Aircell, which provides airborne communications, has introduced the Gogo Monthly Subscription, a new pricing option that can be used on multiple airlines, which includes more than 800 Gogo-equipped aircraft.
The codesharing pact between WestJet and Southwest is in jeopardy, a Southwest executive acknowledged Thursday.
What a difference a year makes. In Feb-2009, the airline industry was reeling. International passenger and freight demand down by 10.1 percent and 22.1 percent on the same month in 2008, according to IATA. Feb-2009 marked the “bottom of the cycle” for passenger traffic during the global economic recession, according to the industry body, while cargo hit bottom in Dec-2008.
Marc Langevin, general manager of the Ritz Carlton St. Thomas, has been elected as the new board chairman for the USVI Hotel & Tourism Association. Langevin replaces Richard Doumeng, who served as chairman for more than six years. Langevin is a hotel executive with more than 25 years of hospitality industry experience.
United customers have access to new connections to cities in Europe and Africa under a new codeshare agreement with Brussels Airlines that opens for sale today. Codeshare flights begin on April 6 and are in addition to United’s previously announced nonstop service between Chicago and Brussels.
According to Luxist.com, the Yucatan government recently forked over $17.6 million to take control of the 205 acres of Chichen Itza zone, a site that draws tourists from around the world each year.




