Virgin Galactic, the American spaceflight company founded by British billionaire businessman Richard Branson, is building a rocketship assembly plant near Phoenix Mesa Gateway Airport (Arizona).Fox 10 reports that construction of the plant that will build Virgin Galactic’s Mothership spacecraft is already underway. Three hangars are slated to be completed by the end of 2023, and Continue Reading

American Airlines announced today they have placed a non-refundable deposit for 20 Boom Supersonic aircraft that will carry passengers at twice the speed of current commercial jets.American also has the option to purchase 40 more aircraft.This new aircraft will introduce an important new speed advantage to American’s fleet, which is currently the ‘simplest, youngest and Continue Reading

Avelo Airlines, the new low-cost carrier operating out of Houston, Texas, celebrated flying its 1 millionth customer this past week. The carrier took 16 months to accomplish the feat.To celebrate, the Founder and CEO of Avelo, Andrew Levy, will board Avelo Flight 165 from Burbank Airport (BUR) to Boise Airport (BOI) and each passenger will Continue Reading

American Airlines is cutting 31,000 flights, or 16% of its flight schedule during November. The airline says the cuts are “in line with our approach to network and schedule planning throughout the year.”CNN, along with aviation analytics data company Cirium are reporting the cuts and say the biggest slashes are between Chicago O’Hare and Dallas-Fort Continue Reading

Breeze Airways, a low-cost carrier headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, will start offering service between Phoenix, Arizona (PHX) and Charleston SC as well as Provo, UT.“Breeze always seeks to connect cities which have previously had no nonstop service,” said Breeze’s Chief Operating Officer Michael Wuerger. “Charleston, our largest base, is one of the largest routes Continue Reading

Delta Air Lines will resume non-stop service between Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (HND) with 3 flights weekly starting October 30th, 2022. Delta will then increase the frequency for LAX-HND to daily starting on December 1st. They will use the Airbus A330 for the route.Japan continues to ease pandemic restrictions giving Delta Continue Reading

Malaysia Airlines has signed a deal with a Airbus to acquire 20 A330neo widebody passenger aircraft. 10 of the planes will be purchased directly from Airbus and 10 will be leased through aviation leasing juggernaut Avolon.The A330neo will join the Malaysian Airlines fleet of 6 A350-900s, gradually replacing its older A330ceo aircraft. The carrier has Continue Reading

Emirates’ CEO Tim Clark revealed that he wants Airbus to build a replacement to the massive A380 superjumbo, which is no longer in production.Clark wants Airbus to produce a replacement for the A380. This comes nearly a year after the last A380 was delivered to Emirates and after Airbus has ceased production of the aircraft Continue Reading

Mexican flag carrier Aeromexico will increase the number of flights to Guadalajara and Monterrey from Madrid from 3 flights a week to 5.The increase is to meet demand for the winter season which is seeing increased flight bookings. The effective dates are December 12, 2022, to January 15, 2023. Ticket sales for the flights started Continue Reading

Arajet, a new low-cost carrier based in the Dominican Republic, has announced its entry in to the short and medium hop flight space with a $55 fare sale.The fares start at $55 one-way and $149 round-trip to destinations in the Caribbean and South America. Arajet’s first flight is slated to take off September 15th to Continue Reading

The new ROK Hotel Kingston, Tapestry Collection by Hilton, is a great addition to the city of Kingston. The hotel is owned by PanJam Investment Limited and is managed by Highgate. It has 168 rooms, including 47 suites, and is the first Tapestry Collection by Hilton in the Caribbean.The hotel will offer an authentic Jamaican Continue Reading

In an almost unprecedented move (but necessary one), Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport is compensating flyers who have missed flights due to ultra-long security wait times.Schiphol is one of several airports in Europe that has been dealing with staff shortages and very high travel demand. The airport has been forced to close sections of the airport and Continue Reading