Airbus in negotiations with Chinese airlines over A220
Days after Airbus signed major deals with Chinese airlines, disappointing its American rival, Boeing, the European plane manufacturer is seeking… Read More »
EASA Proposes new regulatation for Air Taxi Operations
EASA published a Notice of Proposed Amendment to recommend a comprehensive new regulatory framework for urban air mobility, including uncrewed… Read More »
American Association (AAAE) signs a MoU with the U.S. DHS in support of the Blue Lightning Initiative
The American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security… Read More »
Guatemala’s TAG Airlines receives its first ATR 72 aircraft
Transportes Aéreos Guatemaltecos (TAG Airlines), the flag carrier of Guatemala, received its first ATR 72-500 aircraft on Jul. 5. With… Read More »
American Airlines and its pilots’ union agree to triple pay
American Airlines and its pilots’ union agreed to triple pay for aviators who were able to drop thousands of July… Read More »
Family sues Southwest Airlines after accident left a 25-year-old woman paralyzed
A Miami woman and her family are suing Southwest Airlines after an incident that left 25-year-old Gabrielle Assouline with “life-altering”… Read More »
Kuwait Airways signs codeshare agreement with SriLankan Airlines
Kuwait Airways has signed a codeshare agreement with SriLankan Airlines. The agreement enables Kuwait Airways to include its code within… Read More »
Virgin Galactic contracts Boeing to design and make its next-generation motherships
Virgin Galactic Holdings Inc. said late Wednesday Jul. 6 it contracted Boeing’s BA Aurora Flight Sciences to design and make… Read More »
New York law eases hotel-to-housing conversions
A new state law is making it simpler for nonprofits in New York to purchase and convert distressed hotels to… Read More »
Local buyer will rebrand historic Syracuse, N.Y., hotel
A 95-year-old hotel in Syracuse, N.Y., has changed hands and will undergo a change of name. The Jefferson Clinton hotel… Read More »
Robots join depleted workforce at swamped hotels
Hotels are enlisting nonhuman help in their struggle to cope with staffing shortages as patronage swells in the waning of… Read More »
Hackers steal 20GB of data from Marriott hotel chain
Hackers have stolen 20 gigabytes of internal business files, including clients’ credit card details, from the Marriott hotel chain, DataBreaches.net… Read More »
Lenders take note of new Michigan hotel revenue law
Michigan has become the first state to classify hotel revenues legally as rents, a move that could significantly affect lending… Read More »
$100M-plus expansion in works for Austin’s Hotel Ella
Austin, Texas’ historic Hotel Ella will see a quadrupling of its guest rooms in an expansion planned by owner Rex… Read More »
Thailand seeks rise in tourist hotel rates as industry boost
Thailand’s tourism ministry plans to ask hoteliers to raise prices for foreign visitors to pre-pandemic levels while maintaining current low… Read More »
American Airlines gets exclusive WBD content
Magnolia Network and discovery+ will provide shows to American Airlines in a deal that features exclusive content and undisclosed financial… Read More »
Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun in Mexico to open Dec. 20
Blue Diamond is planning to open its new Royalton Splash Riviera Cancun in Mexico on Dec. 20. The 1,049-suite resort… Read More »
Airlines offer digital customer service
Pandemic-era emphasis on touchless service and the need to offer more flexibility with staff at a premium has led to… Read More »
United videos highlight Black golfers, HBCU initiative
United Airlines has tapped golf influencer Roger Steele for a four-part video series highlighting Black golfers as part of United’s… Read More »
Delta exec, staffer on NYC’s LaGuardia Airport
From her first incoming flight as a flight attendant 37 years ago to the recent inauguration of a sparkling new… Read More »
United “challenged” by air traffic staffing
Unless the air traffic control system adds enough staffing, US aviation “will remain challenged this summer and beyond,” a United… Read More »
Air Canada suspends pet travel in cargo holds
Air Canada will not accept new requests for pets to travel as baggage until Sept. 12 due to congestion, delays… Read More »