Ban on US non-essential travel lifted by EU

Americans will be permitted non-essential travel to the European Union thanks to a vote Wednesday by ambassadors from the 27… Read More »
Air Canada flights, miles are prizes in vaccine lottery

Air Canada has provided vacation packages, tickets and frequent flier miles as prizes in a lottery for Albertans who get… Read More »
Border restrictions expected to remain through June

US and Canadian officials met Tuesday to discuss travel restrictions between their countries, but sources say they are expected to… Read More »
Touchless air travel started to take off

Frequent Flyers on United Airlines, Air Canada and other Star Alliance airlines will be able to use touchless biometrics services… Read More »
Royal Caribbean Delays Odyssey of the Seas Debut Due to Positive COVID-19 Tests

Royal Caribbean announced Tuesday night the debut of Odyssey of the Seas would be delayed until the end of July due to… Read More »
Switzerland’s Helvetic Airways to open Basel base in 3Q21

Helvetic Airways (2L, Zurich) will station two of its Embraer E-Jets at Basel/Mulhouse/Freiburg, CH from July 10, 2021, for new… Read More »
EU, US agree to end Airbus/Boeing subsidy dispute

Nearly 17 years after Washington DC filed the first complaint with the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the United States and… Read More »
Missouri’s GoJet Airlines to open Richmond, VA base

GoJet Airlines (G7, St. Louis Lambert Int’l) has announced it will expand its US East Coast operations by adding a… Read More »
Mayotte’s EWA Air resumes flights to the Comoros

EWA Air (ZD, Dzaoudzi) has resumed flights between Mayotte and other islands in the Comorian archipelago following the re-opening of… Read More »
Kenya reopens airspace to Somalia

Ending a month-long feud, Kenya has re-opened its airspace for flights to/from Somalia in what Uhuru Kenyatta’s government has termed… Read More »
PIA postpones scenic mountain flights due to bad weather

PIA – Pakistan International Airlines (PK, Islamabad Quaid-e-Azam Int’l) has postponed the launch of scenic flights over the mountainous northern… Read More »
Denmark’s Global Reach Aviation adds first CRJ900

Global Reach Aviation (Billund) has secured its first CRJ900, an aircraft nearly double the capacity of the virtual business charter… Read More »
Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe to see maiden inc’l ops in 1Q22

Victoria Falls International Airport, located in northwestern Zimbabwe, will see its first scheduled intercontinental passenger flights next year after EW… Read More »
Air Canada recalls 2,600 staff

Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) is recalling more than 2,600 employees as it prepares for an increase in scheduled flights,… Read More »
Philippine Airlines mulls $505mn survival plan – report

PAL – Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) has confirmed to Forbes Asia that it is working on a… Read More »
Eurowings to open Prague base in 4Q21

Eurowings (EW, Düsseldorf Int’l) is continuing its strategy of expanding beyond its core German-speaking markets and will open a base… Read More »
Jet2 to raise another £537mn as UK travel ban persists

Jet2 (LS, Leeds/Bradford) parent Jet2 plc has moved to bolster its balance sheet by GBP537.4 million pounds (USD756 million) as… Read More »
Ex-CEO of Russia’s VIM Airlines sentenced but released

Alexander Kochnev, a former chief executive of VIM Airlines (NN, Moscow Domodedovo), has been sentenced at a court in Moscow… Read More »
Vertical Aviation gains eVTOL orders from American, Avolon

Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing (eVTOL) start-up Vertical Aviation (MDB, San Antonio Int’l) has secured two major, albeit tentative, orders;… Read More »
AerFin signs Component Support Contract with Alitalia

AerFin has signed a component support contract with Alitalia, the flag carrier of Italy, to serve the component requirements of… Read More »
LinkedIn’s best practices for garnering followers

Brands that want to bolster their engagement among LinkedIn’s 740 million members and gain more followers should complete all of… Read More »
Calif. theme parks update COVID-19 safety measures

Theme parks across Southern California, including, Disneyland Resort in Anaheim and Universal Studios Hollywood, are reopening to out-of-state guests and… Read More »