Aeromexico to operate flights with sustainable aviation fuel
Mexico-based airline Aeromexico has announced plans to run its first flights between the US and Mexico utilising sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), as part of the International Day of Climate Action. This initiative is expected to lower 27t of carbon emissions, which is equivalent to making over 3,800 cars zero-emission for a day in Mexico City. […]
Qantas to relaunch international flights as border reopens
Qantas will bring forward the restart of its international flights to November 14th. The news comes in response to an announcement from the Australian federal government that the country will reopen its border from November. The move will give long-awaited freedoms to vaccinated citizens and their relatives. Since March last, Australia has had some of […]
Airlines can now pick their own routes across the Atlantic. Huge fuel savings could follow
Airlines are poised to reduce their emissions and reap huge fuel savings on transatlantic flights in the coming weeks as air traffic controllers experiment with giving pilots free rein to chart their own paths across skies that have been cleared out by the pandemic. For decades, planes going between Europe and North America — one […]
Canada’s Caribbean Travel Ban Will Cost Jamaica Nearly Half A Billion Dollars
Canada’s ban on travel to the Caribbean will deliver a massive blow to Jamaica’s economy, with nearly half a billion dollars in tourism revenue to be lost. This is according to the island’s Minister of Tourism, Edmund Bartlett. On January 29, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau moved to suspend all flights to the Caribbean and […]
2020 Worst Year in History for Air Travel Demand
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced full-year global passenger traffic results for 2020 showing that demand (revenue passenger kilometers or RPKs) fell by 65.9% compared to the full year of 2019, by far the sharpest traffic decline in aviation history. Furthermore, forward bookings have been falling sharply since late December. International passenger demand in […]
US President Biden signs order mandating masks on aircraft
The new US administration of President Joe Biden is requiring face coverings be worn on flights for the next 100 days, in a more rigorous attempt to contain exploding coronavirus case counts across the country. On 20 January, Biden signed an executive order called the “100 Days Masking Challenge,” which requires face masks to be […]
Delta Air Lines Adding Flights Between Los Angeles and Omaha
Delta Air Lines announced Wednesday it would be launching flights between Los Angeles and Omaha this fall. The new daily service between Los Angeles International Airport and Eppley Airfield in Omaha, Nebraska will debut November 10, and will be operated by Compass Airlines using a 76-seat E-175 aircraft with 12 First Class, 20 Delta Comfort+ […]
Airline to launch new direct US-China flights
Delta Air Lines, an Atlanta-based major US carrier, said it is confident on the long-term growth potential of Sino-US aviation market and will continue to launch new flights, spurred by robust demand, despite the overcapacity of the market and the ongoing Sino-US trade dispute. In 2020, Delta plans to launch direct flights between Shanghai and […]
Panama City Tocumen aims for terminal opening in January
Panama City Tocumen International airport aims to open a new terminal in January, after at least a year-long delay. «We’ll be able to inaugurate the terminal in January, with it fully operating by mid-year,» says Claudio Dutary, airport operations manager for the airport, at the ALTA Airline Leaders Forum in Panama City. Copa Airlines will […]
Cathay Pacific: plenty to look forward to in the Americas
Fred Ruggiero, vice-president cargo, Americas for Cathay Pacific, has reported on a “very strong year in the Americas so far” for the Hong Kong-headquartered carrier. “Our monthly network performance has continued to grow from last year’s base and July was a particularly strong month for transhipment volumes from the US via Hong Kong,” he observed. […]
