Air France committed to eliminating 210 million single-use plastic items by the end of 2019
Air France announced its decision to eliminate 1,300 tons of single-use plastic. In this way, Air France will eliminate 210 million single-use plastic items by the end of 2019. They will be replaced by sustainable alternatives on all flights. This represents: 100 million plastic cups replaced with paper cups; 85 million plastic cutlery items replaced […]
American, Delta and United push to finalise new Haneda flights
American Airlines has joined Delta Air Lines and United Airlines in pushing US regulators to finalise their tentative awards of 12 new flights to Tokyo Haneda. American and United, in separate filings with the US Department of Transportation today, ask the regulator to dismiss objections by Hawaiian Airlines and finalise the allocation of the new […]
Delta Adds More New Flights to Mexico
Delta Air Lines has added another new route to Mexico, this time to the country’s increasingly popular capital city. The carrier has officially launched a new route from Minneapolis-St Paul to Mexico City, with service operating daily. Delta is running the flights on Airbus A319 aircraft, with 12 seats in first class, 18 in Delta […]
Air Italy becomes first European airline to introduce non-binary gender option on bookings
Air Italy is the first airline in Europe to implement and make available a non-binary gender option for passengers booking flights. Starting from today, customers will be able to select M (male), F (female) or X (other), to correspond with gender-neutral passports that are issued by some States. Last year, the International Air Transport Association, […]
American Airlines Is Expanding Its St Vincent Flights
In an important sign of confidence in the destination from the world’s biggest airline, St Vincent and the Grenadines will be getting another weekly flight on American Airlines. Beginning Dec. 18, American Airlines will be launching a second weekly flight between Miami International Airport and St Vincent’s Argyle International Airport, according to Cathy-Ann Joseph, American […]
Azul Airlines Begins Flying to Second Destination in Portugal
Azul Brazilian Airlines started flying to Porto, Portugal on Monday, June 3. This is the second destination for the airline in Portugal, which already operates flights between Brazil and Lisbon. Porto is the second-largest city in Portugal and experienced significant tourism increase in the last few years. The flight between Campinas, 50 miles from São […]
JetBlue to launch nonstop New York-Ecuador A321neo service
JetBlue Airways will launch daily nonstop service between its New York JFK base and Guayaquil, Ecuador, beginning Dec. 5. The new route, the longest in JetBlue’s network, is made possible by the airline’s first Airbus A321neo, scheduled to be delivered this year, the carrier said. JetBlue has 85 A321neos on order, including 13 longer-range variants. […]
La Compagnie to show off A321neo at Paris air show
All-premium transatlantic carrier La Compagnie is to display its Airbus A321neo during the upcoming Paris air show. La Compagnie is formally putting its initial aircraft (F-HBUZ) into service on the route between Paris Orly and Newark on 6 June. The CFM International Leap-1A-powered aircraft, leased from GECAS, has been configured with 76 lie-flat seats. Airbus […]
Spirit eyes eventual Canada service
Spirit Airlines is considering service to Canada, with chief executive Ted Christie saying its «on the list». «Canada is clearly on the list,» he told attendees at the Airports Council International-North America JumpStart conference in Nashville on 3 June. «It’s a nut we’ve been looking to crack here for a while.» The cities closest to […]
American Airlines and Qantas Welcome U.S. Department of Transportation’s Tentative Approval of Joint Business
American Airlines and Qantas welcome the U.S. Department of Transportation’s tentative approval of the carriers’ joint business to better serve customers flying between the United States and Australia and New Zealand. Final approval of the joint business will allow for commercial integration between the carriers, delivering new routes and significant customer benefits not possible through […]
