Switzerland’s Germania Flug AG has rebranded as Chair Airlines, effective July 1. The airline currently operates out of Zurich with three 150-seat Airbus A319s; it employs 150 staff. Germania Flug AG has operated at Zurich Airport since 2014 and…
A federal court yesterday issued a new provisional suspension order against the new Santa Lucía airport that also instructs federal authorities not to make any changes to the site of the abandoned Mexico City airport project. The court order…
Southwest Airlines has extended the removal of the Boeing 737 Max from its flight schedules through 2 September, reflecting ongoing uncertainty on when the aircraft will be cleared to return to service. The Dallas-based carrier will cancel about 2.5%…
IBA Group predicts that Paris Airshow orders could be as low as half of 2018’s yield. Dr Stuart Hatcher, Chief Operating Officer, MD-Aviation Services for IBA predicts that Firm and MoU orders combined could be as low as 450,…
Air France announced its decision to eliminate 1,300 tons of single-use plastic. In this way, Air France will eliminate 210 million single-use plastic items by the end of 2019. They will be replaced by sustainable alternatives on all flights….
American Airlines has joined Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in pushing US regulators to finalise their tentative awards of 12 new flights to Tokyo Haneda. American and United, in separate filings with the US Department of Transportation today,…
JetBlue Airways increased the bottom end of its projected second-quarter (2Q) unit revenue guidance, aligning with both the carrier’s short-term outlook of an increasing revenue environment and bigger-picture trends that show strong demand and pricing. The New York-based carrier…
Ethiopian Airlines plans to launch 3X-weekly Addis Ababa-New York JFK services via Abidjan, Ivory Coast, beginning June 17. With the addition of the new JFK services to the airline’s 4X-weekly services to New York Newark via Lome, Togo, Ethiopian…
Delta Air Lines has added another new route to Mexico, this time to the country’s increasingly popular capital city. The carrier has officially launched a new route from Minneapolis-St Paul to Mexico City, with service operating daily. Delta is…
New York’s destination management campaigns have today been recognised by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) as exemplary models for pro-actively managing city tourism flows and meaningfully partnering with the local community. As part of WTTC’s inaugural North…
