Source: Delta Air Lines Delta continues to build out its leadership team as it flies into the recovery, with Dan Janki joining the airline as its new E.V.P. and Chief Financial Officer. As the airline’s top leader in finance, Dan will oversee financial reporting, the controller organization, corporate audit, financial planning, fleet and TechOps supply chain, fuel management, including Delta’s refinery, investor relations, supply chain management and treasury. In addition, corporate strategy will report to Dan.  He also will join the Delta Leadership Committee. Dan joins Delta from General Electric, where he is currently the Senior Vice President and CEO of GE Power Portfolio. He has more than 25 years of experience at GE in a wide variety of senior [...]

Source: United Airlines United Airlines applauds Spain following its decision to reopen travel to vaccinated visitors beginning June 7. The announcement comes following the European Union Council's formal recommendation that EU Member States can reopen to fully vaccinated tourists and United looks forward to welcoming back customers on over 30 daily flights to 16 destinations in Europe this summer, including service between New York/Newark and Barcelona and Madrid. United is also making traveling to and from these countries easier with its industry-leading Travel-Ready Center which allows customers to view COVID-19 entry requirements, find, schedule and receive uploaded test results from local providers and upload any required testing and vaccination records for domestic and international travel, all in one place. United is the first and only U.S. airline [...]

Source: American The results of a joint testing trial conducted by American Airlines, British Airways and the oneworld® Alliance shows that a comprehensive coronavirus (COVID-19) testing program can help reopen international travel safely. This is underpinned by analysis from researchers at the University of Oxford, who studied data on how passengers evaluate risk and comply with COVID-19 rules. The study by the Oxford Internet Institute (OII), “Trust, Testing and Travel, Technology Use, Traveller Knowledge and Compliance with COVID-19 Health Rules” analyzed aggregated survey data from almost 600 travelers who took part in the voluntary testing trial on select flights from the United States to London Heathrow (LHR), between November 2020 and March 2021. The trial offered three complimentary COVID-19 tests, [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta CEO Ed Bastian will be joined by Tristan Walker, the founder and CEO of Walker & Company Brands, for a discussion about servant leadership, representation and advancing diversity, equity and inclusion. The conversation will launch Gaining Altitude, a new video series from Delta that tackles conversations worth navigating and connects people while building understanding across the globe. This first episode will stream live on May 26 from 1-2 p.m. EDT. In Gaining Altitude, Bastian will host one-on-one conversations with insightful leaders across industries about topics that matter to our world – including servant leadership, entrepreneurship, sustainability, mental health and diversity, equity and inclusion, among others. Episodes will broadcast live via Delta.com/GainingAltitude, giving everyone an opportunity to connect and engage directly with Bastian and guests via moderated [...]

Source: LATAM The Group informed that two additional aircraft were added to the conversion plan of eight aircraft informed in March. This will bring the fleet to up to 21 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters by 2023. Once completed, the Group’s freighter capacity will have almost doubled in size while the average age of the fleet will have dropped from 17 to 14 years. LATAM Group will receive four converted aircraft between 2021 and 2022, plus six more aircraft between 2022 and 2023. LATAM Group (“LATAM”) announced the expansion of its freighter fleet growth under which it now plans to add 10 Boeing 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters over the next three years. This will bring the fleet size to up to [...]

Source: Air France-KLM Air France-KLM, Total, Groupe ADP et Airbus ont joint leurs efforts pour réaliser le premier vol long-courrier avec du carburant aérien durable (1), ou SAF ("Sustainable Aviation Fuel"), produit en France. Le vol Air France 342 a décollé aujourd’hui à 15h40 du Terminal 2E de l’aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle à destination de Montréal (Canada) en emportant pour la première fois dans ses réservoirs du carburant aérien durable produit par Total dans ses usines françaises. Paris, May 18, 2021 – Air France-KLM, Total, Groupe ADP and Airbus have joined forces to carry out the first long-haul flight powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) (1) produced in France. At 3:40 p.m. today, Air France Flight 342 took off from [...]

Source: Copa Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for April 2021: Operating Data April April % Change 2021 2019 Copa Holdings  (Consolidated)   ASM (mm) (1) 768.0 2,016.8 -61.9%   RPM (mm) (2) 559.4 1,696.5 -67.0%   Load Factor (3) 72.8% 84.1% -11.3p.p. 1.  Available seat miles - represents the aircraft seating capacity multiplied by the number of miles the seats are flown. 2.  Revenue passenger miles - represents the numbers of miles flown by revenue passengers 3.  Load factor - represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is actually utilized Given the irregular nature of the Company's operations starting in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will compare this and future [...]