Source: Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co. announced its Dispatchers and Facilities Maintenance Technicians have voted in favor of their new collective bargaining agreements. "We have now ratified agreements with five of our union-represented workgroups within the past four months," said Adam Carlisle, Vice President Labor Relations at Southwest Airlines®. "While we are extremely pleased with this progress, we remain steadfastly committed to advancing the negotiations currently underway for four other Southwest workgroups." Southwest's Dispatch Employees Approve New Contract Southwest's Dispatch Employees, represented by the Transport Workers Union Local 550 (TWU 550), have voted in favor of their new contract. "Our Dispatch Employees provide immense value to our organization, and this new collective bargaining agreement will give them industry-competitive pay and several [...]

Source: Volaris Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (NYSE: VLRS and BMV: VOLAR) (“Volaris” or “the Company”), the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) serving Mexico, the United States, Central, and South America, reports its January 2023 preliminary traffic results. In January 2023, Volaris’ capacity (measured in ASMs) increased by 16.0% year-over-year, while demand (measured in RPMs) increased by 23.1%; the result was a load factor expansion of 5.0 pp YoY to 86.2%. Volaris transported 2.9 million passengers during the month, a 21.8% increase compared to January 2022. Demand in the domestic Mexican and international markets increased by 17.9% and 35.7%, respectively. Enrique Beltranena, Volaris’ President and CEO said: “January saw robust traffic growth with demand outpacing capacity and with remarkable load factors. This strong start in the year reflects [...]

Source: Air France With nearly 2 million children travelling on its flights every year, Air France has always been dedicated to the well-being of families travelling with children. With the winter holidays approaching, the company is introducing new products for young globetrotters Turning the trip into a world of make-believe In all cabins on Air France long-haul flights, children now receive a new fun activity kit from cabin crew to keep them amused with imaginative role-play games during their trip and for use at home. Inside, they will find a little dog-shaped figurine with a suitcase, a plane in the airline’s colours, a runway jigsaw puzzle, an activity book and coloured pencils. The kit unfolds to reveal a fun French [...]

Source: Porter Airlines Program offers new benefits and enables frequent travellers to quickly earn valuable perks Aligned with the start of Porter Airlines’ new Embraer E195-E2 jet service at the beginning of February, the airline is relaunching its VIPorter loyalty program. The program's new structure expands membership levels, adds benefits and makes it easier for frequent economy travellers to earn the perks they value faster than with any other Canadian airline. “As we expand our network across North America and introduce amenities for all our passengers that create an elevated economy travel experience, we are also offering our VIPorter members new benefits and bringing frequent travellers perks that other airlines typically only provide to their most elite passengers,” said Kevin [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Eligible Delta SkyMiles American Express Card Members have another reason to start planning their next trip: beginning February 2, these cardholders can take 15% off Award Travel on Delta flights, anytime1. The new TakeOff 15 benefit is available to Delta SkyMiles Gold, Platinum, and Reserve Consumer and Business American Express Card Members. “Our Delta SkyMiles American Express Card Members are some of our most loyal customers, and we want to continue to give them opportunities to travel the world more easily,” said Prashant Sharma, V.P. of Loyalty at Delta. “We’re grateful to have a partner like American Express who shares our vision and passion for delivering ingenuity and excellence to our customers.” This latest partnership achievement [...]

Source: Lufthansa Book more conveniently and check in smoothly Clearer, easier and faster to use: The new Lufthansa app is now available for download. It has been redeveloped from scratch and optimized together with customers. The app features an improved, clear design and makes traveling even easier and more convenient. Digital travel companion As a "digital travel companion," the new Lufthansa app is designed to proactively support passengers from booking to arrival at their destination by providing relevant updates and matching offers through push notifications and real-time information at the right time of travel. Book more conveniently Regardless of the destination: the new mobile booking platform makes booking flights even easier and faster thanks to an improved user interface. Smooth [...]

Source: ITA Airways ITA Airways has signed today an important Memorandum of Understanding with the Ferrovie dello Stato Group to create increasingly effective multimodal services between air and train. The agreement has the aim of creating a joint offer for the purchase of integrated train-air tickets and define combined loyalty programmes. The MoU between ITA Airways and the Ferrovie dello Stato Group also provides the basis for commercial and operational partnerships aiming at developing a multi-modal mobility offer, which can effectively meet tourism and business demand, creating an easy and convenient "end-to-end" travel experience, with the purpose of developing common digital platforms. With this agreement, ITA Airways once again demonstrates its commitment to pursuing a future oriented towards intermodality as [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta honored National Slavery and Human Trafficking Awareness Month this January with a variety of initiatives to educate and empower our people and our customers to take action against human trafficking. Throughout the month, Delta Studio featured an exclusive collection of films curated by our partner Polaris to help our customers learn more about what human trafficking is and how to stop it. On Jan. 19, experts from Polaris and Street Grace, organizations working to end human trafficking, along with survivor and advocate Rachel Thomas, joined Allison Ausband, Delta's E.V.P. and Chief Customer Experience Officer for a town hall discussion focused on how to fight this global crime locally. To round out the month, Delta people [...]

Source: Porter Airlines Only airline building full route networks at both Toronto airports Porter Airlines is celebrating its first flights with the new Embraer E195-E2 between Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ), and Ottawa International Airport (YOW) and Montreal-Trudeau International Airport (YUL). The introduction of E195-E2 service on these routes, which are also served by Porter’s Dash 8-400 operations at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (YTZ), means passengers have more choice when travelling to and from the Greater Toronto Area. As it expands from Pearson Airport, Porter will be the only airline with comprehensive networks at both of Toronto’s main airports, focusing on regional flights via Billy Bishop and other top North American destinations at Pearson. Additional flights at Pearson begin [...]