Source: WestJet Guests now able to purchase travel from select destinations across WestJet's domestic network to Tokyo via Vancouver WestJet announced an enhancement to its codeshare agreement with Japan Airlines, enabling the airline's "WS" code on Japan Airlines (JAL) operated flights between Vancouver International Airport (YVR) and Narita International Airport (NRT) in Tokyo, Japan. With the addition of Tokyo as a destination available for sale to guests on WestJet.com and through the airline's call centre and travel trade partners, WestJet guests can now seamlessly book travel to Tokyo via Vancouver from across the airline's domestic network. "As transpacific air travel increases between Canada and Japan, this is an ideal time to launch this new step in our cooperation with Japan Airlines," said John Weatherill, WestJet Chief Commercial Officer. "Both our countries have substantial inbound [...]

Source: Air Canada Bolloré Logistics to purchase 620,000 litres of SAF, enabling them to reduce their Scope 3 GHG emissions Air Canada announced today that Bolloré Logistics has become the first Air Canada Cargo customer to join the Leave Less Travel Program, which offers corporate and cargo customers effective options to offset or reduce their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to business travel or freight transportation, and reduce their carbon footprint. Bolloré Logistics has agreed to compensate a significant portion of its GHG emissions associated with its projected shipments with Air Canada Cargo with sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) which represents a purchase of 620,000 litres in 2022. This participation in Air Canada's Leave Less Travel Program will enable Bolloré Logistics to reduce [...]

Source: American Airlines Last week, American Airlines hosted representatives from Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) for a rally where team members learned more about the six-year collaboration. This year’s fundraising campaign raised more than $2.5 million and team members learned how that contributed directly to SU2C’s mission to fund lifesaving cancer research. Team members heard directly from SU2C co-founder Rusty Robertson, scientist Dr. Heather McArthur, and Eric Stonestreet, celebrity ambassador and two-time Emmy award-winning actor, best known for his portrayal of Cam on the hit comedy series Modern Family, who shared his personal connection to the organization. View all  

Source: Air Canada Air Canada today announced that it has launched a cash tender offer (the "Offer"), which also constitutes an issuer bid under Canadian securities laws, pursuant to which Air Canada will offer to purchase for cancellation up to US$300 million aggregate principal amount of its outstanding 4.000% Convertible Senior Notes due July 1, 2025 (CUSIP No. 008911 BF5) (the "Notes") at a purchase price of US$1,220 in cash per US$1,000 principal amount of Notes, plus a cash payment in respect of all accrued and unpaid interest on such Notes up to, but excluding, the date on which such Notes are taken up by Air Canada pursuant to the Offer. The Offer will expire at 11:59 pm (Montreal time) on December 19, 2022, [...]

Source: Lufthansa Lufthansa to fly Germany mens's soccer team to its Muscat training camp today An ambassador above the clouds: "DiversityWins" As the Official Airline of the Germany men’s soccer team, Lufthansa will be flying its players, coaches and support staff to their training camp in Muscat (Oman) today 14 November 2022. The aircraft assigned to the flight – an Airbus A330 – will be sporting a special livery that sends a clear message to the world: #DiversityWins! Lufthansa is a byword for openness, tolerance, diversity and bringing people together. The company enables its customers from all nations and cultures to connect, and welcomes everyone aboard, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, religion, nationality, identity or sexual orientation. And it is [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Expected 2022 Thanksgiving customer numbers are just shy of the 2019 holiday travel period With the Thanksgiving holiday quickly approaching and travel demand continuing to soar, Delta anticipates the airline will carry nearly 6 million customers from Nov. 18-29, averaging close to 500,000 customers per day. Delta’s peak travel days are expected to be the Friday before Thanksgiving (Nov. 18) and the Sunday following the holiday (Nov. 27). This year’s estimate falls just shy of the 6.3 million customers who traveled during the same period in 2019. Over the past several months, Delta has taken meaningful and significant steps to stabilize the operation and provide its customers with the premium experience they expect. These decisions include right-sizing [...]

Source: Austrian Austrian summer flight schedule significantly increased with almost 120 destinations and over 1,200 weekly flights   Los Angeles and Cancun, will once again be offered in Austrian's route schedule with non-stop flights from Vienna Porto, Marseille, Billund Tivat, Palermo, Vilnius and Tromsø new in summer schedule After a successful summer 2022 and a well-booked winter, the Austrian Airlines team is preparing for a sunny summer 2023. With 120 destinations and 1,270 weekly frequencies from Vienna, the home carrier wants to build on last summer and has expanded its program significantly for the upcoming year. In the 2023 summer flight schedule, the flag carrier will fly to seven new destinations in addition to its established destinations and a significantly expanded [...]

Source: American Airlines On a recent episode of Tell Me Why — the American Airlines vodcast series for team members that shares the “why” behind the decisions we make — Rusty Robertson, award-winning marketer and Co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C), and Eric Stonestreet, two-time Emmy Award-winning actor, best known for his portrayal of Cam on the hit comedy series “Modern Family,” join Ron DeFeo, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, to talk about what makes American’s partnership with SU2C so unique, how funding supports scientists in the mission to make every cancer patient a long-term survivor and how their personal stories make them passionate about this cause. Watch the video below. You can also download Tell Me Why as [...]

Source: ITA Airways ITA Airways has signed all the planned commitments for the increase of its fleet in 2023: 39 new generation aircraft will join the fleet next year, including 9 wide-body (A330-900) and 30 narrow-body aircraft, while at the same time, the previous generation aircraft will be phased out. Compared to 2022, the development of the fleet will determine a 73% capacity increase in terms of seats offered per km (Available Seat Kilometre - ASK) on the entire network. An increase mainly driven by capacity on long-haul routes, which will grow by 107%. In fact, new intercontinental destinations are expected to open in 2023, with direct flights operated from Rome Fiumicino to San Francisco and Washington in the United [...]