Source: American Airlines The 2022 Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC) hosted teams from around the world to test their aviation maintenance skills and knowledge in 27 different events. This year, American Airlines sent six teams to compete, including its first all-female and all-Hispanic teams, from Chicago, Dallas-Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York City, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Tulsa, Oklahoma. American’s Team Tulsa and DWH Air Raiders took second and third place, respectively, in the MRO category and an American-sponsored student team, Tulsa Tech, placed first in the overall School category. Several American Airlines teams and American-sponsored student teams also placed the best scores in individual events, including team AA Chicago, DWH Air Raiders and Team Tulsa. Here’s a peek at this year’s event, [...]

Source: Sun Country Airlines Q1 2022 GAAP diluted EPS of $0.06 and operating income of $22 million Q1 2022 Adjusted diluted EPS of $0.20(1) and adjusted operating income of $23 million(1) Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. (“Sun Country Airlines”, “Sun Country”, the “Company”) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2022. “We are very happy to report another profitable quarter,” said Jude Bricker, Chief Executive Officer of Sun Country. “I am proud of all the people at Sun Country who, once again, delivered quarterly profitable growth despite the challenging macro-economic and pandemic backdrop. Very strong bookings and unit revenue trends, combined with solid cost control, drove a first quarter net income, adjusted net income and adjusted net [...]

Source: American Airlines Airline donates 15 million AAdvantage® miles to support the Honor Flight Network’s mission to provide U.S. veterans a once-in-a-lifetime trip to tour memorials dedicated to their service and sacrifice. American Airlines joined elected officials, team members and volunteers in Washington, D.C., this week to celebrate a historic milestone for the Honor Flight Network, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing veterans with once-in-a-lifetime trips to visit the nation’s capital and the memorials erected in honor of all those who have worn the U.S. military uniform. To commemorate the occasion, American also announced a donation of 15 million AAdvantage® miles to support and sustain the Honor Flight Network’s ongoing mission. A milestone flight in honor of our heroes On [...]

Source: Air Canada Air Canada and Air Canada Cargo also offer capacity to Madrid and Barcelona on passenger service with five weekly flights from Toronto Air Canada said today that it has operated the first flight of a Boeing 767-300 freighter by Air Canada Cargo into Madrid as it continues to expand its freighter network in Europe.  Through its extensive network of freighter and passenger flights, shipments from the US, Latin America and Canada can connect easily to Madrid and Barcelona via the carrier’s Toronto hub. “With our second Boeing 767-300 freighter now in the fleet, we are growing our footprint in Europe. In addition to flights to Frankfurt, Air Canada Cargo will offer three flights per week to Madrid, [...]

Source: KLM KLM’s shareholders voted at their Annual General Meeting (AGM) to approve the reappointment of Erik Swelheim as Managing Director & Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of KLM.  Erik Swelheim has been a member of KLM’s Board of Managing Directors since 2014. This will be his third term. He has been reappointed for a two-year period. KLM’s shareholders also approved the reappointment of Cees ‘t Hart and Fleur Pellerin as Supervisory Directors. In both cases, they have been reappointed after reaching the end of their terms as members of KLM’s Supervisory Board. Cees ‘t Hart has served on the Supervisory Board since 2014. In 2019, he became its Chairperson. ‘t Hart’s reappointment marks his third term, this time for a [...]

Source: Emirates In the Americas, Emirates A380 fleet has often been flown on routes to the Brazil (Sao Paulo), Canada (Toronto) and the USA (Boston, Los Angeles and New York). Emirates has revealed a new custom A380 livery dedicated to Dubai’s newest architectural icon and centre for pioneering concepts and ideas, the Museum of the Future. The first Emirates A380 (A6-EVK) to sport this exciting new livery, takes flight today to Los Angeles. As its nine other aircraft siblings roll out of the dedicated Aircraft Appearance Centre at Emirates Engineering  over the coming weeks, Emirates’ Museum of the Future A380s will be deployed on routes to Europe as well as key Arab regional cities. This initiative underscores the airline’s unwavering [...]

Source: Iberia Like every year, Iberia will be participating in the world’s most important innovation and entrepreneurship platform, South Summit Madrid 2022, which will take place from 8 – 10 June Over these three days, South Summit will be the top global event for the world's leading companies, startups, entrepreneurs, investors and institutions to drive innovation, build strong relationships, identify opportunities, and generate business At its stand for this edition, Iberia will display the solutions it is working on to promote a more sustainable and personalised travel experience through digitization and the development of new technologies Iberia will also attend the edition of South Summit Brazil from 4 – 6 May, with the aim of identifying talent in the Latin-American ecosystem and supporting the world’s most promising [...]

Source: Frontier Airlines New Service to Punta Cana, Santo Domingo, Montego Bay and San Juan Begins this Summer; To Celebrate, America's Greenest Airline is Offering Fares Starting at $99* Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines (NASDAQ: ULCC) will launch the first nonstop service from Tampa International Airport (TPA) to Punta Cana (PUJ) and Santo Domingo (SDQ) in the Dominican Republic as well as Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ). Additionally, the airline will begin offering daily nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU). Each of these new routes, plus previously announced nonstop service to Cancun, Mexico (CUN), will begin this summer. To celebrate, America's Greenest Airline is offering fares as low as $99.* "We are pleased to significantly expand our international service [...]

Source: Alaska Airlines Alaska Airlines joined forces with Disneyland Resort today, May the Fourth, to unveil a new, one-of-its-kind Star Wars-themed aircraft that even Chewbacca would be proud of!  The plane, painted space black with the iconic Millennium Falcon emblazoned on the tail chased by TIE fighters, celebrates Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge, the newest land of adventure inside Disneyland park. The plane is now flying on routes across Alaska’s network for the universe to enjoy! For this latest collaboration – Alaska’s seventh painted plane for the Disneyland Resort – no Jedi mind tricks were needed: the force was strong for a Star Wars livery to finally enter Alaska’s fleet. The aircraft’s official name is “Star Wars Transport to the Disneyland Resort” with a tail number of [...]