Abercrombie & Kent is expanding its Wings Over the World portfolio with four new journeys in Northern Europe, Southern Africa, China and across the Middle East to Israel, Jordan & Egypt that offer the advantages of luxury small-group travel combined with the perk of privately-chartered flights. “We...
Star Alliance member Copa Airlines was named “the most punctual airline in the world” and, for the sixth consecutive year, as “the most punctual airline in Latin America.” These two recognitions were awarded by the aeronautical analysis companies OAG (Official Airline Guide, of London) and FlightStats,...
WestJet is reporting December 2018 traffic results with a load factor of 82.8%, a decrease of 0.8 percentage points year over year. Revenue passenger miles (RPMs), or traffic, increased 3.4% year over year, while capacity, measured in available seat miles (ASMs), grew 4.5% over the same period. WestJet...
Porter Airlines is opening an aircraft maintenance base at Thunder Bay International Airport. This development contributes to Porter servicing its fleet of 29 Bombardier Q400 aircraft and will create 18 jobs in the city. “Thunder Bay is an important location in Porter’s network,” said Robert...
Is trekking Everest Base Camp or sailing along the floating villages of Vietnam’s Halong Bay on your client's bucket list? A dollar is all it takes for them to start making those plans come to life with the $1 deposit booking incentive on over 1,000 Intrepid Travel trips until Feb. 15. “The...
The board of directors of the Greater Toronto Airports Authority (GTAA) has announced that GTAA president and CEO Howard Eng will retire in 2020 after 40 successful years as an airport executive, culminating with eight years at the helm of Canada's largest airport. “Howard has indicated to the board...
Season 5b of the hit TV show Vikings is back – and Ireland is all over it. To mark the launch of the popular TV show’s new season, Tourism Ireland partnered with the History Channel and so.da, Corus Entertainment’s social digital agency, to create an online campaign promoting the new season...
VISIT FLORIDA has announced the appointment of Dana Young as its new president and CEO, effective Jan. 9. The announcement was made following a unanimous vote of the VISIT FLORIDA board of directors. Governor-Elect Ron DeSantis commented, “Dana Young is an exceptional leader who has worked tirelessly...
2018 was Israel's best tourism year to date, with the country welcoming over 4.12 million tourist entries from January to December. That's an increase of about 14% compared to 2017, and 42% more than in 2016. Not surprisingly as tourism to Israel continues to increase at record-breaking rates, tourism...
