United Airlines With a $1 million grant from United Airlines, First Place for Youth will dramatically expand its reach, moving more high-risk foster y...
FAA: Airline passenger comfort is not a safety issue
FAA and airline passenger comfort In response to a 2017 federal appeal court decision requiring the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reconside...
ParkCloud and Primera Air are in for the long-haul with new deal
ParkCloud A new three-year deal between a European online parking reservation leader and aviation brand partner is marking the recent launch of its la...
WTTC congratulates EU on adoption of new European Travel Information & Authorization System
WTTC congratulates EU on adoption ETIAS WTTC congratulates the EU on the adoption of the new European Travel Information and Authorization System (ETI...
Hawaiian Airlines adds Sacramento, California – Kahului, Maui service
Hawaiian Airlines Starting next year, Hawaiian Airlines will start daily flights between Sacramento, California, and Kahului, Maui, Hawaii. Service is...
Bali airport back to normal after volcano eruption
Bali airport shut down due to Mount Agung Nearly 450 flights were canceled today at Bali airport due to volcanic ash clouding visibility as well as da...
Fraport Conference Center at Frankfurt Airport reopens with new name and fresh look and feel
Frankfurt Airport The conference center at Frankfurt Airport (FRA) boasts a unique location at one of the world’s largest air transportation hub...
FBI storms JetBlue aircraft at JFK after radio signals plane may have been hijacked
JetBlue passengers / Photo courtesy of Alexa Curtis Authorities at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York activated the airport’s hij...
Space Center Houston now a Certified Autism Center
Space Center Houston Space Center Houston is the first space center in the world to become a Certified Autism Center (CAC). The designation, given by ...
Norwegian Air increases service from US to Martinique
Martinique Norwegian Air announced it is increasing its US winter seasonal routes to Martinique. The Fort Lauderdale to Martinique service will resume...
Europe airport allocation capacity making air passengers happy
europe airport Air passengers in Europe are enjoying an unprecedented level of choice and competition in air travel, despite the constraints imposed b...
Answering the call to demand for more flights to Barbados
barbados The island of Barbados anticipates a demand for additional flight service given the growth in U.S. arrival numbers, which have risen year aft...
What issues must Africa aviation address right now?
Africa aviation currently supports 6.8 million jobs and contributes $72.5 billion in GDP. Over the next 20 years passenger demand is set to expand by ...
Hahn Air and Sunwing Airlines activate ticketing agreement
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter hahn air Founded in 2005, the Toronto-based airline, Sunwing Airlines, comprises Canada’s youngest and most f...
Air Europa loyalty program leverages Points Travel services
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter air europa Through a single integration with Points’ Loyalty Commerce Platform, which powers Points Travel se...
New flights on the Arabian Gulf: Muscat and Dammam
arabian gulf Pegasus Airlines is adding Oman’s capital Muscat and Saudi Arabia’s business hub Dammam to its flight network, to open up new...
The future of regional travel behavior
regional travel Analysis available through a new partnership will benefit a range of businesses: from airports and hotels, to destination marketing or...
New nonstop: Sacramento, California – Kona, Hawaii
alaska airlines Alaska Airlines announced it has added nonstop service between Sacramento, California, and Kona, Hawaii. “We look forward to Ala...
Jet plane breaks in half in crash in Honduras
Honduras plane crash A private chartered Gulfstream jet from Austin, Texas, crash landed at Toncontin International Airport in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, ...
An official welcome to mark return of Air France to Seychelles since May 5
The return of Air France to Seychelles, through its new sister airline ‘Joon’ was marked by an inaugural ceremony on Tuesday. The airline&...
Cuba airplane crash: Over 100 dead
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Cuba airplane crash A Cuba airplane crash happened today, Friday, May 18, 2018, at 12:08 pm local time at Havana&rs...
It’s a first: Fly direct from Africa to Indonesia on Ethiopian Airlines
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Africa to Indonesia Ethiopian Airlines announced it will launch thrice weekly flights to Jakarta, Indonesia, as of ...
iheartradio: Free onboard Southwest Airlines
iheartradio Southwest Airlines announced today a new collaboration with iHeartRadio to bring iHeartMedia’s free all-in-one digital music and liv...
Hong Kong Airlines: New nonstop service to Moscow
Share on Facebook Tweet on Twitter Hong Kong Airlines’ new Moscow service takes off Hong Kong Airlines today celebrated the launch of its new no...
Keflavik to Delhi connects Iceland with India on WOW
Skúli Mogensen, Chief Executive Officer and founder of WOW air, WOW air, Iceland’s low-fare transatlantic airline, announced the launch o...
JetBlue outer windshield shatters midair
JetBlue flight #1052 from Puerto Rico to Tampa had to be diverted to Fort Lauderdale in South Florida yesterday after its outer windshield shattered i...
Southwest airplane window cracks during flight: “Non-emergency” landing in Cleveland
A window on Southwest Airlines flight 957 from Chicago to New Jersey today cracked while airborne, causing the plane to make a diverted landing in Cle...
Emirates renews marketing agreement with Seychelles Tourism Board
Emirates Airline has extended its global marketing agreement with the Seychelles Tourism Board (STB), renewing its support to the island destination. ...
The little airline that could
Once the underdog of the race, Vietjet is now leading the domestic aviation market in Vietnam and actively expanding its fleet to support its foray in...
Delta forced to make emergency landing as smoke pours from engine
Around a half hour after take off from Atlanta, Georgia, on Delta flight 30 bound for London, a small fire broke out from one of the jet’s engin...
Greater Orlando Aviation Authority overturns decision to privatize airport screeners
Orlando is the number one tourist destination in the country, the AFGE Union stated in a release on its website, adding that just last year, the Orlan...
American Airlines Buenos Aires – Los Angeles announced at WTTC Summit
The Argentine Tourism Minister and American Airlines today agreed at the WTTC Summit to announce a new non-stop flight from EZE to LAX (Buenos Aires t...
Woman who died on Southwest flight was halfway out of the airplane at 30,000 feet
Sudden decompression of an aircraft will cause a vacuum effect, and that is exactly what happened to one of the passengers onboard the Southwest Airli...
After European Court judgment: Airlines facing wave of claims
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg today ruled that airlines must compensate their passengers for flight delays and cancellations, even thoug...
Embraer Executive VP resigns
Embraer S.A. announced today that José Antonio de Almeida Filippo has resigned as Executive Vice President Finance and Investor Relations, effe...
Behind aircraft door #2022: Over $5 billion
The aircraft doors market was valued at USD 3.37 billion in 2016 and is projected to reach USD 5.22 billion by 2022, at a CAGR 7.25% during the foreca...
Southwest Airlines issues official statement on emergency landing
Southwest Airlines issued the following statement on their website regarding the emergency landing of Flight 1380 today in Philadelphia. The statement...
Woman dead after Southwest Airlines emergency landing
Until today, Southwest Airlines never had an accident-related fatality of a passenger. This was the first passenger fatality in an accident involving ...
US flight advisory for airspace adjacent to Damascus
The FAA has issued strong warnings to all air carriers in the Syrian region due to the armed forces strike being carried out by the U.S., the UK, and ...
US flight advisory for airspace adjacent to Damascus, Syria
The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued strong warnings to all air carriers in the Syrian region due to the armed forces strike being ...
Industry leader named at Silicon Valley’s airport
Judy M. Ross, A.A.E., has been promoted to Assistant Director of Aviation for Mineta San José International Airport (SJC) by Director of Aviati...
Hamburg is “guest of honor” at Canada’s most important aviation event
The role of guest of honor at the industry’s most important event in Canada is yet another successful milestone for the official cooperation bet...
Mokulele and Skywest announce joint pilot program
“This new partnership provides Mokulele pilots access to the best regional airline in the industry,” said Ron Hansen, Mokulele CEO, commen...
Seychelles Tourism Minister and Tourism Board CEO hold talks with airline partners at ITB Berlin 2018
The Minister for Tourism, Civil Aviation, Ports and Marine, Maurice Loustau-Lalanne and the Chief Executive of the Seychelles Tourism Board, Sherin Fr...
Southwest Airlines issued month-to-month permit for Honolulu Airport
The Hawaii State Department of Transportation got approval this month from the Department of Land and Natural Resources to issue Southwest Airlines a ...
Mama Bird: Record-breaking female pilot
Evelyn Stone Bryan Johnson, nicknamed “Mama Bird,” was the female pilot with the most number of flying hours in the world. She was a colon...
Guests staying at Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg can now earn mileage on Aeroflot, Skyteam Alliance member
Guests staying at Corinthia Hotel St. Petersburg can earn miles on Aeroflot Bonus, the frequent flyer program of Aeroflot – Russian Airlines, pa...
Seychelles Tourism Board partners with Qatar Airways at Travel & Adventure Show in Los Angeles, USA
The Seychelles Tourism Board (STB) partnered with Qatar Airways to take part in the 2018 Travel & Adventure Show in Los Angeles, USA, intensifying...
Southwest Airlines now flying internationally from Silicon Valley
Leaders from the city of San Jose joined with Southwest Airlines passengers and staff for a festive celebration at Gate 25, marking inaugural service ...
Jamaica Tourism Minister meets with Qatar Airways CEO
Jamaica Tourism Minister, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, met with Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer, Akbar Al Baker, at the ITB global tourism tradeshow in...