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Hawaiian and Alaska Airlines Bring Aloha to Japan at Annual Holy Family Home Visit

Source: Hawaiian Airlines As the first cherry blossoms of the season began to bloom, 20 Tech Ops employees from Hawaiian and Alaska Airlines embarked on a special annual visit to Holy Family Home, an orphanage in Osaka, Japan. Since 2017, the Hawaiian Airlines Tech Ops team has journeyed over 4,000 miles from Honolulu to support Holy Family Home through Team Kōkua, the airline's employee volunteer group. Aligning with Tech Ops’ annual international maintenance leadership gathering, these visits have evolved into a heartfelt tradition — demonstrating a deep commitment to nurturing the community, fostering cultural exchange and spreading the spirit of aloha. Following World War II, the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul established Holy Family Home in Osaka [...]

2025-04-02T22:41:05+03:00April 4th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

IATA Ground Handling Conference 2025 to Focus on People, Processes and Performance

Source: IATA   The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced that the 37th IATA Ground Handling Conference (IGHC) will focus on the need to modernize operations, invest in workforce development, and strengthen coordination and collaboration to improve performance. “Ground handling is critical for the safety, efficiency and resilience of the entire aviation industry. The key word we will focus on at this year’s IGHC is “elevate”. We’ll be looking for ways to drive better performance in the ground handling sector. That means modernizing operations, investing in the workforce, and strengthening coordination and collaboration so that ground handling can support growth even more efficiently,” said Willie Walsh, IATA’s Director General. IGHC is taking place in Nairobi, Kenya, from 13 to 15 [...]

2025-04-02T22:57:47+03:00April 4th, 2025|AROUND THE WORLD, News, ORGANISATIONS|

Airports save one million tonnes of CO2 under Airport Carbon Accreditation

Source: ACI Airports Council International has today released the annual results on carbon performance and participation trends for its global carbon management standard for airports, Airport Carbon Accreditation. The newly released report spans the period from May 2023 through May 2024, with headline results including: Accredited airports collectively reduced over 1 million tonnes of CO2: -1,037,292 CO2e (-14.8%); The number of accredited airports rose to 558 across 87 countries — with 70 airports joining the programme for the first time and 132 progressing to a higher level of carbon management; More than half of the world's passengers travelled through an Airport Carbon Accredited airport (51.5%1 of global passenger traffic covered); At the end of the reporting period, 15 airports had [...]

2025-04-02T17:37:59+03:00April 3rd, 2025|News, ORGANISATIONS|

StandardAero Becomes ALTA’s New Affiliate Member

Source: ALTA StandardAero has joined the Latin American and Caribbean Air Transport Association (ALTA) as an affiliate member. The company is an independent service provider offering maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services for engines and airframes, engine component repairs, engineering services, interior completions, and paint applications. This American company operates through a global network of more than 50 facilities across six continents, delivering OEM-authorized MRO services for a wide range of aircraft engines and auxiliary power units (APUs). Its presence in Latin America is not new. Recently, StandardAero celebrated 15 years of its service center in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Since its opening in 2009, this center has supported nearly 2,000 engines and APUs. In addition to servicing at its own [...]

2025-04-02T22:44:24+03:00April 3rd, 2025|News, ORGANISATIONS|

United Grows its Leading Pacific Network with New Flights to Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City, Adelaide and Manila

Source: United Airlines United will become the only U.S. airline to offer flights to Bangkok, Thailand and Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; daily service launches this October from Hong Kong with one-stop connections from Los Angeles and San Francisco United will offer the first nonstop service to Adelaide, Australia from the U.S.; the three-times weekly flights begin in December from San Francisco The airline also adds a second daily flight between San Francisco and Manila starting in October, giving customers daytime and evening travel options in both directions With these additions, United will offer flights to 32 destinations across the Pacific, reinforcing its status as the world's largest airline** with the greatest breadth of destinations for customers United has announced [...]

2025-04-02T16:52:26+03:00April 3rd, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Air Canada Announces Election of Directors

Source: Air Canada Air Canada has announced that all 12 nominees identified in its management proxy circular dated February 14, 2025 were elected as directors of Air Canada at its annual meeting of shareholders held Monday, March 31, 2025. The results of the vote appear below, expressed as percentages of the votes cast. Nominee For Against Amee Chande 97.25 % 2.75 % Christie J.B. Clark 93.19 % 6.81 % Gary A. Doer 97.18 % 2.82 % Rob Fyfe 97.76 % 2.24 % Michael M. Green 94.84 % 5.16 % Jean Marc Huot 94.56 % 5.44 % Claudette McGowan 98.23 % 1.77 % Madeleine Paquin 97.16 % 2.84 % Michael Rousseau 97.42 % 2.58 % Vagn Sørensen 90.70 % 9.30 % Kathleen Taylor 95.97 % 4.03 % Annette Verschuren 94.33 % 5.67 % Please visit aircanada.com to view directors' biographical notes. Information regarding all matters subject [...]

2025-04-02T17:02:37+03:00April 3rd, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

WestJet introduces Vacation Flex

Source: WestJet WestJet now introducing Vacation Flex, offering guests the opportunity to promote their vacation posts on billboards across the country. WestJet has announced a new, unbelievable program "Vacation Flex"offering guests the chance to share their vacation posts beyond social media. "When guests go on vacation, one of the things they look forward to most is chronicling their travel experience for friends and family on social media," said WestJet Director of Marketing, Jennifer Callegaro. "We are excited to offer guests a new, creative way to share their travel stories on billboards and bus stops across Canada, with Vacation Flex." This first-of-its-kind program gives WestJet guests the opportunity to see their vacation photos come to life in a new way, with more [...]

2025-04-02T17:22:59+03:00April 3rd, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Rome, Paris and Vienna, Iberia’s European highlights next winter

Source: Iberia The three destinations will experience the biggest increases in the entire short and medium-haul network. The airline is once again committed to its winter destinations: Rovaniemi, where it will fly for the third year, and Innsbruck and Tromso, where it will operate for the second year. Today, Iberia has published its flight schedule for the upcoming winter season, publishing its short and medium-haul routes. The airline has scheduled a solid and stable programme for this winter, consolidating last year's increases and adding more flights in three markets. Italy, where Iberia offers direct flights to ten destinations (Rome, Milan, Venice, Florence, Bologna, Naples, Turin, Catania, Olbia and Palermo), seven of them all year round. On the occasion of the [...]

2025-04-01T08:12:27+03:00April 2nd, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

IATA: Passenger Demand Growth Slows Slightly in February

Source: IATA The International Air Transport Association (IATA) released data for February 2025 global passenger demand with the following highlights: Total demand, measured in revenue passenger kilometers (RPK), was up 2.6% compared to February 2024. Total capacity, measured in available seat kilometers (ASK), was up 2.0% year-on-year. The February load factor was 81.1% (+0.4 ppt compared to February 2024). International demand rose 5.6% compared to February 2024. Capacity was up 4.5% year-on-year, and the load factor was 80.2% (+0.9 ppt compared to February 2024). Domestic demand fell 1.9% compared to February 2024. Capacity was down 1.7% year-on-year. The load factor was 82.6% (-0.2 ppt compared to February 2024). “While traffic growth slowed in February, much of this can be explained by factors including [...]

2025-04-01T08:42:49+03:00April 2nd, 2025|News, ORGANISATIONS|

United Receives FAA Certification on Starlink Aircraft and Schedules First Commercial Flight for May 2025

Source: United Airlines Airline expects first customer flight to operate on a United Express Embraer 175 aircraft – less than eight months after signing SpaceX deal for Starlink United's roll-out of this new connectivity continues with plans to install approximately 40 regional jets each month and entire two-cabin regional fleet by end of year United has announced the FAA has approved its first Starlink-equipped aircraft type and that the first commercial flight is planned for May, less than eight months after the deal was first announced. The FAA issued a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Embraer 175 and the airline expects the first commercial flight to be onboard a United Express Embraer 175. United's roll-out of this new technology continues [...]

2025-04-01T09:19:30+03:00April 2nd, 2025|AIRLINES, News|