ICAO Reaches Agreement on Further CORSIA Details

The International Civil Aviation Organization Council took a step forward on the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), adopting a new agreement that lays the groundwork for states and airlines to put the market-based emissions-offsetting scheme into place. The adopted First Edition of Annex 16, Volume IV comes within two years of […]

Viva Aerobus offers daily flights to Mexico City from New York

Mexican airline Viva Aerobus has announced that it will be flying to Mexico City from John F. Kennedy International Airport, the company said.â۩ This new route will start operations on October 18th with a daily flight and with prices starting from USD $99. Viva Aerobus will offer passengers more than 132 thousand seats during the […]

Spirit Airlines offering new flights from North Carolina to Florida

Spirit Airlines will be offering new flights from North Carolina to Florida in September. Spirit plans to offer flights three times a week between Piedmont Triad International Airport near Greensboro and Orlando International Airport starting Sept. 7. The Miramar, Florida-based airline will also offer flights twice a week from the Greensboro-area airport to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood […]

New non-stop, direct flights from Vancouver to Costa Rica

Sun seekers attempting to escape Vancouver"™s wintertime gloom will have a new stop-less flight to a coastal Central American destination to choose from starting this year. A new non-stop, direct flight service operated by Sunwing Airlines between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Liberia in Costa Rica will commence on December 23, 2018 and operate on […]

Lufthansa Group sets new fuel efficiency record

The Lufthansa Group has set a new fuel efficiency record. In 2017, the aircraft of the passenger fleets required an average of just 3.68 liters (.972 gal) of kerosene to transport a passenger 100 kilometers (62 miles) , 2016: 3.85 l (.972 gal) / 100 pkm (62 miles). This represents an improvement of 4.5 percent […]

Air China and Air Canada sign first China-North America airline joint venture

Today at a ceremony in Beijing attended by Jianjiang Cai, Chairman of Air China; Zhiyong Song, President of Air China; and Calin Rovinescu, President & Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, Air China and Air Canada signed the first joint venture agreement between a Chinese and North American airline, deepening the two carrier"™ longstanding partnership. […]

Turkish Airlines may increase number of flights to Bogota

Colombian authorities have requested Turkish Airlines (THY) to increase the number of direct flights between Istanbul and Bogota, according to THY America Sales Marketing Vice President Mustafa DoÄŸan. In response to the request, DoÄŸan said that THY was pleased with the demand in Istanbul-Bogota flight and will take a more active role in the region. […]

Long Beach Airport debuts daily flights to Hawaii

The Long Beach Airport has gone all out to celebrate new daily nonstop flights to Hawaii. «We were the first ones to buy tickets and we couldn’t wait,» said passenger Kimberly Pena. Pena’s husband is from Hawaii. «My first-ever flight was on Hawaiian Airlines back in 1954, and now to get back to Honolulu on […]