Source: Iberia The Management Committee will once again have an independent Customer Division, headed by Beatriz Guillén. Diego Fernández also joins the Management Committee as chief of Strategy, Transformation and Sustainability. Iberia is reinforcing its structure to be able to deploy its next strategic plan, the 2030 Flight Plan, more effectively, which the company will present in June. The airline is embarking on a new stage of transformation with the ambition of boosting its business to its full potential. To this end, it is announcing the internal promotion of two of its executives who will occupy two new positions on its Management Committee: Customer Division, headed by Beatriz Guillén. Strategy, Transformation and Sustainability Division, headed by Diego Fernández. The Customer [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Source: Air Canada Three times weekly, summer service from Montreal to Edinburgh Additional three flights for a total of 24 weekly flights from Canada to Paris Additional three flights for a total of 20 weekly flights from Canada to Athens Up to three daily flights from Canada to Rome Air Canada has announced it is adding a new route and boosting frequencies to popular Europe destinations for the upcoming summer travel season. New summer services from Montreal to Edinburgh will complement the carrier's existing summer services from Toronto to the Scottish capital city. The carrier is also adding close to 1300 weekly seats to Paris and Athens, and is also extending its peak Toronto to Rome schedule until October. "Air [...]

Source: American Airlines Raymond DiBiasi, a flight attendant based in Philadelphia, always knew Sicilian heritage was in his blood, but he never knew it would become a living part of his story. His grandfather emigrated to the U.S. more than a century ago, and family lore suggested no relatives remained in Sicily. But in 2015, his genealogy research revealed a thrilling truth: family members were still in Pozzallo, a picturesque seaside town in southeastern Sicily. For years, Raymond built online relationships with his newfound relatives. In 2023, he finally planned his trip to Sicily, booking a discounted ticket with American to Rome, with a connection to Catania. Then, Mt. Etna erupted. “That volcano sure kept me on my toes,” he [...]

Source: Iberia Iberia just published its long-haul flight schedule for the upcoming 2025-2026 winter season, during which connectivity between Europe and Latin America will once again reach historic levels, with more than 355 weekly flights to Latin America and a total of 2.4 million seats for sale, consolidating the airline’s leadership for another year with the largest offering in the market. Chile, Peru, and the Dominican Republic will be the destinations where Iberia will increase its presence the most compared to last winter. Specifically, Santiago de Chile will have two more frequencies than in 2024, reaching 12 weekly flights and over 176,000 seats, 20% more than the previous year. Lima will increase its service frequency from 13 to 14 weekly [...]