United CEO highlights sustainable aviation fuel efforts
At the UN Climate Change Conference, United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby highlighted the airline’s commitment to speed the development and… Read More »
Why This European Hidden Gem Should Be On Your Bucket List
Discover Madeira: An Outdoor Lover’s Paradise Madeira is an autonomous archipelago located north of the Canary Islands and just west… Read More »
The Best Places in US To Watch the Upcoming Meteor Showers
Showtime After Sundown Few things in the world have the ability to inspire as much awe as a sky full… Read More »
Delta Air Lines Announces New Distribution Agreement With Amadeus
Delta Air Lines announced a new global distribution agreement with Amadeus that will provide travelers a full range of options… Read More »
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts Announces Debut of The Meetings Collection
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts announced the debut of The Meetings Collection, a new element of the brand’s Wyndham Business program…. Read More »
Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants Announces First Location in Budapest
IHG Hotels & Resorts, one of the world’s leading hotel companies, has today announced the signing of Kimpton Budapest in… Read More »
Alaska Airlines links Hawaii travelers, volunteer options
Alaska Airlines is teaming with travel2change to link passengers visiting Hawaii with opportunities to volunteer in the islands. “We’re honored… Read More »
Aircraft manufacturers make continued investments in cargo aircraft
Boeing and Airbus are investing in the production of cargo aircraft, and other companies continue to convert passenger planes to… Read More »
DCA opens new security facility, part of $1B upgrade
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport has opened a new security screening area that is a part of Project Journey, its… Read More »
American unveils new fare class with free changes, extra legroom
American Airlines is offering a new “Main Select” fare with free same-day flight changes and complimentary access to extra legroom… Read More »
Alaska Airlines joins novel propulsion technologies pledge
Alaska Airlines and 19 other carriers in the Target True Zero initiative have pledged their support for novel forms of… Read More »
Biden administration unveils aviation sustainability plan
The Biden administration has unveiled its Aviation Climate Action Plan, which calls for investments in sustainable fuel and technologies and… Read More »
Romania’s Tarom retires 737 Classics
Tarom (RO, Bucharest Otopeni) no longer operates any B737 Classic aircraft following the retirement of its remaining active B737-300s. The… Read More »
US’s Silver Airways launches ATR72-500(F)s for Amazon ops
Silver Airways (3M, Fort Lauderdale Int’l) took delivery of its first five dedicated freighters, all ATR72-500(F)s, and began operations on… Read More »
Kenya’s Astral Aviation secures 757 freighters
Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) has signed operating leases with US-based Aquila Air Capital for three B757-200(PCF)s, with delivery… Read More »
Tata Sons must take over Air India ops in mid-1Q22 latest
Indian conglomerate Tata Sons must take control and start operating Air India (AI, Mumbai Int’l) at the latest by January… Read More »
Lebanon’s MEA eyes A321neo(XLR) flights to Africa
MEA – Middle East Airlines (ME, Beirut) plans to use its forthcoming A321-200NX(XLR)s on existing and new routes to Africa,… Read More »
Lufthansa raises €1.5bn in third bond sale of 2021
Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l) has raised EUR1.5 billion euros (USD1.74 billion) in its third bond sale this year, taking advantage… Read More »
LATAM looks to settle decade-long Colombian Q300 dispute
LATAM Airlines Group has asked the US Bankruptcy Court in New York to approve a USD9.55 million settlement agreement between… Read More »
Air Canada partially reverses A220 order cancellation
Air Canada (AC, Montréal Trudeau) has announced it has reversed its 2020 decision to cancel an order for two A220-300s… Read More »
Embraer plans to deliver over 150 jets in 2021
Brazil’s Embraer is on pace to deliver nearly 150 aircraft in 2021, according to the company’s forecasts in 2021’s third… Read More »
Boeing U.S. worker vaccine exemption requests top 11,000
The number of Boeing Co employees seeking a vaccine exemption on religious or medical grounds has reached more than 11,000… Read More »
Airbus unveils military jet trainer with eyes on Spain
Airbus is pitching a new military trainer jet that would replace the Spanish Air Force’s F-5M fleet. By the end… Read More »
Senator Feinstein to FAA: Passenger Safety Oversight Remains Ineffective
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today called on the Federal Aviation Administration to improve its safety oversight, noting a recent inspector… Read More »
PIA gets European air safety ratings
Pakistan’International Airlines on Friday said it had achieved safety ratings from European air safety watchdog SAFA. “With zero index, it… Read More »
Virgin Galactic’s “future astronauts” will be in the hands of an elite Canadian test pilot
Jameel Janjua calls them “future astronauts.” That’s partly corporate speak—Virgin Galactic’s preferred term for customers who pay upward of US$450,000… Read More »