Venezuela suspends ties with Panama airline, risking deeper isolation
Venezuela on Thursday risked worsening its travel isolation by declaring a suspension of commercial ties with Panama"™s main airline Copa after Panama put President Nicolas Maduro and his top officials on a list of possible money launderers. The state-run Venezuela News Agency (AVN) said Caracas had "suspended for 90 days economic and financial relations with […]
Delta rolls out biometric fingerprint entry at US member lounges
Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines rolled out new fingerprint biometric check-in devices at all 50 of its US Delta Sky Club locations last week; it is available free for Delta Sky Club members who are US citizens or permanent residents, and who have registered with Delta"™s biometrics program. Delta partnered with US biometrics developer Clear in […]
The airline that eliminated 195,000 tonnes of Carbon Emissions
Etihad Airways successfully eliminated around 195,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2017, thanks to a wide range of fuel-saving initiatives across its network. Following a number of improvements aimed at enhancing operational efficiencies, Etihad was able to reduce the amount of fuel consumed by its aircraft by over 62,000 tonnes of fuel. The result […]
The trends in airline privatisation around the world
The Indian government has decided to sell 76% stake in Air India. This is hardly the first time a government has sold a stake in a national airline and all the government has to do is learn from best practices. There"™s no need to reinvent the wheel here. The chart, extracted from an article on […]
Lufthansa Inaugurates Direct Flight Between San Jose, Costa Rica and Frankfurt, Germany
As it was announced in July 2017, airline Lufthansa will inaugurate this Thursday, March 29, 2018 its non-stop flight between Frankfurt, Germany and San Jose, Costa Rica. Back when the announcement was made, Tamur Goudarzi-Pour, vice-president of Sales for the Americas of Lufthansa had stated: "Beyond tourism, the Lufthansa Group offers a world of travel […]
Copa Airways to expand TT, Caribbean service
Trinidad has been good to Copa Airways over the last decade. The "airline of the Americas," based out of Tocumen Airport, on the outskirts of Panama City started servicing the Trinidad-Panama route ten years ago this past week, and, as the airline"™s vice president for sales Christophe Didier describes it, the relationship has been "win-win." […]
Sir Richard Branson: "˜No one gave our curious airline much of a fighting chance"™
Entrepreneurship for Sir Richard Branson essentially means finding ways to make people"™s lives better. Speaking at the 2018 Adobe Digital Marketing Summit, he was of the view that understanding people"™s experiences "“ the good and the bad "“ should take centre stage in guiding all business decision making and processes.Quite simply, if a customer experience […]
New Beijing-Mexico City flight spotlights growing bilateral ties
China’s Hainan Airlines has inaugurated the first direct Beijing-Mexico City flight operated by a Chinese airline, underscoring growing bilateral ties between the two countries. In keeping with aviation tradition, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner was met late Wednesday at the Mexico City International Airport with a water salute. Two fire trucks positioned on each side of […]
United CEO Munoz: Airline is not planning to shut down pet transport program
United CEO: We are reviewing our different options for pet transport United CEO: We are reviewing options for pet transport 14 Hours Ago | 02:29 United Airlines is not planning to shut down its pet transportation service but will continue its review of the program, the airline’s CEO, Oscar Munoz, told CNBC Wednesday. A day […]
Ryanair buys 75% of Niki Lauda"™s airline
Ryanair has agreed to buy a majority stake in the airline founded by Niki Lauda "” two months after the former Formula One champion scuppered an attempt by British Airway"™ owner IAG to snap it up. The Irish carrier will acquire 75 per cent of Austria"™s LaudaMotion subject to EU competition approval, it said on […]
