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Frontier Airlines Announces Nonstop Service from Orlando International Airport to Guadalajara

Source: Frontier Airlines To Celebrate, America's Greenest Airline is Offering Fares Starting at $89* Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines will launch new service from Orlando International Airport (MCO) to Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla Guadalajara International Airport (GDL) in November 2022. To celebrate, America's Greenest Airline is offering fares as low as $89.* "We're thrilled to expand our international roster of destinations from Orlando to Guadalajara," said Daniel Shurz, senior vice president of commercial, Frontier Airlines. "This new service provides Orlando area consumers with an affordable and convenient new option to reach this region of Mexico. It will also provide Mexican consumers easy access to the most popular vacation destination in the U.S. along with an abundance of connecting opportunities within [...]

2022-08-17T02:03:03+03:00August 17th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

British Airways’ community fund invests more than three quarters of a million pounds into projects across the UK

Source: British Airways In April, British Airways launched a community-based initiative, the BA Better World Community Fund to support projects in communities across the UK Since its launch, the fund has reached more than £760,000 through donations and funding on the airline’s Crowdfunder platform The fund has supported more than 30 projects including providing funding for holiday clubs for children during the summer holidays as well as supporting other environmental, educational and inclusive charities For more than 30 years, the airline has supported projects across the world, including raising £26 million for Comic Relief through Flying Start with the help of its customers and colleagues Since launching in April, the BA Better World Community Fund has delivered more than £760,000 of funding to support 30+ [...]

2022-08-17T01:49:07+03:00August 17th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

American Airlines Announces Agreement to Purchase Boom Supersonic Overture Aircraft, Places Deposit on 20 Overture

Source: American Airlines American, the world’s largest airline, poised to have the world’s largest supersonic fleet with new Boom Supersonic aircraft American Airlines and Boom Supersonic today announced the airline’s agreement to purchase up to 20 Overture aircraft, with an option for an additional 40. American has paid a non-refundable deposit on the initial 20 aircraft. Overture is expected to carry passengers at twice the speed of today’s fastest commercial aircraft. Boom Supersonic’s Overture would introduce an important new speed advantage to American’s fleet, which is currently the simplest, youngest and most efficient among U.S. network carriers. Under the terms of the agreement, Boom must meet industry-standard operating, performance and safety requirements as well as American’s other customary conditions before [...]

2022-08-17T01:46:31+03:00August 16th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Air Canada Announces Longlist for Canada’s Best New Restaurants 2022

Source: Air Canada Top 10 to be revealed at a celebration in Toronto on November 1 and in November issue of Air Canada enRoute Magazine Air Canada is proud to present the 30 nominees for Canada's Best New Restaurants. Since 2002, Air Canada enRoute has celebrated through this program the country's best new restaurants, chefs, teams and emerging talent—and this year, the Top 10 list is back! The highly anticipated longlist is out today on CanadasBestNewRestaurants.com. Canada's Best New Restaurants celebrates its 21st year, making it the longest-running national culinary talent search and the only cross-country restaurant ranking to use a single, anonymous reviewer who sets out to sample the year's best new restaurants. Based on the recommendations of our national panel of food experts, [...]

2022-08-16T12:04:10+03:00August 16th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Southwest Airlines To Bring Industry-Leading Travel Tools To Business Travel MEDIA RELEASE

Source: Southwest Airlines Carrier reveals Southwest Business Assist which brings new features and capabilities for Corporate Travel Buyers and Travel Decision Makers to better manage business travel on Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines Co. announced it is making it easier than ever to manage business travel on Southwest® with the addition of its new travel portal, Southwest Business Assist™. The self-service tool will enable Corporate Travel Buyers, Travel Decision Makers, and Travel Management Companies to better manage their Southwest Airlines® business travel using unique dashboards, reports, automated processing of contractual benefits, receiving or requesting Customers Service, and much more. Southwest Business Assist is anticipated to be available to current Southwest Business Partners starting Aug. 24, 2022. "Southwest Business Assist is a [...]

2022-08-17T01:52:58+03:00August 16th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

SAS secures US$700 million in debtor-in-possession financing

Source: SAS SAS AB (“SAS” or the “Company”) announces that it has entered into a debtor-in-possession (“DIP”) financing credit agreement for USD 700 million (the equivalent of approximately SEK 7.0 billion) with funds managed by Apollo Global Management (“Apollo”). DIP financing is a specialized type of bridge financing used by businesses that are restructuring through a chapter 11 process. The DIP financing, along with cash generated from the Company’s ongoing operations, enables SAS to continue meeting its obligations throughout the chapter 11 process. The DIP financing is subject to approval by the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York (the “Court”). The DIP financing is structured as a delayed draw term loan with a nine-month maturity from [...]

2022-08-17T01:54:31+03:00August 16th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Spirit Airlines’s newest routes from and to Las Vegas: Albuquerque, Boise and Reno

Source: Spirit Airlines Albuquerque, New Mexico Spirit Airlines' iconic black and yellow planes soared above the Land of Enchantment as the airline launched service at Albuquerque (ABQ) for the first time. The new route offers Albuquerque Guests a daily, nonstop option to Las Vegas (LAS) and more than a dozen connections across the U.S. "Albuquerque makes for a great debut into New Mexico, offering our Guests affordable and easy access to the vibrant culture and unique recreational activities found in the Duke City," said John Kirby, Vice President of Network Planning at Spirit Airlines. "Additionally, we're excited to welcome Albuquerque travelers onboard with daily non-stop service to the Entertainment Capital of the World, which also serves as a gateway to [...]

2022-08-16T14:12:59+03:00August 16th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

American Airlines Continues its Efforts to Diversify the Flight Deck With a $1.5 Million Donation to the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals

Source: American Airlines American will provide $750,000 as a resource grant and $250,000 for scholarships to OBAP’s Luke Weathers Flight Academy An additional $250,000 per year over the next two years will be provided for scholarships American Airlines extended job offers to 45 diverse aviators at OBAPs 46th Annual Conference American Airlines announced a donation of $1.5 million to the Organization of Black Aerospace Professionals (OBAP) Luke Weathers Flight Academy during the organization’s 46th annual conference, held Aug. 10–12. American served as the title sponsor of OBAPs 46th annual conference, which included several notable industry speakers, aerospace professional development workshops and networking opportunities. “Our strength lies in having a team, especially pilots, that represent the diverse communities we serve,” said American CEO Robert Isom. [...]

2022-08-15T17:36:02+03:00August 15th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Azul Reports All-Time Record Revenue and RASK in 2Q22

Source: Azul Linhas Aéreas Azul S.A., “Azul”, the largest airline in Brazil by number of cities and departures, announces its results for the second quarter of 2022 (“2Q22”). The following financial information, unless stated otherwise, is presented in Brazilian reais and in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). Financial and Operating Highlights Operating revenues reached an all-time record of R$3.9 billion in 2Q22, seasonally the weakest quarter of the year. Our top-line revenue more than doubled compared to 2Q21 and increased an impressive 50% compared to 2Q19. This was the third consecutive quarter with net revenues above pre-pandemic levels. PRASK and RASK increased 57.3% and 44.5% respectively year over year, even with a 59.6% growth in capacity, mostly due [...]

2022-08-15T17:40:27+03:00August 15th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

RAA Responds to Inaccurate Data on Pilot Supply

Source: RAA The Regional Airline Association (RAA), representing the airlines which provide 43% of scheduled passenger flights in the U.S. and offer the only source of air service to most of the country, issued a statement in response to release of misleading comments and graphics seeking to deny the existence of a real and worsening pilot shortage. “Misleading graphs are sometimes deliberately misleading and sometimes it’s just a case of people not understanding the data behind the graph they create. The “classic” types of misleading graphs include cases where: The Vertical scale is too big or too small, or skips numbers, or doesn’t start at zero. The graph isn’t labeled properly. Data is left out.”-- https://www.statisticshowto.com/probability-and-statistics/descriptive-statistics/misleading-graphs/ “Our reply is technical, because it [...]

2022-08-15T17:43:03+03:00August 15th, 2022|AIRLINES, News, ORGANISATIONS|