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 […]
LOT CEO: Boeing MAX, 787 groundings challenge high-season operations
LOT Polish Airlines is being challenged by the grounding of its five Boeing 737 MAX 8s and some of its Rolls-Royce powered Boeing 787 fleet during the European high season. The MAXs have been grounded since March after an October 2018 crash of a Lion Air 737 MAX and the March 2019 Ethiopian Airlines MAX […]
JetBlue to launch nonstop New York-Ecuador A321neo service
JetBlue Airways will launch daily nonstop service between its New York JFK base and Guayaquil, Ecuador, beginning Dec. 5. The new route, the longest in JetBlue’s network, is made possible by the airline’s first Airbus A321neo, scheduled to be delivered this year, the carrier said. JetBlue has 85 A321neos on order, including 13 longer-range variants. […]
Terminal 3 at Mexico City not enough to relieve saturation, airlines warn
Construction of a third terminal at the Mexico City International Airport (AICM) won’t be enough to solve its severe saturation problem, according to the chief of a regional airlines association. “New infrastructure is always positive but there are several problems at the AICM,” said Luis Felipe de Oliveira, director of the Latin American and Caribbean […]
