Travelers May Need Vaccine Boosters To Visit Certain European Countries
Two European Union (E.U.) member nations, Austria and Croatia, have instituted new rules for international travelers, placing an ‘expiry date’ on visitors’ COVID-19… Read More »
Close-To-Home Alternatives To Bucket List Destinations
Go Here, Not There International travel has only become more difficult because of the pandemic, and the issues of health… Read More »
The Most Popular Labor Day Weekend Destinations
Popular Places More than three out of 10 Americans plan to travel for this upcoming Labor Day weekend, according to… Read More »
Air Canada to Require COVID Vaccinations for All Employees
Air Canada announced that all airline employees would be required to receive a COVID-19 vaccination by October 30. The updated health… Read More »
Amtrak Pacific Surfliner Will Require Reservations for Labor Day Weekend
To safely manage capacity during periods when more travelers are anticipated, reservations will be required September 3 – 7 during Labor… Read More »
Vail Resorts Announces Opening Dates for North American Properties
Vail Resorts is gearing up for the coming winter season, announcing the opening dates for its North American properties. The… Read More »
Marriott Bonvoy, Washington Post Creative Group Launch Writer’s Contest
There’s no denying that the pandemic has changed the way in which travelers think about how they’d like to elevate… Read More »
Saint Lucia Resort Offering Free Travel Insurance
Saint Lucia’s all-inclusive Coconut Bay Beach Resort & Spa is offering vacationers complimentary travel insurance coverage with stays of five… Read More »
Romania’s Blue Air to enter the UK leisure market
Blue Air (Romania) (0B, Bucharest Otopeni) has announced it will enter the coveted United Kingdom leisure market with services from London Heathrow to Nice starting on… Read More »
US court asked to enforce $320m claim against Argentina
A long-standing legal dispute over the renationalisation of Aerolineas Argentinas (AR, Buenos Aires Ezeiza) and its then sister airline, Austral (AU, Buenos Aires Aeroparque), has resurfaced… Read More »
India lifts B737 MAX ban to benefit of SpiceJet, Akasa Air
India’s civil aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), announced on August 26 that it had cleared Boeing’s B737-8 and B737-9 aircraft to… Read More »
Court grants India’s SpiceJet relief over $10.86mn tax debt
A court has granted SpiceJet (SG, Delhi Int’l) partial relief from a demand from India’s Department of Revenue that it immediately pay a Goods and… Read More »
Qantas to reactivate A380s in 2022, waits with A350ULR order
Qantas (QF, Sydney Kingsford Smith) is planning to reactivate several A380-800s next year but will wait before committing to its tentative A350-1000(ULR) order until… Read More »
Etihad bondholders file Air Seychelles winding-up petition
Bondholders at EA Partners II, a Netherlands-based special purpose vehicle belonging to Etihad Aviation Group, have filed a winding-up petition against Air… Read More »
Nigeria’s Green Africa Airways in ownership court challenge
Barely two weeks after lift-off, Nigerian startup Green Africa Airways (Q9, Lagos) faces an ownership challenge in the Federal High Court in Lagos… Read More »
IAI, Etihad to open B777 P2F conversion site in Abu Dhabi
Israel Aerospace Industries (Tel Aviv Ben Gurion) has partnered with Etihad Engineering, the maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) wing of Etihad Aviation… Read More »
Malaysia’s Kargo Xpress to add two B737-800(BCF)s
Kargo Xpress (KXP, Kuala Lumpur Int’l) has ordered two B737-800(BCF)s from GECAS with deliveries scheduled for October 2021 and January 2022, respectively. The two Boeing freighters will… Read More »
South African Airways details relaunch plans due in 3Q21
South African Airways (SA, Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) has confirmed it will resume commercial passenger operations on September 23 on one domestic and… Read More »
Ryanair pulls out of Northern Ireland over tax issues
Ryanair (FR, Dublin Int’l) has blamed UK passenger taxes and a lack of COVID-19 recovery incentives for its decision to pull out… Read More »
Israel to give El Al, Arkia, Israir more loans
Less than four weeks after Israel’s airlines appealed for more government funding, the Ministry of Finance said it had agreed in principle… Read More »
Philippine Airlines returns aircraft, defers deliveries
Philippine Airlines (PR, Manila Ninoy Aquino Int’l) returned two unspecified aircraft to lessors in July 2021 and deferred all deliveries of new… Read More »
Icelandic airline PLAY applies for US flying permit
PLAY, the bright red, low-cost, Icelandic airline has applied for a permit and exemption authority with the US Department of… Read More »