WestJet Appoints New VP Sales and Distribution
WestJet has appointed Charles (Chuck) Crowder as Vice-President, Sales and Distribution, reporting to Arved von zur Muehlen, Chief Commercial Officer, effective April 29, 2019. Chuck’s outstanding qualifications include more than 28 years of experience as a sales leader in the global travel and aviation industry. He joins WestJet most recently from Avis Budget Group where […]
Frank Naeve Appointed Vice President of Sales, The Americas, Lufthansa Group
Effective May 1st 2019, Frank Naeve will become Vice President of Sales, The Americas, Lufthansa Group. Based at the company’s U.S. headquarters in East Meadow, New York, he will be responsible for the Group’s passenger airline organization in North and South America, spearheading sales in what is the Lufthansa Group’s most important international region outside […]
Interjet appoints TAL as General Sales Agent for the UK
Mexican carrier Interjet Airlines has entrusted the global airline, travel and tourism representation organisation, TAL Aviation, to handle its marketing, sales, public relations and business development in the UK. Suzanne Mason, TAL Aviation UK"™s Sales Manager will be responsible for the operations in this market. With almost 270 daily flights, Interjet connects more than 50 […]
How the Boeing jet no one wanted became the plane airlines scour the planet for (BA, DAL)
Boeing delivered the last two 717-200 jetliners to customers at its Long Beach, California factory. It marked to the end of a program filled with promise but that had ultimately failed to capture the interest of airlines. Even Boeing’s well-oiled sales operation could only manage to muster up 156 orders for the little 100-seat, short-haul-airliner. […]
Volaris posts $40 million 3Q net profit despite natural disasters
Mexico City-based ultra LCC Volaris posted its first quarterly profit of 2017, reporting MXN731 million ($40.2 million) in third-quarter net income, down 27.6% from MXN1 billion in 3Q 2016. "Demand and traffic patterns, despite a competitive fare environment, had been sequentially improving, but in September, natural disasters in Mexico and in the region temporarily interrupted […]
Boeing, Air Lease Corporation Announce Memorandum of Understanding for 12 737 MAXs. Agreement includes five 737 MAX 7s, seven 737 MAX 8s
Boeing (NYSE: BA) and Air Lease Corporation (NYSE: AL) announced a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for 12 737 MAXs at the Paris Air Show. The MOU includes five 737 MAX 7s and seven 737 MAX 8s. The agreement will be reflected on the Boeing Orders and Deliveries website once finalized. «With these additional 12 units, […]
Dallas Aeronautical Services Announces Eliezer da Silva New Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS), announces Eliezer (Eli) da Silva as their new Vice President of Sales & Marketing. Eli began his career at DAS in May of 2009 assisting the company with planning their future expansion into the Brazilian, Central and South American markets. He holds a Jurisprudence Doctorates degree from Pontifical Catholic University of […]
Lufthansa Group welcomes nearly 10 million passengers on board in March 2017
Increase of around 14% more passengers than the previous year Seat load factor of 77.2% is a 0.8-percentage-point improvement from March 2016 Pricing environment (excluding currency) developed slightly positive in March The airlines of the Lufthansa Group transported some9.6 million passengers in March, 14% more than the same period last year, although the popular Easter […]
Lufthansa Group transports 12.4 percent more passengers in February than in previous year
The airlines of the Lufthansa Group transported some 7.8 million passengers in February, 12.4% more than in the same period last year. Total capacity for the month was up 8.5% in available seat-kilometer terms and total traffic volume, measured in revenue passenger-kilometers, increased by 12.6% despite one additional day in February 2016 due to the […]
Ryanair nombra a José Espartero como Sales & Marketing Manager para España y Portugal
Ryanair, la aerolínea favorita en Europa, ha anunciado el nombramiento de José Espartero como nuevo Sales & Marketing Manager de Ryanair en España y Portugal, quien se encargará de dirigir las ventas y la actividad de comercialización de la aerolínea en los 23 aeropuertos españoles y los cuatro portugueses en donde está presente. José aporta […]
