STR: U.S. hotel construction up year over year for first time since late 2020

After 25 consecutive months of year-over-year declines, U.S. hotel construction increased slightly in December, according to pipeline data from STR. At a market-level, New York City, Phoenix and Dallas are set to see the largest supply percentage increases from current construction. Among the chain scales, the Luxury and Upscale segments lead in that measurement. U.S. […]

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Norwegian announces direct service from Athens to New York

Norwegian, announce today a new nonstop service from Athens’ Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport to New York’s John F. Kennedy, its first long-haul route in Greece. Service will begin on Monday, 1 July, and will be summer seasonal until Saturday 26 October; it will operate four times per week —every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday— with […]

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SINGAPORE AIRLINES to launch world’s longest commercial flights

Singapore Airlines (SIA) will launch the world’s longest commercial flights in October, with non-stop services between Singapore and New York using the new Airbus A350-900ULR (ultra-long-range). Flights are to be launched on 11 October 2018, to Newark Liberty International Airport. The route will initially be served three times a week, departing Singapore on Monday, Thursday […]

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Emirates to launch daily direct service from Athens to New York

Emirates today announced it will launch a new daily service from Dubai to Newark Liberty International Airport, via Athens, starting on 12 March 2017. Emirates’ new Dubai-Athens-Newark flight will provide a year-round non-stop daily service between the United States and Greece – a service that does not exist today and has not existed since 2012. The […]

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United Airlines begins seasonal nonstop service between Athens and New York

United Airlines today began nonstop flights between Athens and its New York hub, Newark Liberty International Airport. The seasonal service will operate daily until October 6, 2016 (westbound). “We are delighted to operate this nonstop service between Athens and New York this summer,” said Robert Humphries, United’s Managing Director Sales for Middle East, Africa and […]

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Delta suspends Istanbul flight over security concerns

Delta Air Lines has announced its seasonal service from New York JFK to Istanbul has been suspended due to ‘increased security concerns in Turkey’. The summer service was due to resume next month. Delta also noted the ‘weaker demand for air travel to this market’, which has been impacted by a US State Department travel […]

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Delta starts 25th year ofservice from Athens to New York-JFK

ATHENS, April XX, 2016 – Delta Air Lines [NYSE:DAL] will restart nonstop service from Athens to New York-JFK, effective April 5, 2016. The U.S. airline, which marks its 25th anniversary of service to Greece this year,has transported more than 1.5 million passengers between Athens and the United States since its inaugural flight on November 1, […]

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