Lufthansa Group to Purchase Five Additional 787 Dreamliners
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and the Lufthansa Group today announced the airline group will continue its fleet modernization with a new order for five 787-9 Dreamliners. The incremental order further supports the group’s efforts to reduce complexity in its long-haul fleet and improve overall environmental performance by introducing more fuel-efficient widebody jets. «We are very pleased […]
Delta Air Lines and Sabre sign transformative agreement to drive value creation
Delta Air Lines and Sabre announced on Monday a transformative global distribution agreement that will evolve their long-standing partnership and drive change in the travel industry through commercial and technological innovation. The new, value-based, multi-year distribution agreement represents an industry-first model that creates value for the entire travel ecosystem, including travel agencies and travelers. “Our […]
IATA: Slot system essential to rebuilding global airline networks
Over the last 70 years, a slot allocation system has been developed to manage airline takeoffs and landings at the world’s busiest airports. But that system is now on hold. Global, blanket slot waivers have been in place since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the world in the first quarter of 2020. For the northern hemisphere […]
Viva Air seeks to boost regional connectivity
Viva Air is seeking to grow its footprint on regional routes in Latin America, taking share from legacy carriers that currently dominate such sectors. Speaking at Routes Reconnected on April 26, CEO Felix Antelo told delegates that low-cost operators such as Viva are strong in domestic markets, but none have really challenged the likes of […]
Worldline and IATA partner to help airlines back on the runway to recovery
Worldline [Euronext: WLN], the European leader in the payments and transactional services industry and number 4 worldwide, today announced it has partnered with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) to give all their member airlines access to a wider range of payment solutions to better serve their passengers. All of Worldline’s payment capabilities and services […]
Delta named among TIME100’s Most Influential Companies
Delta Air Lines is among the TIME100 Most Influential Companies of 2021 – the only airline to make the list of «businesses making an extraordinary impact around the world.» This new list is an expansion of the iconic TIME100, known for sharing the top 100 most influential people of the year. Categorized as a ‘leader’ […]
Colombia’s Viva Air Wants 28 More Airbus Planes By 2025
The Colombian low-cost carrier Viva Air has an aggressive plan to expand in the next few years. It plans to take on new aircraft, to increase its fleet to 50 units by 2025. It will push the Colombian city of Medellin into a hub, and lower the fares across Latin America. Simple Flying spoke with […]
Lufthansa Cargo begins modernizing Frankfurt warehouse
Lufthansa Cargo (DXE: LHA) is moving forward with the modernization and expansion of its logistics center at its Frankfurt Airport hub in Germany. The airline this week signed a contract with Biechert Automation GmbH & Co. to build a central high-rack storage system with automated pallet storage and retrieval that will be the centerpiece of […]
Reduced Losses but Continued Pain in 2021
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) expects net airline industry losses of $47.7 billion in 2021 (net profit margin of -10.4%). This is an improvement on the estimated net industry loss of $126.4 billion in 2020 (net profit margin of -33.9%). “This crisis is longer and deeper than anyone could have expected. Losses will be […]
Airlines reject CDC’s suggestion that carriers should block middle seats
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just reignited the debate on whether airlines should be blocking middle seats just as airlines thought it was settled. A newly-publicized study found that maskless flyers could spread COVID-19 at a higher rate when middle seats are not blocked, as Insider’s Hilary Brueck reported. Flyers on opposite ends […]
