News
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Scoot winding back Athens frequencies
Thursday | Nov 17 2016SCOOT Airlines looks set to adjust its planned operations to Athens, with the four weekly peak season frequencies to be gradually reduced.
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Uber, Lyft overtake
Thursday | Nov 17 2016RIDE sharing services Uber and Lyft comprised the majority of US corporate ground transportation receipts in the third quarter of 2016, overtaking taxis and rental cars for the first time, according to a report released this week by travel expense firm Certify.
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UA 747 retirements
Thursday | Nov 17 2016UNITED Airlines has announced plans to retire its Boeing 747 fleet, with all of its jumbo jets to cease flying by Oct 2018.
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Vegas transit app
Thursday | Nov 17 2016VISITORS to Las Vegas can now plan their trips using a new smartphone app called rideRTC.
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CVO seals US deal
Thursday | Nov 17 2016COVER-MORE Travel Insurance this morning confirmed it had reached a “financial close” on the acquisition of 100% of US-based Travelex Insurance Services Limited (TD 27 Sep).
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New EasyJet office post-Brexit
Thursday | Nov 17 2016BRITISH low-cost carrier EasyJet has flagged plans to set up an operating company in the European Union to ensure it maintains intra-EU flight allocations after Britain leaves.
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Chinese agency to open in Queenstown
Thursday | Nov 17 2016CHINA’S largest online outbound travel agent will open a new shopfront in Queenstown, NZ, allowing FIT visitors from China to book services and activities on the spot.
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Hurtigruten appoints
Thursday | Nov 17 2016HURTIGRUTEN has named William Harber as its new president China & Asia-Pacific.
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AerLingus boosts LAX
Thursday | Nov 17 2016IRISH flag carrier AerLingus will increase its transatlantic operations for the summer 2017 season, with its current four weekly Dublin-LAX flights to operate on a daily basis from 27 May-30 Aug 2017.
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EY HX codeshare
Thursday | Nov 17 2016ETIHAD will codeshare on Hong Kong Airlines’ new flights to Auckland as part of an expanded agreement with HX which also sees Hong Kong Airlines codeshare on EY flights to eight additional European destinations.