Southwest Airlines Sued by Shareholders After December’s Debacle
Shareholders of Southwest Airlines have filed a class action lawsuit against the company, accusing it of fraudulently concealing problems that… Read More »
American Airlines Increases Its Q4 2022 Profit Projections
American Airlines today revised its revenue and profit projections for the fourth quarter of 2022 and, therefore, year-end numbers. Fox… Read More »
Uber Partners With Brightline, Florida’s High-Speed Rail Service
Brightline—America’s only eco-friendly, high-speed, intercity rail provider—today announced a new partnership with leading rideshare company Uber that will further enhance… Read More »
Sonesta Unveils Details of The James, Its New Lifestyle Brand
The James, Sonesta International Hotel Corporation’s new lifestyle brand, will initially include three properties and be available to franchise. “Currently,… Read More »
Accor Announces New Organizational Structure with Two Main Divisions
Global hotel corporation Accor is now implementing a new two-division organizational structure to lead its future developments, one for its… Read More »
U.S. FAA’s aviation warning system that crashed this week was already a pain for pilots
The NOTAM system has long been a source of frustration for some in the aviation industry who say it overloads… Read More »
Iridium satellite-to-smartphone deal expected to expand pilot take-up
Many business aviation and general aviation pilots carry Iridium satellite-powered phones in their flight bag in order to avail of… Read More »
U.S. Airlines recover from FAA system outage
U.S. flights were largely back to normal Thursday Jan. 12 with some minor delays as carriers looked to recover from… Read More »
American Airlines hikes its earnings and revenue guidance for Q4 2022
American Airlines stock jumped more than 5% in premarket trading Thursday Jan. 12 after the carrier hiked its earnings and… Read More »
Two passengers suffer minor injuries after power bank fire on Scoot flight
The incident took place as the aircraft was taxiing for departure at Taipei Taoyuan International Airport. Two passengers have suffered… Read More »
The Mexican government has purchased the assets of Mexicana airlines
Mexicana was one of the oldest airlines in the world when it went out of business in August 2010. The… Read More »
easyJet celebrates opening of new maintenance hangar at BER airport
easyJet has opened its first continental maintenance hangar facility at Berlin Brandenburg Willy Brandt Airport (BER). The airline’s European fleet… Read More »
Vietjet to launch first direct flights between Vietnam and Australia
Vietjet has collaborated with Australia’s Victoria state to operate the first direct flights between Vietnam and Australia. The new route,… Read More »
Cyprus airports handled over 9 million passengers in 2022
Some 9.2 million passengers went through the Larnaca and Paphos airports last year, with traffic reaching 82% of the record-breaking… Read More »
Mountain Air Cargo is first to operate Textron Aviation’s Cessna SkyCourier freighter
FexEx feeder airline Mountain Air Cargo has become the first to operate Textron Aviation’s new Cessna SkyCourier freighter. “The generation… Read More »
Air Canada Cargo’s freighter frenzy
For an airline that stripped itself of maindeck passenger-cargo combination aircraft and freighters in the 1990s, Air Canada is certainly… Read More »
No signs of Chinese New Year rise in air cargo demand
Any hopes of a surge in air cargo demand ahead of the Chinese New Year/Lunar New Year holiday appear to… Read More »
Putin displeased with 2023 aircraft orders, clashes with Minister of Trade
The finalization of aircraft orders from Russian aviation manufacturers for 2023 is not moving forward fast enough, the country’s president… Read More »
More Lufthansa Airbus A340-600s with First Class return
This is exciting for avgeeks, and reflects just how nice of a recovery we’ve seen for international travel. In the… Read More »
There’s plenty of blame to go around for the huge air travel mess
There’s plenty of blame to go around for the recent spate of delays and cancellations that have left travelers angry… Read More »
Lufthansa starts Boeing 787 service to Newark & Detroit
In December 2022, Lufthansa began long haul service with its Boeing 787. The airline has now revealed its second long… Read More »
TAP boosts Lisbon and Porto services for summer 2023
TAP Air Portugal’s new summer 2023 schedule will see frequencies on several popular intercontinental routes rise from the airline’s Lisbon… Read More »
SpaceX Starlink will soon provide inflight internet to more aircraft types
SpaceX Starlink will soon be able to provide internet to more aircraft types. According to the updated Starlink.com site, SpaceX… Read More »
Hong Kong Airlines to hire 1,000 new pilots, cabin crew, ground staff in 2023
Hong Kong Airlines will hire 1,000 new employees across pilot, cabin crew, and ground staff roles by the end of… Read More »
Alaska Airlines plans to hire more than 3,500 employees in 2023
Whether you’re looking to start an airline job or want to return to the airline and travel industry, this news… Read More »
Australian low-cost airline Bonza obtains AOC and will soon be selling tickets
Australia’s newest low-cost startup Bonza has obtained an Air Operator’s Certificate (AOC) from the country’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA)… Read More »