• Undue Concentration on Oil Sector Stunted Tourism Growth in Nigeria

    Chief Emeka Anyaoku, former Secretary-General, Commonwealth, lamented that despite the fact that Nigeria is blessed richly with all manners of tourism potentialities, it is sad that the oil sector has not been able to gain the necessary attention from the …

  • Auckland Airport welcomes China Southern’s additional Chinese New Year flights

    Auckland Airport has today welcomed the announcement that China Southern Airlines will increase its Auckland flights during the 2014 Chinese New Year. The two 787 return flights are in addition to the 10 weekly 787 flights during the December to …

  • MTA Rail Weekend Subway Service Advisory

    The Weekender makes it easy for subway riders to visualize exactly how weekend work will affect subway service. TripPlanner+ provides travel information that takes weekend service diversions into account. In addition, customers can receive customized subway diversion e-mails delivered to …

  • BTS Releases August 2013 U.S. Airline Traffic Data; Systemwide Passengers Down 0.1 Percent from August 2012

    The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) reported today that U.S. airlines carried 67.7 million systemwide (domestic + international) scheduled service passengers in August 2013, 0.1 percent fewer than in August 2012. The systemwide total was the …

  • JetBlue Joins TSA PreCheck(TM)

    JetBlue Airways Corp.today joins the Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) Pre™ program. TSA Pre™ allows participating customers to expedite security by leaving their shoes, belt and light outerwear on and in most cases keep their laptop computers and 3-1-1 compliant liquids …

  • JetBlue Launches Its Southernmost Destination: Lima, Peru

    JetBlue Airways today begins daily nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood to Lima, Peru. The new route is part of the airline’s continuous expansion at Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood airport, where JetBluenow offers nonstop flights to 25 destinations, three of which are in …

  • Etihad Airways President and CEO leads delegation at high-level Washington, D.C. meetings

    Etihad Airways’ President and Chief Executive Officer, James Hogan, this week visited the United States, leading a delegation of senior airline executives at a series of government and commercial meetings in Washington, D.C. The meetings took place in the same …

  • United Airlines Opens New Widebody Hangar at Washington Dulles

    United Airlines officially opened its new widebody aircraft maintenance hangar today at Washington Dulles International Airport, a major United hub and the airline’s principal gateway to the Middle East. United invested nearly $45 million to construct the facility, which will …

  • Hawaiian Airlines Now Allows Use of Portable Electronic Devices During All Segments of Domestic Flights

    Hawaiian Airlines announced it has completed the certification process with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and is now allowing customers to use their own personal Portable Electronic Devices (PED) on “airplane mode” during all phases of domestic flights, from takeoff …

  • FAA and Industry Move Forward on U.S. Air Carrier Training

    At a meeting today with commercial aviation safety leaders, FAA Administrator Michael Huerta called on the airline industry to work together to assess and prioritize voluntary actions to further improve pilot, flight attendant, and dispatcher training through a new joint …


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