Hotel Xcaret Arte Is Officially Welcoming Guests
Hotel Xcaret Arte, the second property from Grupo Xcaret, has officially opened its doors. The adults-only hotel (welcoming guests 16… Read More »
FAA Levies $119,000 in Civil Penalties Against Nine Unruly Passengers
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a new public service announcement on the heels of issuing $119,000 in civil… Read More »
American Airlines Adds New Routes From Miami This Winter
American Airlines is expanding its footprint at Miami International Airport, adding two new international destinations and six new domestic routes… Read More »
Amtrak Investing $7.3 Billion in New Fleet of Modern Trains
Amtrak has announced that it’s contracting with California-based Siemens Mobility Inc. to manufacture a new fleet of up to 83 multi-powered modern… Read More »
Hilton Trims Daily Housekeeping at Most US Hotels
Effective immediately, Hilton Hotels just instituted what will likely be a precedent-setting decision. The hotel giant has eliminated daily housekeeping… Read More »
Saba Rock Offering Special Reopening Packages
British Virgin Islands luxury resort Saba Rock is celebrating its October reopening following the property’s redevelopment in the wake of… Read More »
France’s HOP! retires last E145
Nearly 18 months after retiring the type from revenue service, HOP! (A5, Paris Orly) formally returned its last E145 on… Read More »
Ryanair to open Agadir, Morocco base in Winter 2021/22
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) will open a third base in Morocco by stationing two B737-800s in Agadir, from where it… Read More »
Irish court names Stobart Air liquidator, hears staff plea
A hearing at the High Court of Ireland has appointed Deloitte Ireland as liquidator to Stobart Air (RE, Dublin Int’l)… Read More »
St. Eustatius reopens to commercial traffic
The Dutch Caribbean island of Sint Eustatius has opened a new passenger terminal and control tower at Saint Eustatius F.D…. Read More »
Somaliland lifts ban on flydubai
The Somaliland government has lifted its suspension of Emirati low-cost carrier flydubai (FZ, Dubai Int’l) following a bilateral agreement between… Read More »
Port au Prince, Haiti closed after President assassinated
Port au Prince Toussaint Louverture International Airport, Haiti closed to all traffic on Wednesday, July 7, 2021, following the assassination… Read More »
Staff of India’s Jet Airways must back revival or lose perks
As voting got underway for Jet Airways (JAI, Mumbai Int’l) employees to approve the Kalrock-Jalan consortium’s proposal to revive the… Read More »
Canada’s Carson Air under new ownership
Carson Air (CRN, Kelowna) – a Western Canadian provider of fixed-wing air ambulance, cargo, and flights school training services –… Read More »
GA Telesis announces signing of Repair Management Agreement with Air Astana
GA Telesis, LLC has announced the signing of a Repair Management Agreement with Air Astana, the flag carrier of Kazakhstan…. Read More »
Hahn Air appoints Christoph Althoff as new Vice President Airline Business
Hahn Air announced the appointment of Christoph Althoff as Vice President Airline Business. The industry professional joined the Hahn Air… Read More »
Transair Hawaii adds first B737-400 freighter
Transair Hawaii (R9, Honolulu) is set to add its first B737-400(SF), having registered B737-400 N251AU (msn 25104) in late April… Read More »
Icelandair to raise its share capital to $274mn
Icelandair Group shareholders are to vote on a proposal to increase the company’s share capital by ISK5.6 billion krona (USD45.1… Read More »
Romania’s Blue Air eyes UK IPO via reverse takeover
Ridgecrest, a cash shell company based in Surrey in the United Kingdom, announced plans on July 6 to engineer a… Read More »
Ireland’s Emerald Airlines eyes Aer Lingus ops in early 4Q21
Aer Lingus Regional services could be back in the air by October with final contracts to be signed soon with… Read More »
India’s SpiceJet confirms it will separate cargo “lifeline”
SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) plans to “hive-off the cargo business to operate as a separate entity,” in the words of… Read More »
DR Congo’s flyCAA set to resume A320 operations
Five years after it retired all of its A320-200s, the Democratic Republic of Congo’s flyCAA (BU, Kinshasa N’Djili) took delivery… Read More »
EU approves open skies with Armenia, Tunisia, Ukraine
The Council of the European Union, a gathering of the bloc’s ministers, has approved the signing of four open skies… Read More »
American Airlines and Sabre to face-off in new court case
American Airlines (AA, Dallas/Fort Worth) has filed a breach-of-contract lawsuit against Sabre Airline Solutions, seeking a temporary injunction preventing its… Read More »
Brussels backs further €40mn state aid to prop up Alitalia
The European Commission has concluded that EUR39.7 million euros (USD47.1 million) in further assistance the Italian government had asked… Read More »
Vietnam Airlines signs up for first part of $174mn loan
Vietnam Airlines (VN, Hanoi) took one step back from the brink of bankruptcy on July 3 when it signed a… Read More »