In today’s meeting, the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Lufthansa AG decided ahead of schedule to extend the contract with Thorsten Dirks by three years until 30 April 2023. Dirks, 55, will therefore be continuing the turnaround as CEO of…
At the Cargo Network Services (CNS) Partnership Conference 2019 yesterday, PayCargo LLC, operator of a web-based payment platform for freight and logistics, announced the appointment of Lionel van der Walt as its President and CEO, the Americas. Prior to…
Norwegian carried more than 3.1 million passengers in April, an increase of three percent compared to the same month previous year. The figures for April are not directly comparable with the same month last year due to the Easter…
Delta Air Lines is launching a pair of new nonstop routes to the Caribbean. Beginning Dec. 21, the carrier will launch expand its weekly Saturday service to daily service from Detroit to both Montego Bay, Jamaica and Punta Cana…
Embraer delivered 11 commercial aircraft in the 2019 first quarter, including the first E175 jet to Mauritania Airlines, the first of this model to the African continent. The Brazilian manufacturer’s 1Q commercial deliveries comprised 10 E175s and one E190-E2….
Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta International Airport opened its first dedicated LCC terminal May 1 as it prepares to handle a growing demand for low-cost travel in Southeast Asia. To create the terminal, designated 2F, the terminal wing was stripped down and…
Air Italy announces the launch yesterday of its first direct flights to the Canadian city of Toronto, becoming the airline’s fifth new North American destination served from its Milan Malpensa hub. Air Italy’s first route to Canada will be…
LATAM currently operates a daily flight to Sydney from Santiago with a lay-over in Auckland, New Zealand, and has offered a non-stop service between Santiago and Melbourne since October 2017. Both flights are operated by Boeing 787 aircraft. In…
Star Alliance members Air Canada and Austrian Airlines are expanding their transatlantic joint venture (JV) as they launch new services. Austrian Airlines launched daily Vienna-Montreal services and Air Canada took over Austrian’s daily Toronto Pearson-Vienna services from April 29….
The world’s largest airline took another step toward unprecedented growth at its most profitable hub today. American Airlines opened 15 new gates in the Terminal E satellite at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), supporting more than 100 daily…
