First Batch of Airport Frontliners Receive Covid 19 Shots at Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA)
Frontliners at the Mactan Cebu International Airport (MCIA), received the first dose of the Covid 19 vaccine on May 17… Read More »
Breeze Airways to Launch Service from Pittsburgh to 4 Cities
When you want to reinvent a transportation industry, Pittsburgh is always a good starting point. The home of AI-powered autonomous… Read More »
SUMMER 2021 : Ryanair adds Milan Bergamo-Menorca route
The Balearic island is Ryanair’s 17th Spanish destination from Milan Bergamo Starting July 2nd Ryanair will add its 17th direct… Read More »
Alaska Airlines Restarts In-Flight Food and Drink Service
The post-pandemic travel experience is beginning to materialize, and we’re starting to see signs of a return to relative normalcy…. Read More »
American Airlines Launching New Five Star Essentials Service
American Airlines announced the launch of its new Five Star Essentials service, designed to simplify the airport experience. Travelers will soon… Read More »
Breeze Airways Joins TSA PreCheck
Brand new U.S. airline Breeze Airways has joined the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA PreCheck expedited screening program ahead of its debut on… Read More »
Guatemala Luxury Resort Villa Bokéh Set for June Debut
Villa Bokéh, a seven-room deluxe hacienda resort in historic Antigua, Guatemala, will open June 10 as the country’s second Relais & Chateaux property…. Read More »
Belmond Introduces New Experiences at European Properties
Europe is reopening, and travelers can take advantage of exciting new offerings. Belmond will introduce a series of new cultural, culinary… Read More »
How Hawaii Hotels Performed in April 2021
Hawaii is reporting some relatively good news on the hotel front. Statewide, its hotels reported significantly higher revenue per available room… Read More »
Marriott Announces Opening of First AC Hotels Brand in Hawaii
Marriott International announced the opening of AC Hotel by Marriott Maui Wailea, the first property in the Hawaiian Islands for the… Read More »
Bahrain’s Gulf Air pushes back Airbus, Boeing deliveries
Gulf Air (GF, Bahrain Int’l) has agreed with both Airbus and Boeing to defer deliveries of unspecified aircraft originally due… Read More »
Kuwait’s Jazeera shareholders okay $66.4mn capital increase
Shareholders of Kuwait’s Jazeera Airways (J9, Kuwait) have approved a 10% capital increase from KWD20 million dinars (USD66.4 million) to… Read More »
Bulgaria’s Electra Airways returns last B737-400
Electra Airways (EAF, Sofia) has returned its only, and long inactive, B737-400, Skyliner Aviation has reported. LZ-EBA (msn 28723) was… Read More »
Florida’s GLOBALX signs for five A321(P2F)s
GLOBALX (GXA, Miami Int’l) has signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) with ST Engineering and its in-house leasing arm Aviation… Read More »
European court rules rescue of Spain’s Air Europa was legal
The General Court of the European Union has ruled that the EUR475 million euros (USD578.8 million) in Spanish government loans… Read More »
Qantas sheds hundreds more jobs to cut costs
Qantas Group will retrench several hundred more employees in addition to 8,500 jobs already axed as the airline targets to… Read More »
Wizz Air UK takes off again from Gatwick
Wizz Air UK, has announced it has restarted flights from Gatwick Airport, following the UK Government’s lifting of the ban… Read More »
Spain to lift restrictions for UK and Japanese travellers
Spain has said it is officially lifting restrictions for UK travellers from Monday, when a decree takes effect. The government… Read More »
Japan bullet train driver leaves cockpit for toilet break
The incident took place on the Tokaido Shinkansen railway line. A Japanese train driver faces possible punishment after he left… Read More »
Carnival’s new Mardi Gras ship leaving for Port Canaveral
Carnival Cruise Line’s new Mardi Gras ship will arrive at Port Canaveral in Florida on June 4 and await approval… Read More »
Choosing a specialty
This week, we continue with why you chose your specialties. Several respondents noted that they saw a void and decided… Read More »
Younger travelers are turning to travel advisors
The travel industry has been pummeled by the pandemic, but it has created a new appreciation for travel advisors especially… Read More »