Source: Southwest Airlines Southwest Airlines is on a journey to enhance Customer Experience to better connect people to what’s important in their lives through friendly, reliable, and low-cost air travel. As part of this commitment, we’re investing in several improvements to modernize and simplify the Customer Experience. We are excited to share that in addition to more inflight entertainment offerings, we have updated our flight tracker with Destination Reels and it is now available on about 600 aircraft, and will be fleetwide later this year! The tracker is provided by FlightPath3D and Southwest is the first domestic carrier to integrate this flight tracker with Destination Reels into the onboard experience. We’re positive our Customers and Employees will love this new feature on the Portal! [...]

Source: United Airlines New connections to more than 45 away games including some of the country's biggest powerhouses like Alabama, Oklahoma, Iowa, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan United is giving college football fans more chances to see their favorite team on the road this fall by adding 120 new flights to its schedule. According to a recent survey of the airline's loyalty customers, more than 80% of avid college football fans are likely to fly to see a game this season. United is adding connections to more than 45 away games – including some of the country's biggest powerhouses like Alabama, Oklahoma, Iowa, Ohio State, Notre Dame and Michigan – and tickets are on sale now in the United app and United.com.   "College football fans love following their [...]

Source: WestJet Today, WestJet and Unifor, the certified union representing certain WestJet airport employees at YYC Calgary International Airport and Vancouver International Airport, reached a tentative agreement on the first collective bargaining agreement between the organizations. Both parties now await the ratification vote to be put forward to membership. "WestJet is pleased to have reached a tentative agreement that recognizes the important contributions of its valued airport employees, in balance with the long-term success of our airline," said Angela Avery, WestJet Executive Vice-President and Chief People, Corporate and Sustainability Officer. "Achieving this settlement reflects WestJet's commitment to its employees and to fulfilling the important and long-awaited travel plans of our guests, at this critical recovery time for the Canadian travel and [...]

Source: Condor New short- and medium-haul fleet for Condor: The Condor Supervisory Board has decided to order a total of 41 aircraft of the A32Xneo series. The deal comprises 13 Airbus A320neo and 28 Airbus A321neo as well as further purchase rights, that will successively replace Condor's existing short- and medium-haul fleet (Airbus A320/1 and Boeing 757). With up to 20 per cent less fuel consumption and carbon emissions and up to 50 per cent less aircraft noise, the new short- and medium-haul fleet will set new standards. Delivery of the aircraft is scheduled for spring 2024 - immediately after the rollover of the entire long-haul fleet has been successfully completed. From autumn 2022 Condor will replace its Boeing 767s [...]

Source: Air Canada Expanded relationship to bring more flights, improved schedule coordination and shared reward benefits between the MileagePlus and Aeroplan loyalty programs Air Canada and United Airlines announced a joint business agreement for the Canada-U.S. transborder market, building on their long-standing alliance, that will give more flight options and better flight schedules to customers traveling between the two countries. Customers will be able to connect to 38 codeshare destinations in the U.S. and eight of the most popular cities in Canada — all while enjoying the benefits of the carriers' MileagePlus® and Aeroplan loyalty programs. The agreement will also strengthen and grow both carriers' networks and help accelerate their COVID-19 recovery. "United is a world-class airline and we are [...]

Source: American Airlines New agreement to purchase 500 million gallons of sustainable aviation fuel over five years from Gevo, Inc. brings the airline closer to meeting its ambitious sustainability goals American Airlines announced it has finalized an agreement with biofuel company Gevo, Inc. for sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Over five years, American has committed to purchasing 500 million gallons of SAF, the most significant SAF offtake commitment to date for the carrier. “This announcement is a historic step forward for American and our industry as we work to reduce our carbon footprint,” said Jill Blickstein, American’s Vice President of Sustainability. “The use of SAF is a cornerstone of our strategy to decarbonize air travel. While this landmark investment represents meaningful [...]

Source: American Airlines American Airlines Group Inc. today reported its second-quarter 2022 financial results, including: Second-quarter net income of $476 million, or $0.68 per diluted share. Excluding net special items1, second-quarter net income of $533 million, or $0.76 per diluted share. Record second-quarter revenue of $13.4 billion, which represents a 12.2% increase over the same period in 2019, despite flying 8.5% less capacity. Ended the second quarter with $15.6 billion of total available liquidity. Company continues to execute on its plan to pay down approximately $15 billion of total debt2 by the end of 2025. “We are very pleased to report a quarterly profit, excluding net special items, for the first time since the start of the pandemic, driven by the [...]

Source: United Airlines Total operating revenue up 6% over same quarter 2019; expects increase of 11% in third quarter versus the same quarter in 2019 Record TRASM of up 24% over same quarter 2019; expects sequential improvement in third quarter versus the same quarter in 2019 Operating margin of 7.2% and adjusted operating margin of 8.2% marking first quarter of profitability since COVID-19 began United Airlines (UAL) today reported second quarter 2022 financial results. The company achieved the highest second quarter revenue in its history, delivering its first profitable quarter since COVID-19 began, despite record-high fuel prices. The second quarter results combined with continued progress the company is seeing affirms United's confidence in achieving the long-term adjusted pre-tax margin1 targets of [...]