Source: TAP Two Portuguese historic brands establish partnership TAP has established a partnership with Benamôr, a historic Portuguese cosmetics and toiletries brand, which aims to reinforce the portugality that the two companies are proud to promote around the world. With this partnership, over the next few months all the liquid soaps available on TAP's planes, the creams contained in the toiletry kits in Business class, or the bath and beauty products available in the TAP lounge at Lisbon airport will become Benamôr products. Benamôr was founded in 1925 by a mysterious apothecary who created miraculous ointments in his laboratory at Campo Grande, no. 189, in Lisbon. His unique beauty recipes were developed and prepared by hand, mixing natural ingredients from [...]

Source: Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines is encouraging Hawai‘i students to pursue careers in information technology with the establishment of a $100,000 scholarship fund in partnership with Arizona State University’s W. P. Carey School of Business. The Hawaiian Airlines New Horizons Scholarship will provide $10,000 awards each year for up to two undergraduate students enrolling in the school’s Information Systems program, starting in the fall 2023 semester. “Information technology touches every aspect of Hawaiian Airlines. We will continue to grow our technology team with a focus on improving our operations and the guest experience,” said John Jacobi, senior vice president and chief information officer at Hawaiian Airlines. “We are delighted to partner with Arizona State’s exceptional IT program and offer Hawai‘i [...]

Source: Emirates Emirates, the world’s largest international airline and Official Main Sponsor of Real Madrid, welcomed the Spanish football club onboard a specially chartered A380 flight from Madrid to Riyadh yesterday. The iconic double-decker aircraft featured a new livery with some of the club’s top players. The club made their way to the Saudi capital ahead of the Spanish Super Cup semi-final match versus Valencia on 11 January 2023. The bespoke decal includes a group shot of renowned Nacho Fernández, Dani Carvajal, Thibaut Courtois, Karim Benzema (center), Luka Modrić, Tony Kroos and Vini Jr and covers more than 125 square metres on each side of the aircraft. The decal will remain on the A380 aircraft for five months with scheduled [...]

Source: TAP Faro will have one more daily flight, increasing from three to four frequencies Ten new flights a week to five North American cities Brazil with six more flights a week Tel Aviv will have one daily flight, two more per week than in summer 2022 Company resumes summer seasonal offer to Porto Santo, Tangiers and Naples Palma de Mallorca and Menorca join Ibiza in the seasonal offer of flights to the Balearic Islands TAP presents the main summer news at Lisbon airport, highlighting the offer of ten more flights per week to the United States of America, six more to Brazil and one more daily flight to Faro during summer peak. In the United States, TAP will increase [...]

Source: Azul  Azul S.A., “Azul”, the largest airline in Brazil by departures and number of cities served, announces today its preliminary traffic results for December 2022. Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) was essentially stable compared to December 2021 on a capacity (ASKs) increase of 6.7%, resulting in a load factor of 77.6%. "2022 was a remarkable year for us. Azul was the most on-time airline in the world in 2022 while demand for our products and services remained extremely strong. We ended the year with record fares and RASK, and we are even more excited about the opportunities ahead of us as we enter in 2023,” says John Rodgerson, Azul’s CEO.

Source: Qatar Airways In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Qatar Airways Privilege Club, British Airways Executive Club and IndusInd Bank,  today announced their partnership, to introduce the unique multi-branded credit card, with two leading international airlines powered by Visa. The multi-branded credit card is slated to be launched and made available to consumers in the first quarter of the financial year 2023 – 2024. Through this proposition, members will soon be able to collect Avios, the rewards currency for British Airways Executive Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club, by signing up and choosing their preferred loyalty programme. This credit card will be available in the Infinite variant of Visa, and will offer best-in-class rewards and benefits to elevate the travel experience of [...]

Source: Emirates By 2024, all 67 A380s assigned for refurbishment will have returned to service. Emirates will then begin work on its 53 Boeing 777s earmarked for this project. The airline expects to complete the program in 2025 The airline flies the A380 to Sao Paulo and the 777 to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires The first Emirates A380 to be completely refurbished under the airline’s US$ 2 billion retrofit program has been deployed on the Dubai-London Heathrow service, operating as EK003. See this timelapse video of the retrofit work done on A6-EVM, the first of 120 Emirates aircraft to have completed its refurbishment. Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates said: “Customers will notice the difference the moment they step onboard – [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta is bringing together an ecosystem of digital services and experiences to create Delta Sync, its vision for personalized travel that will make every trip feel fit for you. Rolling out in 2023, Delta Sync is underpinned by SkyMiles membership and catalyzed through free Wi-Fi to deliver personalized and exclusive in-flight entertainment, more ways to enjoy your favorite onboard food and beverage, and exclusive partnerships with top consumer brands coming this year. “Delta Sync elevates what it means to be a Delta SkyMiles Member by enabling a journey that fits you perfectly and grows more rewarding the more you travel,” said CEO Ed Bastian from the C Space keynote stage at CES 2023. “The future of [...]

Source: Frontier Airlines Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines launched nonstop service from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Kansas City International Airport (MCI), and Nashville International Airport (BNA). With the new service and additional inaugural service scheduled to Minneapolis-Saint Paul and Indianapolis, Frontier will serve a total of 24 nonstop destinations from PHX. To celebrate, America's Greenest Airline is offering fares as low as $39.* "Frontier is proud of our robust operation in Phoenix and thrilled to add these exciting destinations to our growing roster of PHX flights. Our new crew base at PHX is enabling us to provide more Arizonans 'Low Fares Done Right' to an expanding list of destinations," said Daniel Shurz, Senior [...]