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Honouring Air Canada’s Excellence Award Recipients

Source: Air Canada For the past 35 years, Air Canada has bestowed a special honour on employees who demonstrate the best of what it means to work at Canada's flag carrier. Known as the Excellence Awards, they are Air Canada's highest form of honour, annually recognizing employees who stand out as role models among their colleagues. "Being an Excellence Award recipient means your colleagues look up to you for leadership. It means you have the courage to show up as your best self, every single day. It means putting safety first, always. It means rolling up your sleeves, putting in the effort, and committing to Rising Higher, no matter what," said Leslie Ann Vezina, Senior Director, Human Resources Centre of [...]

2025-04-30T15:32:59+03:00April 30th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Frontier Airlines Signs Enhanced Distribution Agreement With Amadeus, Including NDC Content

Source: Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines has signed an enhanced distribution partnership with Amadeus, offering customers a broader range of personalized travel opportunities through third party channels.  Under the terms of the deal, the low fare carrier will offer New Distribution Capability (NDC) content to travel sellers via a Global Distribution System (GDS) for the first time, providing a seamless and personalized booking experience. With the support of Amadeus and its NDC capabilities, this partnership represents yet another step in the airline's New Frontier transformation, balancing its low-cost DNA with an enhanced customer experience and expanded premium offerings. In addition to its traditional distribution via EDIFACT, this new partnership provides a seamless transition to enhanced messaging that will drive additional value [...]

2025-04-30T15:37:13+03:00April 30th, 2025|AIRLINES, News, SUPPLIERS|

Air Cargo Demand Grows 4.4% in March according

Source: IATA   The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for March 2025 global air cargo markets showing: Total demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometers (CTK), increased by 4.4% compared to March 2024 levels (+5.5% for international operations), a historic peak for March. Capacity, measured in available cargo tonne-kilometers (ACTK), expanded by 4.3% compared to March 2024 (+6.1% for international operations). “March cargo volumes were strong. It is possible that this is partly a front-loading of demand as some businesses tried to beat the well-telegraphed 2 April tariff announcement by the Trump Administration. The uncertainty over how much of the 2 April proposals will be implemented may eventually weigh on trade. In the meantime, the lower fuel costs—which are also [...]

2025-04-30T15:58:10+03:00April 30th, 2025|News, ORGANISATIONS|

Nicole Hogg Director, SITA’s Product Management, Baggage at Airports: Our digitalization and automation solutions give full, real-time visibility and intimate management of every bag

Source: SITA What excites you about baggage management and your role? I am incredibly excited about my role as Head of Baggage as it allows me to combine my passions for aviation and baggage. Coming from the airline industry I’ve seen, firsthand, the intricate world of baggage handling: the endless planning and coordination, plus the pressure on operational staff to ensure every piece of baggage reaches its intended destination seamlessly. What excites me is that my team and I work directly with airlines and airports to help solve key pain points in the baggage journey. By using digitalization and automation we not only relieve the pressure for the operational staff – thereby driving operational efficiency - but help to restore [...]

2025-04-29T19:17:27+03:00April 29th, 2025|Interviews|

Frontier Airlines will fly from Atlanta to Aruba beginning next month

Source: Aruba International Airport Aruba Airport Authority N.V. (AAA) is pleased to announce the launch of a new nonstop flight by Frontier Airlines, connecting Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) with Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA) in Aruba. Beginning May 24th, 2025, the route will operate once a week on Saturdays through August 16th, 2025—offering travelers a new, convenient option to visit Aruba during the busy summer travel season. Flight schedule: Departing Atlanta (ATL): 10:13 AM → Arriving in Aruba (AUA): 2:20 PM Departing Aruba (AUA): 3:35 PM → Arriving in Atlanta (ATL): 7:55 PM The service will be operated with an Airbus A321 aircraft, featuring a seating capacity of 230 passengers. This seasonal route will provide an additional 230 weekly [...]

2025-04-29T11:07:25+03:00April 29th, 2025|AIRLINES, AIRPORTS, News|

Mayor of Los Angeles celebrates Major Investments in local business and new jobs at LAX

Source: LAWA Karim Webb, President, Board of Airport Commissioners, John Ackerman, Chief Executive Officer, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA), LAWA officials and prime contractors of the $5 billion Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC) gathered at Los Angeles International Airport on Thursday. The initiative prioritizes contracts for small, local and minority-owned businesses for upcoming projects at LAX (Photo courtesy of Los Angeles World Airports). Mayor Karen Bass, Councilwoman Traci Park and leaders at Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) celebrated the latest round of investments at LAX to prioritize local businesses and jobs, including 13 first-time prime contractors who are local small businesses. This investment, through the $5 billion Multiple Award Task Order Contract (MATOC), ensures that small, local and minority-owned [...]

2025-04-29T10:50:12+03:00April 29th, 2025|AIRPORTS, News|

Southwest Airlines Announces Reimagined Fare Products, New Benefits for Rapid Rewards Credit Cardmembers and Tier Member Customers

Source: Southewest Airlines Products provide choice for Customers to have a broader range of travel experiences Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) announces its new fare products, as well as new benefits for its Rapid Rewards® Credit Cardmembers and Tier Members, aiming to deepen and reward loyalty for the airline’s most engaged Customers. “With new choices like seat selection and Extra Legroom, our enhanced fare bundles let Customers customize their trip while still enjoying our industry-leading reliability and hospitality.” said Tony Roach, Executive Vice President Customer & Brand. The new fare products, Choice Extra, Choice Preferred, and Choice (formerly Business Select, Anytime, and Wanna Get Away Plus), will be available for booking in the third quarter of 2025 as Southwest® begins [...]

2025-04-29T10:41:59+03:00April 29th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Response to reports about discussions with JetBlue

Source: American Airlines There have been industry rumors and media reports about American’s discussions with JetBlue. To clarify, American is sharing a letter that was sent to team members today from its Vice Chair and Chief Strategy Officer Steve Johnson.Team, In recent months, we had been exploring an opportunity to further enhance our network by renewing a partnership with JetBlue. As always in considering partnerships, the objective was to advance our business strategy and enhance our customer proposition by building on American’s network position and giving a partner’s customers access to our global network and the world’s best loyalty program in AAdvantage. Although we proposed a very attractive proposition to JetBlue and its customers and team, it became clear over [...]

2025-04-29T10:38:46+03:00April 29th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Delta and LATAM expand Joint Venture to Argentina, enhancing connectivity with the U.S. and Canada

Source: Delta Air Lines The expansion will give customers access to a broader network of more than 200 destinations across the United States, Canada and Argentina, delivering enhanced travel options and a more consistent customer experience Delta and LATAM have expanded the scope of their Joint Venture (JV) to include Argentina, building on two years of successful partnership. The expansion will give customers access to a broader network of more than 200 destinations across the United States, Canada and Argentina, delivering enhanced travel options and a more consistent customer experience. With this agreement, customers in Argentina will benefit from improved connectivity to Delta’s comprehensive network in North America, as well as the ability to earn miles across both carriers’ frequent [...]

2025-04-26T07:50:09+03:00April 28th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Embraer announces its affiliation with Mexican Federation of Aerospace Industry during FAMEX 2025

Source: Embraer The initiative seeks to promote and enhance business opportunities and cooperation with Mexican industries and entities Embraer, a global leader in the aerospace industry, has signed its affiliation with the Mexican Federation of Aerospace Industry (FEMIA) during FAMEX. The affiliation aims to strengthen Embraer's presence and representation in Mexico, increase collaboration with the country's aeronautical industry, and promote new business opportunities. "FEMIA is very proud to celebrate the formalization of Embraer as a new member of our organization. Embraer is one of the most important manufacturers in the aerospace sector in the world, both in civil and defense matters, and participating as a member of FEMIA opens up important opportunities for collaboration in the development of this company [...]

2025-04-26T08:01:46+03:00April 28th, 2025|MANUFACTURERS, News|