Latest air traffic forecasts illustrate encouraging recovery and higher growth in global air travel
ICAO’s latest analysis of global air traffic reveals clear signs of a strong global recovery in air traffic, characterized by increasing airline confidence and a range of regional air connectivity and air travel facilitation improvements. The number of air passengers carried from January to April 2022 increased by 65% compared to the same period in […]
ANA To Resume A380 Honolulu Service, Confirms London Return
All Nippon Airways (ANA) is resuming Airbus A380 flights between Japan and Hawaii beginning July 1 in response to rising international travel demand, while frequencies between Tokyo and Honolulu are also being expanded. The Star Alliance member has a fleet of three A380s that it used solely on services between Tokyo Narita (NRT) and Honolulu […]
United Kicks Off Largest Transatlantic Expansion in its History: 30 New or Resumed Flights in Eight Weeks
United has kicked off the launch of its largest transatlantic expansion in its history, in anticipation of a strong recovery in European summer travel. In total, United will launch or resume 30 Transatlantic flights from mid-April through early June. This includes adding new nonstop flights to five distinctive leisure destinations no other North American airline […]
Southwest Airlines bolsters schedule in key business and leisure markets in the west: customers in San Diego and San Jose gain big
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) added additional service to its flight schedule beginning in early June, including more options for California travel; new service for Hawaii, the Pacific Northwest, and the Caribbean also announced. New routes, additional flights, and the carrier’s flight schedule through Nov. 5, 2022, are now available on Southwest.com. «For a gamut […]
JetBlue and Qatar Airways Announce Plans to Expand Existing Global Partnership
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) announced it intends to expand the depth and breadth of its existing partnership with Qatar Airways to offer customers even more benefits when booking travel to and from international destinations on the global partner airline. This will include more codesharing in additional markets in the coming months, enhanced benefits for JetBlue TrueBlue® […]
American Airlines and JetBlue Introduce Enhanced Perks for Loyalty Status Members Made Possible Through the Northeast Alliance
American Airlines (NASDAQ: AAL) and JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) are elevating the travel experience for their most loyal travelers, with new perks for AAdvantage® and TrueBlue Mosaic status members when traveling on either airline. It is the latest round of customer benefits made possible by the airlines’ innovative Northeast Alliance (NEA). Starting today, when checking in […]
Progress in Opening the World to Travel
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) welcomed the increasing momentum towards re-opening of borders and relaxation of travel restrictions, as COVID-19 moves into the endemic phase. An IATA survey of travel restrictions for the world’s top 50 air travel markets (comprising 88% of international demand in 2019 as measured by revenue passenger kilometers) revealed the […]
Aruba scraps last Covid-19 travel restrictions
The Aruba Tourism Authority has confirmed the island will lift all Covid-19-related entry requirements for all international travellers. The move is part of the Path Forward initiative, which is seeking to rebuild the tourism sector in the wake of the pandemic. From Saturday, all travellers will no longer be required to present a Covid-19 negative […]
Strong Demand Recovery in January but Impacted by Omicron
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the recovery in air travel slowed for both domestic and international in January 2022 compared to December 2021, owing to the imposition of travel restrictions following the emergence of Omicron last November. Note: We are returning to year-on-year traffic comparisons, instead of comparisons with the 2019 period, […]
Hawaiian Airlines to resume daily Oakland-Kona summer service, add flights between San Francisco-Honolulu
Hawaiian Airlines is offering Bay Area travelers more convenient options to visit Hawai’i this summer by bringing back nonstop service between Oakland (OAK) and Kona (KOA) on the Island of Hawai’i, and adding a second daily flight between San Francisco (SFO) and Honolulu (HNL). Hawaiian’s Oakland-Kona service, which the carrier last operated in the summer […]
