How Hurricane Irma Will Affect Your Travel Plans
Following a week of floods and catastrophic storms in Texas from Hurricane Harvey, the U.S. is bracing itself for another potential hurricane landfall; this time, Hurricane Irma has already strengthened to a Category 5 storm, the strongest type of hurricane, with winds in excess of 175 miles per hour. Current projections see the storm raging […]
Record Passenger Load Factor in July
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global passenger traffic results for July showing strong but moderating demand growth. Total revenue passenger kilometers (RPKs) rose 6.8%, compared to the same month last year, down from 7.7% year-over-year growth recorded in June. All regions reported solid or better growth in passenger volumes over the past year. […]
Aeromexico signs partnership with World Travel Awards
Earlier this year Aeromexico and Delta became the official airlines sponsors of the Mexican National Football Team – and now Mexico"™s flag carrier has made the decision to be a sponsor for World Travel Awards Latin America Ceremony. (Noticias relacionadas: Aeroméxico Connect, SF Airlines of China and S7 Airlines of Russia Purchase Simulators from FlightSafety) […]
Singapore and Alaska Airlines to Launch Codeshare Agreement
Singapore Airlines has signed an agreement to codeshare on flights operated by Alaska Airlines, as jointly announced by the two airlines earlier this week. The agreement aims to expand Singapore Airline"™ footprint in the North American market, and will take effect on September 27. Once the agreement takes place, Singapore Airlines will add its "˜SQ"™ […]
Airline profits could feel squeeze from Tropical Storm Harvey
Tropical Storm Harvey has already caused thousands of flight cancellations around Houston and could cripple regional aviation through the U.S. Labor Day holiday, taking a bite out of airline profits during one of the year"™s busiest travel periods. Since making landfall on Friday, the deadly storm has dumped several feet of rain on Houston and […]
Will Hurricane Harvey impact your flight? Airlines offering re-bookings
Ahead of Hurricane Harvey’s anticipated landfall on the Gulf coast, several airlines are working with customers to rebook travel to and from airports throughout the region: AMERICAN AIRLINES will work with customers traveling to or from Austin, Beaumont, Brownsville, College Station, Corpus Christi, Harlingen, Houston, Lake Charles, McAllen or San Antonio, to re-book travel free […]
Low-cost international airline WOW Air coming to CVG
The Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport is adding a new airline, the airport said Tuesday. WOW Air will begin operating at CVG in May 2018. The low-cost international airline offers one-way flights to Iceland starting at $99 and other international destinations for $149. Before today, many had never even heard of Wow Airlines. «They will begin […]
Cathay Pacific group signs MOU for 32 A321neo aircraft
Cathay Pacific Group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbus for 32 A321neo single-aisle aircraft. The aircraft will be operated by Cathay Dragon, the regional carrier of the Group, on services linking its Hong Kong home base with destinations across Asia. The new A321neo aircraft will replace and modernise Cathay Dragon"™s current in-service […]
Latam Airlines group reports consolidated operating income of us$48.2 million for second quarter 2017
LATAM Airlines Group S.A. (NYSE: LTM; IPSA: LTM), the leading airline group in Latin America, announced today its consolidated financial results for the second quarter ending June 30, 2017. "LATAM" or "the Company" makes reference to the consolidated entity, which includes passenger and cargo airlines in Latin America. All figures were prepared in accordance with […]
Hawaiian Airlines is Handling Customer Service Inquiries Via Text Message
In the not too distant future, we expect bots will be sophisticated enough to handle almost all customer service inquires sent via text message. But we"™re not there yet, so it"™s refreshing Hawaiian Airlines is going with an all-human approach. As some of its competitors use bots programmed with artificial intelligence to answer travel questions, […]
