Source: Air Canada Five weekly flights to operate from June 2 until Oct. 14, 2023 Timed to optimize North American connectivity through Air Canada's Montreal global hub Complements year-round Toronto-Amsterdam service Air Canada today announced the addition of new, non-stop seasonal flights between Montreal and Amsterdam for this summer. Flights will operate five-times weekly with the airline's state-of-the-art Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft, and conveniently link to and from Air Canada's extensive North American network at its Montreal global hub. Seats are available for sale now via aircanada.com, the Air Canada App, Air Canada's Contact Centres, and through travel agencies. "We continue to see strong demand for travel to Europe and we are thrilled to increase service and add new, non-stop service between Montreal and Amsterdam for summer 2023, complementing our year-round service between Toronto and the Dutch capital. With [...]

Source: Air France On 14 March 2023, Air France was awarded first prize at the Customer Relations Awards® 2023 in the Transport category for the 8th year running. Organized by BearingPoint and Kantar, this ranking* truly reflects the voice of French customers. Since 2003, the Customer Relations Awards® has been rewarding major company brands who provide an outstanding service to customers on a daily basis. 11 sectors of activity – including transport – are evaluated on common performance criteria. For each company, the surveyed customers are invited to give their opinion on 15 criteria that structure customer relations. These criteria are examined from 3 angles – quality of execution, capacity for creating a bond and for creating a positive emotion. Air France continues [...]

Source: ITA Airways ITA Airways is enhancing its São Paolo – Rome Fiumicino direct flight to meet the expected increase in demand. Starting from August 2023, the Company will add 4 weekly frequencies to its daily connections between Brazil and Italy. ITA Airways' new frequencies from São Paulo will be operated with the Airbus A330, departing on Monday, Tuesday Thursday, and Sunday at 7:00 pm and landing at Rome Fiumicino at 11:45 am, local time. New flights from Rome will be operated departing at 9:40 am and arriving in São Paulo at 5:00 pm, local time on Monday, Tuesday Thursday, and Sunday. The introduction of additional frequencies in the direct connection from São Paolo to Rome Fiumicino is further evidence [...]

Source: LATAM LATAM group delivered the news on its operation for the coming weeks, highlighting the following routes: São Paulo/Guarulhos - Passo Fundo, operated by LATAM Airlines Brazil, with daily flights starting on March 28. Bogota and Riohacha, operated by LATAM Airlines Colombia, with daily flights starting on March 28. At the same time, LATAM Cargo received its 17th aircraft. It is a Boeing 767-300 converted from the passenger fleet and will reinforce its global fleet. Operational Statistics for February 2023 In February 2023, passenger traffic (measured in revenue passenger-kilometers - RPK) grew 28.6% compared to the same period in 2022, and operations measured in ASK (available seat-kilometers) increased 25.3%. This implied that the load factor increased 2.1 percentage points, [...]

Source: Emirates Emirates has boosted operations by 31% (total ASKMs) since the start of its financial year and has further plans to ramp up seat capacity in its latest published northern summer schedule starting 26 March 2023. In the past months, the airline has planned and executed the rapid growth of its network operations - reintroducing services to 5 cities; launching flights to 1 new destination (Tel Aviv), adding 251 weekly flights onto existing routes; and continuing the roll-out of service enhancements in the air and on the ground. Adnan Kazim, Emirates’ Chief Commercial Officer said: “Emirates continues to expand its global network and deploy its capacity to meet travel demand across the world. Our financial year started relatively quietly as [...]