Jet2.com is now charging passengers for hand luggage
Passengers flying with Jet2.com must now pay an additional fee if they want to guarantee their hand luggage does not end up in the hold. On busy flights it has become increasingly common for airlines to ask people to part with carry-on bags so they can be stored with the checked luggage below. Jet2.com spotted […]
Air Canada Rouge celebra su cuarto aniversario
Air Canada Rouge celebra su cuarto aniversario ofreciendo a sus clientes viajes memorables. Desde su primer vuelo en 2013, coincidiendo con el Día de Canada, la aerolínea para pasajeros de ocio de Air Canada creció hasta contar con 49 aeronaves, sumar 1.800 empleos adicionales y transportar a más de 16 millones de clientes. «Air Canada […]
IATA and Airlines for America Launch Baggage Tracking Campaign
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) and Airlines for America (A4A), have launched a year-long global campaign related to baggage tracking with the goal of reducing mishandled bags in addition to increasing efficiency in baggage operations. Annually, more than 4 billion bags are carried by airlines globally. Less than 0.43 percent do not arrive with […]
Airline Stocks Soar Despite Irate Passengers
The stocks of major airlines including United Continental Holdings Inc. have been soaring in spite of customer scandals that were expected to hurt business, according to The Financial Times. These companies have been providing optimistic forecasts for their financial performance as of late. (For more, see also: 3 Best Airline ETFs for 2017.) Climbing Revenue […]
Global airline shares up: IATA
Global airline shares have increased and outperformed the global equity index for the third month in a row in June, said the International Air Transport Association (IATA) in its June Airlines Financial Monitor released. IATA said the share prices had risen by over 20 per cent since the start of the year and were currently […]
Global airline shares up 44% y-o-y in June, says IATA
Global airline share prices increased and outperformed the global equity index for the third month in a row in June, according to the International Air Transport Association (IATA). In its June 2017 Airline Financial Monitor released today, IATA said airline shares had risen by more than 20% since start-2017, and are currently around 44% higher […]
New record achieved for Lufthansa Group with top passenger and seat load factors in the first half of 2017
The airlines of the Lufthansa Group welcomed approximately 12 million passengers on board in June 2017. This shows an increase of 18% compared to June the previous year. The available seat kilometers were up 12.3% over the previous year; at the same time, sales increased by 15.9%. The seat load factor improved accordingly, rising 2.6 […]
Airport chief tells Government to look beyond Heathrow in upcoming aviation strategy
The Government"™s forthcoming aviation strategy should not focus solely on expansion at Heathrow, a major airport group has said. Charlie Cornish, chief executive of Manchester Airports Group, said he had been engaged in talks with ministers for the past 18 months ahead of the publication of the country"™s airport strategy later this year. Mr Cornish […]
Lufthansa"™s Munich "˜SmartDepart": Fast access to your departing flight
Lufthansa now offers a service to passengers flying from Munich to Düsseldorf, Berlin/Tegel, Frankfurt and Hamburg, allowing them to get to their flight in a quick manner. "SmartDepart", the name of the complimentary service, will be available to all Lufthansa passengers in Terminal 2 until October 31, 2017. Every day, from 06:00am to 08:30am and […]
Lufthansa Group: Digitalization supports the green transformation
#DigitalAviation Lufthansa Group would like to make the travel experience even more efficient, sustainable and attractive for its passengers. For this, the Group is focusing more strongly on digital solutions and innovations. The ten-page title story of the Balance Sustainability Report, published today, introduces the diverse digitalization project of the Lufthansa Group and its key […]
