Australia Post and Qantas Freight renew agreement to support Ecommerce growth
Australia Post and Qantas have today announced an expanded domestic and international air freight agreement to support the growing demand for parcels. Marking nearly a century of partnership between the two brands, it will benefit online shoppers and businesses across Australia by increasing capacity and providing greater network flexibility to meet customer expectations. The seven-year […]
Embraer and Mongolian Hunnu Air Sign Pool Program Agreement to Support its E190 Fleet
Embraer announced that the Company has signed a long-term Pool Program Agreement with Mongolian Hunnu Air to support a wide range of repairable components for the airline’s recently leased fleet of E190. Hunnu Air is the first E190 operator in Mongolia and took delivery of its first E190 this year in May. The Pool Agreement […]
LEVEL’s CCO shares plans to deliver a “step change in the customer experience”
Startup low-cost airline LEVEL has grown rapidly since it was established in 2017 within International Airlines Group (IAG). FTE spoke to LEVEL’s Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), Aurelius Noell, who shared how the airline is taking advantage of the strategic synergies created by its parent company, and what plans it has in place to transform the […]
US carrier Frontier converts A320neo batch to A321neos
US carrier Frontier Airlines has converted a batch of 15 Airbus A320neo orders to the larger A321neo. The airline had 34 A321neos on order – none of which has yet been delivered – but this figure has risen to 49 in the airframer’s latest backlog revision. Frontier’s firm A320neo commitment has correspondingly reduced to 165 […]
Solid Passenger Demand, Record Load Factor in June
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for June 2019 showing that demand (measured in revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) rose by 5.0% compared to June 2018. This was up slightly from the 4.7% year-over-year growth recorded in May. June capacity (available seat kilometers or ASKs) increased by 3.3%, and load […]
JetSmart to double its Argentinian fleet by April 2020
Chile-based low-cost carrier JetSmart has disclosed plans to consolidate its Argentinian domestic presence by adding more aircraft and routes before April 2020, the first anniversary of its operations in country. In November, JetSmart will launch Airbus A320-operated flights to two new domestic Argentinian destinations: Rosario and Ushuaia. The airline will offer twice-weekly services to Puerto […]
American Airlines Increases International Presence, Makes First Entrance Into Africa
American unveiled its summer 2020 international schedule, which includes the following new service: Philadelphia (PHL) to Casablanca, Morocco (CMN) begins June 4 Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW) to Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV) begins Sept. 9 Chicago (ORD) to Krakow, Poland (KRK) begins May 7 ORD to Budapest, Hungary (BUD) begins May 7 ORD to Prague, Czech Republic […]
DOT tentatively approves Delta-Air France-KLM-Virgin deal
The US Department of Transportation has tentatively granted antitrust immunity to the joint venture proposed by Delta Air Lines, Air France, KLM and Virgin Atlantic Airways. A show cause order the agency filed on 2 August begins a public comment period about the deal, which would enable the carriers to coordinate their operations between the […]
IATA: Air Freight in Decline for Eighth Consecutive Month
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for global air freight markets showing that demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), decreased by 4.8% in June 2019, compared to the same period in 2018. This marks the eighth consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes. Signs of a modest recovery in recent months […]
Delta Airline uniforms to feature sign language indicator
Delta employees who know sign language will soon be recognizable by a sign language indicator on their uniforms. You can expect to see uniformed employees sporting these new language bars this fall, making them the first airline to do this. “it’s a small step in the airline’s mission to connect the world, which starts with […]
