Alaska

Escape from Alaska? Airline seats out in short supply

ANCHORAGE — Leaving Anchorage for the Lower 48 will be a challenge this week for anyone who doesn't hold a ticket.

Over 100 Fuel Tankers Stuck At The Border

Fuel shortage hits Kampala again

KAMPALA, Uganda (eTN) - While over 100 fuel tankers are reportedly stuck at the border as a result of a driver's strike and the alleged snail's-pace clearance by customs, Kampala and other urban cente

Philippines

Room shortage forces Manila to turn away tourists

MANILA, Philippines - Lack of hotel rooms will force the Philippines to turn away tourists in the medium-term, a senior Tourism official on Tuesday said.

The Battle To Secure Pilots Is Accelerating In Asia

Japan budget airline short of pilots, shares dive

TOKYO - Skymark Airlines, a discount domestic carrier, will cancel 168 flights in June due to a shortage of pilots, sending its shares to their lowest level this year.

The shortage comes after two pilots retired at the end of May, and the cancellations account for about 10 percent of all its scheduled flights this month, affecting four ... read more

India

India tourism booms, but just try finding a hotel

NEW DELHI - India is starting to address its shortage of hotel rooms in big-city centers. For business travelers and tourists, there's a snag: The new rooms may not be where they're wanted.

India has only 86,000 hotel rooms in a country of 1.1 billion people. By contrast, there are more than 4.3 million rooms in the U.S and almost 74,000 ... read more

AirAsia X

AirAsia X buys 10 Airbus planes, but Britain plans jeopardised

KUALA LUMPUR — Malaysian long-haul budget airline AirAsia X on Thursday signed a deal to buy 10 more Airbus A330-300 aircraft, but said plane shortages have jeopardised plans to fly to Britain by year-end.

The 10 new aircraft with a list price of 2.1 billion dollars will bring the carrier's total fleet to 25 aircraft, after it earlier ... read more

USA

Retiring pilots put American in a bind

American Airlines is canceling flights and placing management pilots in its cockpits as it grapples with an onslaught of early pilot retirements that has left it short-handed for February.