Higher fuel prices take bite out of 2018 airline profits
U.S. airlines made a net profit of $11.8 billion during 2018, Bureau of Transportation Statistics data shows. It is the sixth straight year of profit for the industry, but profits are down 23% from 2017, when U.S. airlines cumulatively reported net income of $15.3 billion. The 27.3% increase in the amount airlines paid per gallon […]
March Passenger Demand Growth Slows on Later Easter Holiday: IATA
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for March 2019 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers, or RPKs) rose 3.1%, compared to the same month a year ago, which was the slowest pace for any month in nine years. This largely was owing to the timing of the Easter […]
Lufthansa bids for Thomas Cook’s Condor
Lufthansa has made a nonbinding offer for Thomas Cook’s German airline, Condor, with an option to extend it to the UK group’s other airlines, the German carrier’s chief executive confirmed today. Tour operator Thomas Cook put its airline business up for sale in February as part of efforts to increase funding to support a wider […]
Norwegian reports passenger growth and improved on-time performance in April
Norwegian carried more than 3.1 million passengers in April, an increase of three percent compared to the same month previous year. The figures for April are not directly comparable with the same month last year due to the Easter effect. However, the combined development for March and April, is positive. A total of3,137,608 passengers chose […]
Delta Launching Two New Daily Caribbean Routes
Delta Air Lines is launching a pair of new nonstop routes to the Caribbean. Beginning Dec. 21, the carrier will launch expand its weekly Saturday service to daily service from Detroit to both Montego Bay, Jamaica and Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. That will mean two new daily nonstop flights to two of the […]
Latam to offer non-stop flights from Santiago to Sydney
LATAM currently operates a daily flight to Sydney from Santiago with a lay-over in Auckland, New Zealand, and has offered a non-stop service between Santiago and Melbourne since October 2017. Both flights are operated by Boeing 787 aircraft. In announcing the new flights on Monday, LATAM chief commercial officer Roberto Alvo said: “This non-stop Santiago-to-Sydney […]
Delta to resume flights to India with service between New York JFK and Mumbai
Delta Air Lines announced its plans to launch a nonstop route linking New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport with Mumbai beginning Dec. 22. Delta said in a statement that demand for flights between the U.S. and India has increased significantly in the last decade and that it will be the only U.S. carrier to […]
Emirates announces codeshare with LATAM Airlines to improve travel to 17 Brazilian destinations
Emirates has announced a new codeshare partnership agreement with LATAM Airlines Brazil covering domestic services in the Latin American country. The new tie-up is expected to provide passengers with more options and better connectivity. Emirates passengers travelling to and from Brazil will now be able to connect with 17 cities in LATAM’s domestic network covered […]
WestJet’s 787-9 completes first transatlantic flight
WestJet has introduced its latest Boeing 787-9 with an inaugural transatlantic flight. This is the third 787 for the Canadian carrier (registration C-GUDO), which is being used on its Calgary to London Gatwick service. The aircraft is named Clive Beddoe after the founder and chairman, who was on the flight to London. «Today is a […]
Barbados’s New York-Round JetBlue Flights
Barbados is getting a boost from New York City-based airline JetBlue. JetBlue is expanding its weekly nonstop Saturday service from Newark Liberty to Barbados to year-round service, Caribbean Journal has learned. The extension of service will go into effect on May 4, 2019. “The extension of our popular seasonal, weekly Barbados service to year-round weekly […]
