scheduled ops in 2Q21
Ultimate Air Shuttle (UE, Cincinnati Lunken) has announced that it will restart scheduled operations on April 12, 2021, more than… Read More »
Uganda Airlines dismisses Auditor-General’s debt claims
Uganda Airlines (UR, Entebbe/Kampala) has denied it is indebted as claimed in a recent report by the country’s Auditor General,… Read More »
Egypt’s Air Cairo to expand into West Africa
Air Cairo (SM, Cairo Int’l) is to open a new route between Cairo Int’l and Conakry (Guinea) via Niamey (Niger)… Read More »
Alitalia newco to launch ops early 3Q21, plans asset tenders
ITA – Italia Trasporto Aereo, the newco Alitalia (AZ, Rome Fiumicino), must commence flight operations this summer, by June or… Read More »
Saudia inks historic $3bn fleet financing deal
Punted as the largest deal to date in Saudi Arabia’s aviation history, Saudia (SV, Jeddah) has clinched a SAR11.2 billion… Read More »
Ukraine will not nationalise Motor Sich – security secretary
Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council (NSDC), has said that there is currently no talk of… Read More »
Jet Airways deal hits new hurdle, ex-CEO eyes new airline
The acquisition of Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) by the consortium of London-based Kalrock Capital and Dubai-based businessman Murari Lal… Read More »
Lithuania’s Heston Airlines adds first A320
Heston Airlines (HST, Vilnius) has taken delivery of its first aircraft, A320-200 LY-FJI (msn 2157), as it inches towards its… Read More »
Airbus, Boeing vie as Qantas says “now is the time to buy”
As Airbus and Boeing vie for a multi-billion dollar Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) order to replace its ageing B737-800… Read More »
Kigali in final talks with Qatar over RwandAir equity
The Rwandan government is in “final talks” with Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) over the sale of a 49%… Read More »
Ariana Afghan Airlines looks to grow B737 fleet
Ariana Afghan Airlines (FG, Kabul) is on the market for a B737-500, almost six months after it sold its first… Read More »