The Most Welcoming Places on Earth
Destinations Travelers Feel Welcome It’s true that many can get homesick while traveling, but not in the destinations on this… Read More »
Hawaii Will Not Require Booster Shots for Travelers
Hawaii is not requiring travelers have booster shots as well as full vaccination to visit the Islands. The state’s Governor… Read More »
France to Drop COVID Testing for Vaccinated International Travelers
France will reportedly announce next week that current coronavirus testing protocols for fully vaccinated international travelers arriving in the country… Read More »
Bermuda Streamlines COVID Protocols for International Arrivals
Officials in Bermuda announced updated COVID-19 protocols designed to streamline the process for vaccinated travelers visiting the island. Starting on… Read More »
Brazil Authorizes Remote Work Visas
Brazil’s government is encouraging travelers to become “digital nomads” by working remotely in the South American nation. A measure passed… Read More »
Frontier, Spirit Merger has pluses and minuses
When a combination of staffing shortages and weather issues hit Spirit Airlines last summer, the carrier found itself in the… Read More »
Delta Testing Program Asking Passengers to Check Carry-On Bags
Delta Air Lines has quietly been testing a new program that encourages passengers to check their carry-on luggage to reduce… Read More »
New Data Suggests Domestic Travel Spending Could Reach $1.1 Trillion in 2022
A new study from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) found that travel’s recovery in the United States could… Read More »
Flight Gets Diverted After Unruly Passenger Threatens Crew Member
An American Airlines flight bound from North Carolina to Southern California was diverted to New Mexico on Monday night when… Read More »
US News & World Report Releases 2022 ‘Best Hotels’ Rankings
Leading global rankings authority U.S. News & World Report today released its twelfth annual Best Hotels list, having selected 2022’s… Read More »
Carnival Updates COVID-19 Testing Requirements
Carnival Cruise Line has updated its Have Fun. Be Safe. protocols for COVID-19 testing. The cruise line will now recognize… Read More »
Norwegian Cruise Line Updates SailSafe Policies
Norwegian Cruise Line has made changes to its SailSafe policies that relax mask-wearing and vaccination policies as the Omicron variant… Read More »
Canada’s Calm Air adds first ATR72-500(F)
Calm Air (MO, Thompson) took delivery of its first ATR72-500(F) – C-GREJ (msn 709) – on February 2, 2022. The… Read More »
United Airlines may sell stake in MileagePlus
United Airlines Holdings is considering selling a minority stake in its wholly-owned frequent flyer unit MileagePlus, sources close to the… Read More »
Norse Atlantic revises maiden flight to 2Q22
Norse Atlantic Airways (Oslo Gardermoen) will launch ticket sales by the end of March ahead of its maiden commercial flight… Read More »
Germany’s Avanti Air adds first Dash 8-Q400
Avanti Air (ATV, Paderborn/Lippstadt) has taken delivery of its first DHC-8-Q400 as it kicks off its previously announced transition to… Read More »
Russia’s Komiaviatrans rejigs debt, removes bankruptcy risk
Komiaviatrans (KO, Syktyvkar) is implementing a financial recovery plan that has already eliminated the risk of bankruptcy at the airline,… Read More »
NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet is undergoing wind-tunnel tests
NASA’s X-59 supersonic jet, which is being developed with Lockheed Martin, moved one step closer to flight last week after… Read More »
Two of the worst U.S. airlines are merging and will upsell you on everything
Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines are merging to create a larger ultra-low-cost air carrier, but is it really a cheaper… Read More »
FAA urges more stick time for airline and charter pilots
Airline and charter pilots may be in for more stick and rudder time assuming a new proposed advisory circular makes… Read More »
Allegiant’s longtime CEO will be retiring in June
Allegiant Air’s longtime CEO, Maurice “Maury” Gallagher, has announced he will retire from his role effective June 1st 2022 and… Read More »
Boeing said it delivered 32 aircraft in January, the lowest in three months
Boeing said on Feb. 8 it delivered 32 aircraft in January, the lowest in three months, as its sidelined 787… Read More »
FedEx in talks with Boeing and Airbus to buy next-gen 777-8F or A350 freighters
FedEx is reported to be in talks with Boeing and Airbus to buy next-generation freighters to keep up with the… Read More »
Boeing hopes 787 inventory takes off soon
Last year was a rebuilding year for Boeing — there’s just not a whole lot of building new 787 jets… Read More »
Philippine Airlines CCO loses his job after steering the airline through Chapter 11
A reforming chief operating officer who successfully helped steer Philippine Airlines through the Chapter 11 process is looking for work… Read More »
Air France KLM and DHL partner on SAF fuel purchase
DHL Global Forwarding and Air France KLM Martinair Cargo (AFKLMP) have teamed up on the purchase of 33m litres of… Read More »