Carnival strengthens ability to manage through extended pause in operations

Carnival Corporation & plc, the world’s largest leisure travel company and cruise operator, announced today a number of additional actions it is taking to further strengthen its liquidity position in the event of an extended pause in guest operations due to COVID-19. Carnival Corporation was the first to pause the guest cruise operations of some […]

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Boeing: Minimizing air travel health risks amid COVID-19 pandemic

Boeing today appointed Mike Delaney to lead the company’s Confident Travel Initiative, effective immediately. Working across the industry, Delaney’s team will work to develop new solutions to help minimize air travel health risks amid the COVID-19 pandemic and drive awareness of health safeguards already in place. Delaney brings 31 years of Boeing experience to the […]

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Delta retires its Boeing 777 widebody fleet amid COVID-19 pandemic

Delta Air Lines plans to retire its 18 widebody Boeing 777s by the end of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The retirement will accelerate the airline’s strategy to simplify and modernize its fleet, while continuing to operate newer, more cost-efficient aircraft. “We’re making strategic, cost-effective changes to our fleet to respond to […]

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Lufthansa Group airlines significantly expand service in June

With the June flight schedule, the airlines of the Lufthansa Group are significantly expanding their services compared with the previous weeks operation. Lufthansa, SWISS and Eurowings are again adding numerous leisure and summer destinations to their flight schedules in June, as well as more long-haul destinations. With over 106 destinations in Germany and Europe and […]

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Jamaica Tourism Hires COVID-19 Tourism Recovery Expert

Jamaica Tourism Minister Hon. Edmund Bartlett has announced that his Ministry hired international crisis recovery expert Jessica Shannon to the COVID-19 Tourism Recovery Task Force’s secretariat in an effort to strength the country’s resilience plan for the sector. Speaking at a digital press briefing hosted by the Tourism Ministry earlier today, Bartlett noted that “she […]

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