Source: Frontier Airlines Will Reach 6 Million Passengers This Month Representatives from ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines and Trenton-Mercer Airport gathered to celebrate the airline's 10-year anniversary of operations from TTN. Frontier, which is the only commercial airline offering scheduled service from Trenton, will carry its 6-millionth passenger from the airport later this month. "We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Trenton-Mercer Airport and celebrate 10 years of operations together," said Daniel Shurz, senior vice president, commercial, Frontier Airlines. "In cooperation with the outstanding leadership at Mercer County and Trenton-Mercer Airport, we have established a highly successful commercial airline operation and look forward to continued growth together. We currently operate service to eight destinations from TTN and will continue to [...]

Source: Tropic Air Tropic Air announced that it will be commencing non-stop service between the Philip Goldson International Airport (BZE) in Belize City and Ramón Villeda Morales International Airport (SAP) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Service will begin on November 15th, 2022 and will initially operate twice weekly, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This new flight is a direct response to requests from its valued customers, and delivers on the airline’s commitment to the people of Belize. “When we inaugurated our San Salvador service, we promised to continue to evaluate important regional destinations with an eye to growing our international network. We feel the time is right to add San Pedro Sula,” said John Greif III, President of Tropic Air. “We [...]

Source: WestJet Airline is the first Canadian operator to offer regular sustainable aviation fuel flights with three-month route commitment from San Francisco to Calgary Flight program marks first step in building awareness of importance of sustainable aviation fuel in decarbonization of Canada's airline industry WestJet yesterday announced a three-month commitment to operating all flights, from San Francisco International Airport (SFO) to Calgary International Airport (YYC) with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced by Neste, the world's leading producer of renewable fuels. The SAF Destination program, a first of its kind in Canada, underpins WestJet's commitment to sustainability and decarbonization. "We are thrilled that WestJet will be the first Canadian air carrier to operate a dedicated flight route using SAF," said Angela Avery, WestJet Group Executive Vice-President and Chief [...]

Source: United Airlines Inaugural class starts next week as the airline plans to train more than 1,000 people by 2026, with a goal that at least half will be women or people of color Participants will complete a 36-month "earn and learn" program getting paid while completing the full-time certification and training process and saving as much as $50,000 in tuition Airline will start accepting external applications in early 2023 athttps://careers.united.com/us/en/calibrate United Airlines announced the launch of Calibrate, an in-house apprenticeship program that will help grow and diversify its pipeline of Aircraft Maintenance Technicians (AMTs). The inaugural class starts next week in Houston as the airline plans to train more than 1,000 people at about a dozen locations by 2026, [...]

Source: JetBlue JetBlue Customers Can Fly Qatar Airways to 11 New Destinations in Africa and Asia JetBlue announced it is deepening its relationship with Qatar Airways through the expansion of the airlines’ codeshare agreement. This expansion will allow JetBlue customers to enjoy unrivalled travel options between the United States and 11 new markets, in eight countries, across Africa and Asia via Doha’s Hamad International Airport (DOH). The JetBlue code is now available on flights between Doha and: Accra, Ghana (ACC) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (ADD) Alexandria, Egypt (HBE) Bangkok, Thailand (BKK) Cairo, Egypt (CAI) Denpasar-Bali, Indonesia (DPS) Harare, Zimbabwe (HRE) Jakarta, Indonesia (CGK) Khartoum, Sudan (KRT) Phuket, Thailand (HKT) Windhoek, Namibia (WDH) These 11 new markets will be added to the 13 existing codeshare destinations already available to JetBlue customers within the Qatar Airways Network [...]

Source: British Airways British Airways, LanzaJet and Nova Pangaea Technologies have signed an agreement that will accelerate Project Speedbird, an initiative created by the companies in 2021 to develop cost-effective sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) for commercial use in the UK Project Speedbird can transform agricultural and wood waste taken from sustainable sources into 102 million litres of SAF per year and British Airways intends to offtake all SAF produced at the facility to help power some of its flights The SAF produced at the facility would reduce CO2 emissions, on a net lifecycle basis, by 230,000 tonnes a year. This is the equivalent emissions of approximately 26,000 British Airways domestic flights.* Overall, Project Speedbird has the potential to reduce CO2 emissions [...]