IAN STALKER
Pictured above: A visitor to Turkish Airlines’ training facility tries her hand at one of the facility’s simulators.
Turkish Airlines has gone the high-tech route to help determine whether aspiring pilots can weather bad weather.
The company’s Istanbul training facility includes simulators that are virtually identical to the cockpits in the aircraft in Turkish...
IAN STALKER
Pictured above: “Quirky” Key West is always happy to celebrate.
Southern Florida is on the verge of re-entering the all-inclusive market.
The Bungalows Key Largo resort – slated to open in December in the Florida Keys’ Key Largo – will be offering all-inclusive stays, becoming the only property in the area to do so, a spokeswoman for The Florida Keys & Key...
GREG COATES
Pictured above: Dana Welch, manager, Canada, Tourism Ireland, Anders Lindstrom, Norwegian, and Dina Carlucci, Hamilton International Airport
Hot on the heels of its inaugural Canadian flights out of Montreal, low-fare carrier Norwegian is set to launch its first transatlantic service from Canada with daily service from Hamilton, Ontario to Dublin, Ireland on March 31,...
IAN STALKER
Kalin Pallett wants to truly high-light some dazzling lights for inquisitive sorts.
Pallett is with the Whitehorse-based Aurora/360 Experience, which this February plans to carry people in a charter B737 to a height of 11,000 metres, providing what it says will be a particularly spectacular airborne viewing of the Northern Lights.
A similar project was held last year, with...
BOB MOWAT
You might say that Christmas came early at WestJet this year, as the Calgary-based carrier showcased the interiors of its new 787-9 Dreamliner and offered a detailed update on what to expect from the airline in 2019 during its second Investors Day event in Toronto earlier this month.
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Tim...
MIKE DUNBAR
Pictured above: Charlotte Bell
On the bright side, Canada has been setting new international visitation records of late. On the not-so-bright side, we’re still mired in 17th place on the UN World Tourism Organization’s (WTO) most-visited list, but the Tourism Industry Association of Canada (TIAC) reckons a top ten placing is in the cards with the support of the entire...
MIKE DUNBAR
Pictured above: Paul Davies, research author of Mintel’s new survey on worldwide consumer trends, presenting the findings at this year’s WTM 2018 in London.
Vacationers are increasingly finding themselves in a digital catch-22 situation. They expect to be connected wherever they go, yet they also have a desire to switch off from tech.
That was just one of the conclusions...
MIKE DUNBAR
Pictured above: Alexandre de Juniac
It's probably just as well that Donald Trump is out of the airline business because his protectionist policies are in danger of putting the global brakes on an unprecedented period of growth for carriers still flying – resulting in a year-to-date 6.8% growth rate and an all-time high 85.3% load factor in August.
The US president's air...
Pictured above: Heike Birlenbach
This week – in the final part of a two-part conversation – Heike Birlenbach talks about how the Lufthansa Group is charting a course into the future, while taking care of the day-to-day challenges faced by a global airline.
One of the things that Heike Birlenbach, Lufthansa Group’s senior vice-president sales for Lufthansa Hub Airlines and chief...
ERIC BARBER
The last few years have been so strong for travel that it would seem that we might be able to ride this wave for another year, and we will all be able to grow our occupancy and continue to push rates, as has been our custom since the last recession 10 years ago. But will 2019 be another bullish year for the travel industry?
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