Ex Cathay boss Tyler to join Qantas board
Former Cathay Pacific chief executive and International Air transport Association director general Tony Tyler is headed to the Qantas board. Outgoing Qantas chairman Leigh Clifford announced on Thursday the intention to appoint Tyler to the board, saying he had significant experience in commercial aviation as well as in Key overseas markets. The seasoned airline executive […]
Norwegian Air interested in domestic Brazil flights
Low-cost Norwegian Air is interested in operating domestic flights within Brazil, a government official said on Thursday, as it plans its debut in Latin America’s largest economy in March with a flight between Sao Paolo and England. The airline’s interest was made public by Brazil’s tourism minister Vinicius Lummertz, who said Norwegian can start operating […]
Star Peru: The Airline That is Slowly Fading Away in an Increasingly Competitive Market
Star Peru was established in 1997 as an airline flying cargo and charter services using an Antonov An- 32. It wasn’t until 2004 when the airline took a change of direction and began flying commercially using a fleet of Boeing 737-200s to serve a bunch of domestic destinations across the country. Rather sooner than later, […]
SITA bag-drop implemented at Rio de Janeiro Airport
Brazil’s largest airline GOL is introducing new self-service bag-drop technology to speed up its passengers’ airport experience at Rio de Janeiro International Airport. Passengers of the carrier can now use SITA’s Scan&Fly technology to check in their bags when flying domestically from the hub and will soon be able to do so at São Paulo–Guarulhos […]
Cayman Airways goes west with Denver route
Cayman Airways will begin flying direct to Denver in March as the national airline seeks new horizons in the western United States. The new route was announced at twin press conferences in Colorado and Grand Cayman Monday with flights scheduled twice weekly from next year. Grand Cayman will be the only Caribbean island with a […]
IATA releases strategies to support sustained airline financial health
IATA have announced that the 2018 World Financial Symposium (WFS) will feature a strong focus on partnership strategies to accelerate delivery of transformation supporting sustained airline financial health. financial 2018 will mark the ninth consecutive year of industry profits and the fourth year in which airlines will make an aggregate return exceeding their cost of […]
Delta Air Lines Launches Tampa Bay to Amsterdam Service
Yesterday, Delta Air Lines and Tampa International Airport gathered to announce a new service between Tampa and Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, giving Tampa its fifth European destination. The new service will kick off on May 25, 2019 and will fly every day in the summer and four to five times a week during the rest of […]
British Airways to end direct flights to Iran in September
British Airways says it will end its direct flights to Iran’s capital in September as «the operation is currently not commercially viable.» The decision announced Thursday comes after President Donald Trump withdrew from the nuclear deal between Iran and world powers and began restoring U.S. sanctions. Air France said it would end flights from Paris […]
LATAM to spend $400m on new cabin interiors
LATAM Airlines Group will invest $400 million in upgrading the cabins on more than 200 aircraft, or about two-thirds of its fleet. The three-year reconfiguration will cover more than 150 Airbus A320 and A321 aircraft, nine Boeing 777s and 10 Boeing 767s, says LATAM. New deliveries of Airbus A350-1000s and Boeing 787-9s will receive the […]
Delta Is Launching New Caribbean Flights From New York
Delta Air Lines is planning a broad Caribbean expansion out of New York, Caribbean Journal has learned. That includes three new routes and an additional daily flight to the region. Delta’s new routes include daily nonstop flights between JFK and Kingston, Jamaica, along with new weekly Saturday service to both Antigua and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The […]
