Australia’s Jetstar Airways to resume widebody ops in 2Q21
Parent Qantas Group confirmed in a market update that Jetstar Airways (JQ, Melbourne Tullamarine) will reactivate its widebody aircraft in… Read More »
Qatar Airways confirms impairment of five A380s
Qatar Airways (QR, Doha Hamad Int’l) has confirmed it has taken impairment on half of its fleet of ten A380-800s,… Read More »
Israel’s Israir halts flying on Saturdays
Israir (6H, Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has said that under its new ownership, it would stop flying on days of… Read More »
Caribbean Airlines cuts B737-800s but reaffirms MAX plans
Caribbean Airlines (BW, Port of Spain) was offered a penalty-free way out of its contract for the dry-lease of twelve… Read More »
Russia’s Azur Air adds VIP B757
Azur Air (ZF, Krasnoyarsk Yemelyanovo) has taken delivery of its tenth B757-200, VQ-BZE (msn 26330), which will be operated in… Read More »
Russia’s smartavia adds first A320neo, eyes more
smartavia (5N, Arkhangelsk Talagi) took delivery of its first A320-200N on April 15, 2021, and plans to add a further… Read More »
Ukraine’s Constanta Airlines secures US FACP
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has tentatively granted Constanta Airlines (UZA, Zaporizhzhia) a foreign air carrier permit (FACP) and… Read More »
Esken to sell Ireland’s Stobart Air to Isle of Man firm
Aviation and energy infrastructure group Esken, formerly known as Stobart Group, has signed a deal to sell its entire shareholdings… Read More »
Spain’s Air Nostrum seeks €103mn state aid
Air Nostrum (YW, Valencia Manises) has asked the Spanish state for a loan of EUR103 million euros (USD123 million), “to… Read More »
Turkish Airlines reduces and defers 737 MAX order
Turkish Airlines (TK, Istanbul New) has announced in a stock market disclosure that it has reached an agreement with Boeing… Read More »
Start-up airline Flyr partners with Ink to adopt future-focused technologies
Norwegian start-up airline Flyr is partnering with technology solutions provider Ink to digitise its operations and provide a simplified, future-focused… Read More »
Bucher leads the market with its ultralight Bionic Partition
The Swiss specialist in aircraft interiors continues to focus on lightweight innovations for the aviation industry. Bucher is taking a… Read More »
London City Airport launches new Passenger Travel Portal
As Britain gears up for a summer like no other, London City Airport has produced a new travel portal to help passengers… Read More »
Maldives offering vaccines to tourists
The Maldives has come up with a unique tourism campaign by offering to vaccinate tourists while they visit the islands…. Read More »
JetBlue sweepstakes promotes Earth Day
JetBlue has launched an “Earth Month sweepstakes,” giving away $17,000 in carbon-offset flights, including one pair of tickets in Mint… Read More »
Debit cards increasingly used for travel payments
Consumers are increasingly using debit cards to pay for travel expenses, which have traditionally been dominated by credit card payments…. Read More »
Finding the places where people can travel — now
Travel advisor Anne Scully of Embark decided to approach the pandemic travel problem as if it were a glass half… Read More »
Stockholm trio including Grand Hotel fetches $462M
Stockholm’s iconic Grand Hotel and two other properties with which it composes the Grand Group have been sold for $462… Read More »
How Calif. bought hotels to house the homeless
The pandemic has given California new tools and urgent motivation to find housing for the homeless. The state has used… Read More »
Va. Red Carpet Inn purchased to ease homelessness
A Red Carpet Inn in Charlottesville, Va., found a buyer recently — not a company but rather a coalition of… Read More »
Maui leaders, residents debate curbs on hotel growth
A proposed moratorium on hotel building in Maui, Hawaii, enjoys the backing of citizens concerned about post-pandemic overdevelopment but is… Read More »
$300M project at Mich. casino to feature hotel, restaurant
Gun Lake Casino in Wayland, Mich., plans to undergo a 250,000-square-foot expansion that will include a 250-room hotel, restaurant, entertainment… Read More »
Technology boosts return of automat concepts
Modern takes on the automat concept cater to contact-free restaurant practices that emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic. For example, Marriott… Read More »
Empathy, resilience are key to post-pandemic leadership
The pandemic has dramatically changed the way many of us work — and those changes aren’t likely to disappear once… Read More »
How to build a network with joy at the center
Rather than worry about what you’re missing, focus on “the joy of meeting others” to make networking about relationships rather… Read More »
Changing simple words can make you more powerful
Switching word choice can boost authority at work and lead to better outcomes. Instead of “you’re welcome” say “I’m happy… Read More »