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Emirates Offers Empty Adjacent Seats as Paid AmenityBy Michael B. Baker

Emirates is selling empty adjoining seats to Economy Class passengers at check-in, enabling them to sit in an empty row at an extra cost.... KEEP READING

Qantas to Restart International Services from OctoberBy Mark Frary

Qantas and its low-cost sister airline Jetstar will restart regular international passenger flights to most destinations from Oct. 31, the carriers... KEEP READING

Air Moldova Signs with Sabre LCC Tech ProviderBy Michael B. Baker

Air Moldova has signed a multiyear technology agreement with Radixx, Sabre's technology offering for low-cost carriers, Sabre announced. ... KEEP READING

Accelya Hires Former Emirates Distribution VPBy Michael B. Baker

Travel technology provider Accelya has hired Emirates executive Bill Cavendish to oversee its strategy for New Distribution Capability adoption and... KEEP READING

Sixt Promotes Meissner to U.S. Region President and COOBy Dawit Habtemariam

Sixt has promoted Italy managing director Michael Meissner as president and COO for the U.S region, effective immediately. ... KEEP READING

Latam Partners with Labs for Passenger Covid-19 TestsBy Michael B. Baker

Latam Airlines Group is offering its passengers discounted Covid-19 testing via partnerships with laboratories across its destination network, the... KEEP READING

Complex New Travel Risks Spur New Approaches for 2021By Dawit Habtemariam

"In the past, we had weather delays, natural disasters and terrorism," said Cardinal Health global security travel manager Jill Huffman. "We still have... KEEP READING

Airlines Ground Boeing 777 Aircraft with Engine Type Linked to Denver IncidentBy Michael B. Baker

Airlines around the world have grounded Boeing 777 aircraft with the same engine type as the United Airlines flight from Denver to Honolulu that... KEEP READING

United to Launch Premium-Heavy Service From Boston to LondonBy Michael B. Baker

United Airlines this year will launch new daily nonstop service between Boston and London Heathrow, its 19th daily flight between the United States and... KEEP READING

Ukraine International Airlines to Ramp Up Service in MarchBy Michael B. Baker

Ukraine International Airlines next month will begin resuming flights on several suspended routes and increase service on routes it currently is... KEEP READING

New JetBlue, American Codesharing to Begin Next WeekBy Michael B. Baker

American Airlines and JetBlue will begin selling codeshare routes next week as the carriers prepare to add new service in the coming months as part of... KEEP READING

WestJet to Suspend Service to Four CommunitiesBy Michael B. Baker

WestJet next month will suspend service to four of its domestic destinations for about three months due to plummeting demand, the carrier... KEEP READING

Emirates to Introduce Surcharges for GDS ContentBy Mark Frary

Emirates announced that it will introduce a surcharge of between $14 and $25 per ticket on all bookings made via global distribution systems from July... KEEP READING

Air France-KLM Makes €4.5 Billion Operating LossBy Mark Frary

Air France-KLM made an operating loss of €4.5 billion in the year to Dec. 31, 2020, a deterioration of €5.7 billion on 2019 as a result of the Covid-19... KEEP READING

Suzanne Neufang Gets GBTA Leadership NodBy Elizabeth West

The Global Business Travel Association has appointed HRS Global Hotel Solutions SVP Suzanne Neufang executive director, the organization announced... KEEP READING

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