Hawaiian Airlines Celebrates 90 Years Of Connecting The Islands
Hawaiian Airlines celebrates its 90th birthday this week, marking the occasion with charity events around the island and a commemorative flight replicating the airline’s first flight from Honolulu to Hilo via Maui. The airline has come a long way in 90 years. It flew just over ten thousand passengers in its first year of operation. […]
Alaska Airlines separates president and COO role
Alaska Air Group has announced a series of leadership changes, splitting the president and COO role at Alaska Airlines and naming a new president to the group’s regional subsidiary Horizon Air. The Seattle-based group announced Nov. 8 that Alaska Airlines president Ben Minicucci—who oversaw the carrier’s acquisition and integration of Virgin America—will relinquish his role […]
Airlines Extend 737 Max Cancellations to March 2020
Southwest Airlines and American Airlines have extended their Boeing 737 Max cancellations until early March. According to a report on CNBC, Southwest has removed the aircraft from schedules through March 6, and American has eliminated the plane from its schedules through March 4. Before these updates, Southwest had taken the aircraft off schedules through early […]
Qantas aims for net zero carbon emissions by 2050
The Qantas Group has said it will aim to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050 in a major expansion of the airline’s commitment to a more sustainable aviation industry. With actions starting from today, the national carrier will double the number of flights being offset and cap net emissions from next year onwards. The […]
Passenger Demand Continues on Moderate Upward Path: IATA
Geneva – The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for September 2019 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) climbed 3.8% compared to the same month last year, broadly unchanged from August’s performance. Capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 3.3%, and load factor climbed 0.4 percentage […]
Sun Country Airlines to Add 12 New Routes in 2020
The Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal today revealed that Sun Country Airlines, a privately-held, low-cost airline based in Eagan, Minnesota, will soon be introducing new flight options for Twin Cities travelers who need to reach Washington, D.C. and the Baltimore area. Beginning May 8, 2020, Sun Country will offer seasonal, non-stop service with two weekly roundtrip […]
Air France-KLM to reinvent itself through simplification: chief
Air France-KLM has reiterated a need for group-wide operational simplification in order to achieve «sustainable profitability». Chief executive Ben Smith states that efforts since late 2018 to simplify the group’s fleet, clarify its main brands – Air France, KLM and Transavia – and reach new labour agreements aimed at «unlocking significant commercial and operational flexibility» […]
Delta Partners With TSA Pre-Check For Smoother Flight Connection
Keen on creating a smoother, stress-free airport experience, Delta is collaborating with the TSA Pre-Check program and its partner airlines to ensure TSA Pre-Check enrolled customers have the indicator for the expedited security program printed right on their boarding pass when exiting, entering or connecting in the United States. This new initiative was recently launched […]
American and Qantas implement joint venture
American Airlines and Qantas have implemented their joint venture, designed to streamline transpacific travel and open the opportunity for new routes between North America and Oceania. The airlines announced the joint venture’s launch, which was approved and given antitrust protection by the US Department of Transportation in July, in a document submitted to the DOT […]
737 Max grounding slows Latin American airline expansion
Just like elsewhere in the world, the grounding of the Boeing 737 Max has stymied airline industry growth in Latin America, a region long home to some of Seattle-based Boeing’s top customers. Those airlines are now girding for a year of slower-than-expected growth while waiting for regulators in the USA and Latin America to green-light […]
