How Much Airline Traffic Increased in 2021
Well, this is likely stating the obvious but traffic on U.S. airlines in 2021 was up significantly over 2020, the… Read More »
Southwest Airlines Puts California Flights on Sale From $29 for Two Days Only
Southwest Airlines is offering travelers flights to the Golden State for as low as $29 one-way for two days only… Read More »
CDC Lowers Health Travel Notice for Cruises
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has lowered its warning for cruise travel. In what is welcome news… Read More »
Carnival, Royal Caribbean Lift Smoking Ban in Cruise Ship Casinos
Two major cruise lines announced smoking would once again be permitted inside casinos onboard qualifying ships. According to Cruise Critic,… Read More »
LATAM Airlines Group boosts support for its exit plan
LATAM Airlines Group is seeking to refinance a portion of the debt acquired during its bankruptcy, according to a lawyer… Read More »
Widerøe scoops almost all northern Norway PSOs
Widerøe (WF, Bodø) will provide all of the public service obligation (Forpliktingar til offentleg tenesteyting – FOT) routes in northern… Read More »
Babcock, Rolls Royce exit UK’s AirTanker parent company
Rolls-Royce and Babcock International have completed the sale of their respective stakes in AirTanker Holdings Limited to private equity firm… Read More »
EU rules may force IAG to spin off British Airways
IAG International Airlines Group’s ownership of British Airways (BA, London Heathrow) is at risk of a challenge from France and… Read More »
Rome launches sale of ITA Airways majority stake
The Italian government has taken a definitive step towards the privatisation of ITA Airways (AZ, Rome Fiumicino), green-lighting the sale… Read More »
Kenya’s Astral Aviation to add A320P2Fs, eyes widebodies
Astral Aviation (8V, Nairobi Jomo Kenyatta) will become the A320-200(P2F)’s global launch operator after it announced it would lease two… Read More »
Air New Zealand reactivates a Boeing 777-300ER
Air New Zealand (NZ, Auckland Int’l) reactivated the first of its seven B777-300(ER)s on February 10, 2022. ZK-OKQ (msn 40689)… Read More »
Thai AirAsia inks A320 sale and lease-backs
Thai AirAsia (FD, Bangkok Don Mueang) has entered into sale/lease-back transactions for seven A320-200s and has also leased one additional… Read More »
IndiGo takes a giant leap with NAVBLUE
India’s largest airline, IndiGo, has chosen NAVBLUE to upgrade some of its latest A320 aircraft to the most advanced navigation… Read More »
BOC Aviation orders eight CFM LEAP-1A engine shipsets
BOC Aviation Limited has announced orders for eight shipsets of CFM International LEAP-1A engines to power new Airbus A320NEO family… Read More »
AirAsia X announces freight partnership with Teleport
AirAsia X has announced that Capital A’s (formerly AirAsia Group) logistics venture Teleport will be using the full belly space… Read More »
Etihad Airways and Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi launch ‘Little VIP’ package
The UAE’s national carrier Etihad Airways has partnered with the Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi theme park to launch… Read More »
Ride-Hailing Provider Bolt Adds Expensify Integration
Mobility provider Bolt Business has integrated corporate payments and expense management provider Expensify into its platform, Bolt announced Tuesday. Mutual… Read More »
ATPI Elevates Amadeus to ‘Primary Global Technology Partner’
U.K.-based travel management company ATPI has renewed its agreement with Amadeus, making Amadeus its “primary global technology partner” and the… Read More »
Sabre: Corp. Travel Rebounds Following Omicron-Fueled Plunge
Corporate travel’s momentum has returned since the drop-off caused by the Covid-19 omicron variant, although full corporate travel recovery remains… Read More »
Coupa Expands into Travel with Booking Module
Business spend management platform Coupa is launching its long-anticipated travel booking module, built from its acquisition of Pana and integrated… Read More »
Tripbam Tweaks RFP Tool to Include Hotel Global Sales Org.
Rate-assurance, auditing and sourcing platform provider Tripbam today announced its latest iteration of Smart Sourcing for hotels. The company revised… Read More »
Marriott Sees Slow but Improving Corp. Travel Performance
Marriott International for the fourth quarter of 2021 reported year-over-year advances in key performance metrics, even narrowing some gaps in… Read More »