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Porter launches summer schedule at Toronto’s Pearson Airport

Source: Porter Airlines Porter Airlines is launching its summer schedule at Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), with additional flexibility when travelling between YYZ and Ottawa (YOW), Montreal (YUL), Halifax (YHZ), Vancouver (YVR), Edmonton (YEG) and Calgary (YYC). The new schedule comes into effect on June 1, adding more desirable flight times that are well-distributed throughout the day. Certain routes will see a further increase in flights by August. A greater number of coast-to-coast connecting flight options via Porter’s YYZ hub are also created with this new schedule. Route Flight Frequency Daily round-trips August 2023 YYZ-YOW 3 YYZ-YUL 4 YYZ-YHZ 2 YYZ-YVR 5 YYZ-YEG 3 YYZ-YYC 3 “Porter is known to provide high-frequency, daily service on its core routes. Consistent with [...]

2023-05-05T19:56:34+03:00May 5th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

ITA Airways launches the new “Time to think” service

Source: ITA Airways ITA Airways launches the new service "Time to think", that allows to lock the price of the selected flight during the ticket purchase for 72 hours by paying a small surcharge. From today, it is possible to block the fare of ITA Airways flights choosing from the 64 destinations offered by the Italian flagship carrier, including the two new intercontinental routes from Rome Fiumicino to Washington (from June 2nd), and San Francisco (from July 1st). The service offered by ITA Airways is available both on the carrier's official website ita-airways.com and on the mobile app, and charges an additional fee from €5 to €15 per passenger* depending on the flight destination. For children under 2 years the service is [...]

2023-05-05T19:59:59+03:00May 5th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

Air Canada Updates 2023 Guidance

Source: Air Canada Air Canada updates its 2023 financial and capacity guidance Air Canada is updating its guidance for 2023. The revised guidance for adjusted EBITDA* reflects expected earnings resulting from an improvement in traffic and yield from a stronger-than-anticipated demand environment and lower-than expected fuel price. The revised guidance for adjusted CASM* reflects adjustments to various expense items including those resulting from the higher-than-expected traffic. Air Canada's 2023 capacity guidance remains substantially unchanged. Air Canada is also modifying the baseline comparison for its 2023 adjusted CASM guidance, comparing it to a 2022 instead of a 2019 baseline.  Given the new cost environment, prior comparisons to the 2019 baseline are no longer as meaningful, and comparisons to 2022 are more appropriate. Air Canada is providing [...]

2023-05-05T19:34:49+03:00May 5th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

Derek Kerr to Retire From American Airlines

Source: American Airlines American Airlines Group Inc. announced today that Derek Kerr, American’s Vice Chair, President of American Eagle and Strategic Advisor, will retire from the airline Sept. 30. Kerr stepped down as CFO at the end of 2022 after 20 years in the role as part of a long-planned succession process. Devon May was named Kerr’s successor as CFO and assumed the role Jan. 1. Heather Garboden was named Senior Vice President of Regionals and Cargo in March and will continue to lead American’s Regional and Cargo work going forward. “Derek Kerr is one of the finest and most accomplished executives in the history of the airline business,” said American’s CEO Robert Isom. “I’m proud to call him a friend, and [...]

2023-05-05T20:01:28+03:00May 5th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

Pass holders to book travel through September for a limited time

Source: Frontier Airlines Frontier Airlines today announced an early booking promotion for its GoWild! Pass™ holders during which pass holders can book an entire summer's worth of travel in advance using their pass. Through May 8, pass holders can visit FlyFrontier.com to book flights for travel from June 9 through Sept. 30 without the standard advance reservation window of one day prior to departure for domestic travel and 10 days prior to departure for international travel. Available flights may be viewed by searching at FlyFrontier.com; seats are limited for this promotion. The GoWild! All-You-Can-Fly Summer Pass continues to be on sale at $499 per person, a $500 savings over the retail price of $999, through May 31 or while supplies [...]

2023-05-05T19:31:14+03:00May 5th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

IndiGo takes to the skies with LPC Approval: Goodbye Paper Manuals, Hello Sustainability

Source: IndiGo IndiGo, India's leading carrier has been granted Less Paper Cockpit (LPC) approval by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). This approval allows IndiGo to remove Technical Paper Manuals weighing 40 kgs from each aircraft cockpit of its Airbus fleet. IndiGo has been at the forefront of adopting technology in the cockpit. In 2015, the airline became the first in the region to launch Electronic Flight Bag (EFB) reducing 25 kgs of paper on its Airbus fleet and replacing paper charts and manuals with iPads. The adoption rate was phenomenal, with digital manuals making it easier for the crew to maneuver, with added hyperlinks and colour graphics. Updating manuals became a far simpler process digitally, compared to the [...]

2023-05-05T23:14:13+03:00May 5th, 2023|AIRLINES, AROUND THE WORLD, News|

JetBlue Launches New TrueBlue Loyalty Program Today, Offering More Paths to Perks and Mosaic Status

Source: JetBlue Program Delivers More Value to Customers Across JetBlue’s Entire Suite of Travel Products and Partnerships Customers Will Earn Perks Sooner Than Ever Before and TrueBlue Mosaic® Expands with Multiple, New Levels JetBlue today launched the new TrueBlue® loyalty program, offering members more value with the introduction of tiles, Perks You Pick™, expanded levels of Mosaic and more ways to earn perks and status than ever before. The program, announced last year, builds on TrueBlue’s award-winning features that customers have come to love while expanding to offer members new opportunities to earn perks and status whether in the air or on the ground. With this reimagined loyalty program, JetBlue has set the bar sky-high as a travel brand with [...]

2023-05-24T04:08:18+03:00May 5th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

Spirit Airlines Launches its Puerto Rico Expansion, Adding Nonstop Flights Stretching to Texas and the Midwest

Source: Spirit Airlines Spirit's top Caribbean destination gets more accessible with new, nonstop routes to Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, and Detroit launching today, and Hartford launching June 2023 Spirit Airlines is entering a new, exciting chapter in its 20+ year history in Puerto Rico today by launching its expansion at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU). Travelers now have convenient, daily nonstop flight options between San Juan and destinations across the eastern half of the U.S. to include Atlanta (ATL), Chicago (ORD), Dallas (DFW), and Detroit (DTW), with a nonstop flight to Hartford (BDL) starting on June 7. This growth makes travel to Spirit's number one Caribbean destination easier for more Guests across the U.S. and builds the carrier's largest SJU [...]

2023-05-24T04:04:52+03:00May 5th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

oneworld Chief Executive Officer Rob Gurney announces intention to depart the alliance

Source: oneworld oneworld, the leading global airline alliance, announced today that its Chief Executive Officer Rob Gurney has elected to leave the alliance's central management team. "We are grateful to Rob for his leadership in navigating oneworld through the challenges of the past six years," said oneworld Chairman and Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive His Excellency Akbar Al Baker. "Rob has played a critical role in establishing oneworld as the most preferred alliance by global travellers with a best-in-class travel experience." Gurney joined oneworld in 2016 and grew the alliance with the addition of Royal Air Maroc, Alaska Airlines and future member Oman Air. He has also championed oneworld's sustainability efforts as member airlines committed to a 10% sustainable aviation fuel target across the alliance [...]

2023-05-04T20:21:32+03:00May 4th, 2023|AIRLINES, News, ORGANISATIONS|

Air Canada Hosts Annual Shareholder Meeting May 12, 2023

Source: Air Canada Air Canada will hold its annual meeting of shareholders on Friday, May 12, 2023. The meeting begins at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) and will be accessible only by live webcast available at https://aircanada.com/AGM. Air Canada is also pleased to inform its shareholders that both Institutional Shareholder Services Inc. and Glass Lewis & Co., LLC, two leading independent proxy advisory firms, have recommended that shareholders of Air Canada vote in favour of all items of business identified in the company's meeting circular. Registered shareholders of record on March 14, 2023, and duly appointed proxyholders will be able to attend, participate and vote at the meeting online on all items of business before the meeting, namely: the election of directors who [...]

2023-05-04T20:32:56+03:00May 4th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|