United Airlines today further strengthened its emerging reputation as the world’s most environmentally conscious airline by renewing its contract with Boston-based World Energy, agreeing to purchase up to 10 million gallons of cost-competitive, commercial-scale, sustainable aviation biofuel over the next two years. The biofuel, which United currently uses to help sustainably power every flight departing…
Uzakrota Travel Summit, an important international tourism sector event, will be organized for the 6th time in Istanbul. The Summit will take place at the Hilton Istanbul Bosphorus in Istanbul on the 13th of December and will include professionals from tourism and media sectors, business representatives and IT professionals. The main sponsors of the event…
The Secretary-General of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO), Zurab Pololikashvili, has arrived in Rome to begin a first visit to Italy as head of the specialized agency of the United Nations. During the three-day trip, he will meet with H.E. Mr. Gian Marco Centinaio, Minister of Agricultural, Food, Forestry Policies and Tourism for Italy. Mr…
The Canaveral Port Authority and Disney Cruise Line have reached a new 20-year agreement to expand operations and make Port Canaveral home for two of Disney Cruise Line’s three new ships. The new operating agreement will begin June 1, 2019, and replaces an existing Marine Terminal Agreement set to expire on December 31, 2027. It…
ILTM Latin America 2019 confirmed a dynamic outbound Brazilian and Latin America luxury travel market last week (14 – 17 May) when 400 global luxury tourism brands met with 400 influential buyers from across the region – including 100 new faces from both categories – at the event in São Paulo. Officially hosting 54 one-to-one…
“Aircraft owners with internet and apps on their phones want instant answers to questions they didn’t have before,” says Mike Moore, vice president of aviation sales at Meridian, which was established in 1946 and manages more than a score of business jets from its Teterboro, New Jersey headquarters. At Executive Jet Management (EJM), a subsidiary…
There is a “sizable and growing market” for supersonic business jets (SSBJs), according to market research data presented by JetNet iQ managing director Rollie Vincent this week at the NBAA Business Aircraft Finance, Registration, and Legal Conference in Fort Myers, Florida. “Each time we analyze this market segment, customer interest and overall demand have increased.…
A NEW air cargo industry-wide certification process covering the shipment of pharmaceuticals and perishables across the world will raise standards in the way they are transported, insists the International Air Transport Association (IATA). The association has launched its Centre for Excellence for Perishable Logistics (CEIV Fresh), which is based on IATA’s Perishable Cargo Regulations (PCRs),…
POSTED ON 11TH MARCH 2019 BY THELMA ETIM ETHIOPIAN Airlines has decided to ground all of its B737-800MAX fleet until further notice after 149 passengers and eight crew members perished when one of its B737s bound for Kenya crashed shortly after taking off, writes Thelma Etim. “Although we don’t yet know the cause of the…
India joined late Tuesday a global ban on flying the Boeing 737 MAX plane after this week’s crash of this aircraft type in the African skies, increasing the likelihood of a further rise in domestic fares that remain high due to unrelated flight cancellations by some carriers. “(Industry regulator) DGCA has taken the decision to…