Southwest expands Fla. schedule from Milwaukee, Wis.
Southwest Airlines will offer weekly nonstop service from Milwaukee, Wis., to Sarasota, Fla., from April 17 through May 8. Southwest… Read More »
American adds 5 seasonal routes from Chicago
American Airlines will add five new seasonal routes this summer from its hub at Chicago O’Hare, with service to Billings,… Read More »
Airline CEOs talk sustainability with federal officials
Aviation executives, including the CEOs of American Airlines, United Airlines and Delta Air Lines met Feb. 26 with top Biden… Read More »
Curaçao International Airport earns the 2020 ASQ award ‘Best Airport by Size and Region’
Willemstad March 1, 2020 ̶ The Curaçao International Airport has earned the 2020 Airport Service Quality (ASQ) Award for: Best Airport… Read More »
CAPA Live. Emirates’ Sir Tim Clark: “work going on with” Etihad
International recovery will take longer than Sir Tim Clark, president of Emirates Airline, first thought. With the focus now on… Read More »
CAPA Live. Qantas: paused in NDC rollout but robust roadmap ahead
At CAPA Live on 10-Feb-2021, Qantas’ head of distribution, Nadine Dawood Morgan, explained that the airline’s NDC deployment had been… Read More »
CAPA Live: US big 3 airlines apply differing strengths in crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in airlines worldwide pivoting to their respective strengths in order to stem the continuing bleeding…. Read More »
CAPA Live: flyadeal frequency back to 90%; int’l “this year”
Saudi LCC flyadeal turned three years old in Sep-2020 and pre-pandemic was about to reach 10 million passengers, but despite… Read More »
CAPA Live: Hawaiian Airlines financially strong; new domestic routes
Hawaiian Air has taken on an amount of debt to ensure they have liquidity to survive the crisis. They were… Read More »
SAW becomes accredited in ACI Airport Accreditation Programme
Pleased to announce that, Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen International Airport becomes accredited in the Airports Council International (ACI) Airport Health Accreditation… Read More »
Key Lufthansa shareholder Heinz Hermann Thiele dies aged 79
Heinz Hermann Thiele, the German billionaire industrialist who as of February 2021 owned 12.42% of Lufthansa (LH, Frankfurt Int’l), has… Read More »
Condor begins ops for DHL; Bahraini DHL airline adds B767
Condor (DE, Frankfurt Int’l) has increased its presence in the cargo market with a new contract to operate four B767-300(ER)s… Read More »
Canada’s Harbour Air Seaplanes plans Seattle schedules
Canada’s Harbour Air Seaplanes (YB, Vancouver Coal Harbour) plans to introduce year-round schedules in June 2021 between Vancouver Coal Harbour… Read More »
Alaska Airlines told to pay $3.2mn after escalator fall
A jury at King County Superior Court in Seattle has ordered Alaska Airlines (AS, Seattle Tacoma Int’l) to pay USD3.2… Read More »
China Eastern firms five C919 orders
China Eastern Airlines (MU, Shanghai Hongqiao) has signed a firm order agreement with COMAC (Shanghai Pudong) for its first five… Read More »
Air Express Algeria grows Beech 1900D, Let fleet
Oil and gas industry air service provider Air Express Algeria (Hassi Messaoud) has secured three aircraft on lease from ACIA… Read More »
Air Seychelles initiates voluntary layoffs to ease finances
Air Seychelles (HM, Mahé) has begun a voluntary redundancy scheme, primarily targetting employees aged 55 and over, as it reevaluates… Read More »
France’s CMA CGM Air Cargo to launch in late 1Q21
CMA CGM Air Cargo (Paris Orly) is set to begin its scheduled cargo operations on March 8 with a route… Read More »
AAPA still waiting for signs of a wider recovery
Preliminary January 2021 traffic figures released today by the Association of Asia Pacific Airlines (AAPA) showed that airline operations are still depressed, as the… Read More »
Rolls-Royce’s all-electric ‘Spirit of Innovation’ powers to a milestone
Rolls-Royce has successfully completed the taxiing of its ‘Spirit of Innovation’ aircraft, the latest milestone on its journey to becoming… Read More »
Health passes may have a role in future of travel
Digital health passes could affect travel in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, with the European Union already debating how… Read More »
United Airlines adds retail exec to board of directors
United Airlines has added Laysha Ward to its board of directors. She is an executive vice president and chief engagement… Read More »
Delta, American partner with Deloitte on sustainable fuels
Delta and American have partnerships with Deloitte to advance the use of sustainable aviation fuel for business travel. “This collaboration… Read More »
Southwest adds Fla., Mont. destinations
Southwest Airlines continues to expand its network, adding Florida’s Destin-Fort Walton Beach Airport and Bozeman, Mont., to its route map…. Read More »
United offers flight-bus combo to 2 Colo. cities
United Airlines has teamed with luxury-bus operator Landline to offer passengers bookings to Breckenridge and Fort Collins through the airline’s… Read More »
Alaska Airlines’ new 737 Max is ready to begin service
Alaska Airlines will begin flying passengers in its new 737 Max 9 next week. Pilots and crew have already put… Read More »