Quebec developer makes formal offer to Transat, outbids Air Canada
A Quebec developer who promised a takeover proposal for Transat AT Inc. has made good on his word, outbidding Air Canada in the process. Vincent Chiara of Group Mach Inc. filed a formal offer with the tour operator Thursday. The Montreal real estate heavyweight says he has proposed to acquire all of Transat’s voting shares […]
Avianca names Van der Werff as new CEO
Avianca has appointed former Aeromexico executive Anko van der Werff as its new chief executive, effective 15 July. Van der Werff was most recently chief revenue officer at Aeromexico, which he left earlier this month. He previously worked at Qatar Airways and Air France-KLM, and has more than 19 years of experience in the airline […]
Boeing to provide parts for some British Airways’ Airbus jets
Boeing [NYSE: BA] and International Airlines Group (IAG), one of the world’s largest airline groups, signed two agreements at the Paris Air Show today that will provide key services for IAG’s British Airways, including parts for the airline’s Airbus A320 family and its Boeing 777 fleet. With the first agreement, Boeing will furnish British Airways […]
Cargolux returns to Santiago de Chile to meet perishable demand
Cargolux Airlines has restarted services to Santiago de Chile on a re-designed South American routing that aims to cater for the perishables trade. The weekly B747F connection serving Santiago will be part of “an extensive South American routing” that includes four other destinations in the region, operating on a loop of: Luxembourg-Viracopos-Santiago de Chile-Quito-Bogota-Aguadilla-Amsterdam-Luxembourg. Pier […]
CAE and Air Europa extend pilot training agreement for another 5 years
At the 2019 International Paris Air Show, CAE and Air Europa announced the extension of CAE’s exclusive long-term pilot training contract with Air Europa for five more years. Under the terms of the agreement, Air Europa’s Airbus A330 and Boeing 787 pilots will train at various CAE European training centres including CAE Madrid, CAE Rome […]
Zurich-based Germania Flug rebrands as Chair Airlines
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 was part of the Germania Group. The airline was a subsidiary of Berlin-based leisure carrier Germania, […]
Southwest extends Max cancellations through September
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% of its daily flights as a result of the latest extension. It had previously removed the […]
Ethiopian Airlines to start New York JFK service in June
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 will operate daily to New York. “The US is one of our most important markets, owing […]
Air Italy becomes first European airline to introduce non-binary gender option on bookings
Air Italy is the first airline in Europe to implement and make available a non-binary gender option for passengers booking flights. Starting from today, customers will be able to select M (male), F (female) or X (other), to correspond with gender-neutral passports that are issued by some States. Last year, the International Air Transport Association, […]
Azul Airlines Begins Flying to Second Destination in Portugal
Azul Brazilian Airlines started flying to Porto, Portugal on Monday, June 3. This is the second destination for the airline in Portugal, which already operates flights between Brazil and Lisbon. Porto is the second-largest city in Portugal and experienced significant tourism increase in the last few years. The flight between Campinas, 50 miles from São […]
