Aruba Airport and Aruba Tourism Authority Visit GOL Airlines to Strengthen Ties and Promote New Route
Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA), in collaboration with the Aruba Tourism Authority (A.T.A.), recently visited the headquarters of GOL Airlines in Brazil. This visit aimed to further promote the new nonstop service between Aruba and São Paulo, Brazil (GRU), which is set to launch in December 2024. From July 22 to July 26, 2024, representatives […]
JetBlue Airways Reaches Deal To Use SAF At JFK
JetBlue Airways has signed a 12-month agreement with Florida-based World Fuel Services to facilitate the delivery of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help power some of the carrier’s flights from New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The SAF blend will be supplied by Texas-based Valero Energy Corp., also a party to the accord. […]
Iberia celebrates the 70th anniversary of its first flight to New York
Iberia celebrates the 70th anniversary of its flights to New York. On 3 August 1954, one of the Spanish airline’s three Super Constellations, the so-called Santa Maria, flew for the first time between Madrid and New York. Five days later, scheduled flights began. To commemorate such a special day, Andrés Iwasaki, Iberia’s long-haul Cabin Crewmember, […]
Delta: New routes to Tulum, Mazatlán, plus expanded Aeromexico service
Delta will add service from Detroit to Tulum and Los Angeles to Mazatlán this winter as Aeromexico launches service from Atlanta and Los Angeles to Manzanillo, Newark to Mexico City and Denver to Monterrey. You’ll have more options to fly to Mexico this winter, with routes from Detroit to Tulum and Los Angeles to Mazatlán. […]
Female participation of pilots increases in SKY: They reach 13.5% of the total
94 years ago, in 1930, Graciela Cooper Godoy was the first woman to receive her license to fly in Chile. That is why every July 26th our country celebrates women who practice this profession. Although there has been progress, worldwide it is estimated that only 5% of pilots in the world are women, according to […]
Passenger Demand Up 9.1% in June
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for June 2024 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 9.1% compared to June 2023. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 8.5% year-on-year. The June load factor was 85.0% (+0.5 percentage points (ppt) compared […]
Air Canada Provides Second Quarter 2024 Preliminary Results and Updates Full Year 2024 Guidance
Air Canada provided preliminary results for the second quarter of 2024 and updated its 2024 financial and capacity guidance. Q2 2024 preliminary results Operating revenues of about $5.5 billion, on 6.5% increased operated capacity year-over-year, as compared to about $5.4 billion in Q2 2023 Operating income of $466 million, with an operating margin of 8.4%, as compared to $802 million in […]
WestJet and Air North, Yukon’s airline, announce interline agreement to bring critical air access to Canada’s most remote communities
WestJet and Air North, Yukon’s airline, announced a new interline agreement directly connecting both carrier’s networks. Starting July 31, guests can book a single ticket with a connected itinerary between WestJet’s global network and the Yukon and Northwest Territories with single point check-in and through-checked bags for connecting itineraries. «Understanding the criticality of air access […]
WestJet announces new daily service between Kelowna and Seattle beginning this winter
WestJet announced new daily service connecting Kelowna and Seattle beginning in January 2025. The route will unlock more seamless connectivity between the popular regions to a vast network of U.S. destinations through Seattle and beyond, through the airline’s longstanding partnership with Delta Air Lines. «As we continue to strengthen our service across Western Canada, we […]
KLM and ZeroAvia Plan Zero-Emission Demonstration Flight Using Liquid Hydrogen
Hydrogen-electric engines use hydrogen in fuel cells to generate electricity, which is then used to power electric motors to turn the aircraft’s propellers. The only emission is low-temperature water vapor, with studies therefore estimating an up to90% reduction in climate impact when compared with typical kerosene-fueled flights.[1] As a first major target milestone, the companies […]
