KLM Names First Female CEO
The head of the Netherlands passenger rail operator NS, Marjan Rintel, will takeover as KLM’s new CEO on July 1. Rintel takes over from Pieter Elbers when she will join Anne Rigail as one of the few female CEOs in the airline industry. The board of Air France-KLM, which owns both airlines plus the discounter […]
BA short-haul flights resume from Gatwick
British Airways returned to Gatwick short-haul flying today (March 29), marking a return to the airport after a two-year Covid retrenchment. Services will operate under the BA’s Air Operators Certificate (AOC), before moving operations to new branded subsidiary BA Euroflyer later in the year. The new airline will operate in a similar manner to the […]
Turning Carbon Dioxide into Sustainable Fuel: United and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures Announce Collaboration with Biotech Firm to Create New Fuel Sources
United Airlines Ventures (UAV) and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) today announced a collaboration with Houston-based biotech firm Cemvita Factory to commercialize the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) intended to be developed through a revolutionary new process using carbon dioxide (CO2) and synthetic microbes. UAV also announced an equity investment in Cemvita Factory. OLCV, […]
Singapore Airlines Restarts World’s Longest Route
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has resumed its nonstop Singapore (SIN)-New York Newark (EWR) Airbus A350 service, considered the longest flight in the world with a flying time of more than 18 hr. 30 min. SIA has also started using an Airbus A380 again on its fifth freedom SIN-Frankfurt (FRA)-New York Kennedy (JFK) service as the airline […]
Spirit Airlines Completes LaGuardia Terminal Move, All Flights Now Operating From Historic Marine Air Terminal
Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) today announced the completion of its terminal move at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) with all Spirit flights now calling Terminal A home. Over the past year, Spirit maintained a split operation between Terminal C and Terminal A, also known as the Marine Air Terminal. The move has enhanced the LGA Guest experience […]
Alaska Air Group to invest $2.3bn on infrastructure at four US airports
Alaska Air Group, the parent company of Alaska Airlines, plans to invest $2.3bn to improve infrastructure across four airports in the US. The company plans to invest in airports in Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles. At Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), the group plans to kick off the first phase of a major terminal […]
JetBlue and Qatar Airways Announce Plans to Expand Existing Global Partnership
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) announced it intends to expand the depth and breadth of its existing partnership with Qatar Airways to offer customers even more benefits when booking travel to and from international destinations on the global partner airline. This will include more codesharing in additional markets in the coming months, enhanced benefits for JetBlue TrueBlue® […]
Spirit Adds 4 Affordable, Daily Newark Routes for Easy Access to the West Coast & More This Summer
Summer travel is getting easier for Guests booking to/from northern New Jersey with the announcement of new, nonstop flight options serving destinations stretching from coast to coast. Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) today announced four new routes at Newark (EWR) with daily nonstop flights to Indianapolis (IND), Los Angeles (LAX), Oakland (OAK) and Pittsburgh (PIT). As […]
Delta Air Lines, Incheon Airport, airport lounge operators sign agreement to increase transit
Delta Air Lines, Incheon International Airport Corporation and airport lounge operators have signed an agreement to carry more passengers through Incheon Airport and to strengthen the airport’s position as the best hub in Northeast Asia with a more convenient and premium experience. Delta is the first foreign airline to sign the agreement with Incheon International […]
American Airlines and JetBlue Introduce Enhanced Perks for Loyalty Status Members Made Possible Through the Northeast Alliance
American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) and JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) are elevating the travel experience for their most loyal travelers, with new perks for AAdvantage® and TrueBlue Mosaic status members when traveling on either airline. It is the latest round of customer benefits made possible by the airlines’ innovative Northeast Alliance (NEA). Starting today, when checking in […]
