Source: Canadian North The Canadian carrier will consolidate Scheduled and Charters businesses under one area and provide much tighter coordination between these two parts of the airline's commercial strategy In order to improve our service to all customers of Canadian North and to strengthen efforts in our Cargo business area, we are sharing today news of leadership changes within our Executive Team. Matieu Plamondon has been appointed to a newly created position of Vice President, Cargo, Airport Operations & Facilities. Matieu brings to this role an extensive knowledge of our operations given prior roles with the company. His priority will be to strengthen our Cargo business and to ensure we are reliably delivering in this area on time, every time. [...]

Source: United Airlines New, 30,000 sq.-ft. United ClubSMat Newark Liberty International Airport offers more modern United brand experience with views of the Manhattan skyline, close to 500 seats, spa-like shower suites and a barista-staffed coffee shop Opening comes just before Memorial Day, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year United Airlines today announced the opening of its new, nearly 30,000 square-foot United Club location at Newark Liberty International Airport, offering travelers a modern design, enhanced amenities and culinary offerings, locally-sourced art and furniture pieces and views of the Manhattan skyline. Located in Terminal C3 near gate C123, this club is the largest club in United's network, and is opening just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, which the airline [...]

Source: TAP TAP Awards are back Awards included recipients in Brazil, Canada, Spain and the USA in several categories TAP has once again paid tribute to the travel agents who sold more tickets in the main markets in which the Company operates, resuming the TAP Awards, which were suspended during the pandemic. The TAP Awards ceremony took place at Quinta da Pimenteira in Lisbon and was attended by representatives of the Travel and Tourism sector in Portugal, Brazil, the United States, Africa and the main European markets. During the event, which was chaired by the CEO of TAP, Christine Ourmières-Widener, the TAP Awards were presented to the travel agents who stood out the most in the past year for their [...]

Source: SWISS She has been Senior Director Sales based in Madrid since 2019 – with responsibility initially for Spain and Portugal, but for all of Western Europe since May 2021 Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has appointed Julia Hillenbrand as its new Head of Brand Experience. She will take up her new duties in July 2022. In her new capacity Hillenbrand will be responsible, together with her team, for the entire SWISS brand and customer experience and for the overall strategic roadmap for all customer, product and marketing issues. She will report directly to SWISS Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour. Hillenbrand succeeds Caroline Drischel, who assumed her own new duties as Head of Corporate Responsibility within the Lufthansa Group [...]

Source: American Airlines The American Airlines mobile app can be used for more than just your mobile boarding pass. The app can also streamline your travel experience. Did you know you can add your bag to your reservation before you even get to the airport? What about finding your way around a new airport to make your connection? The app makes all this and more a breeze. Download the app from the App Store or Google Play store, then check out all the features.

Source: WestJet Five-year WestJetter, Derrick Polakoff, Chief Guest Solutions Specialist, Operations Control Centre (OCC) is one of 16, President’s Award winners from 2021. Known amongst his leaders and peers as a champion of WestJet’s values, Derrick goes above and beyond in everything he does to create a positive and productive workspace for everyone he works with. During the pandemic while WestJet’s operations slowed down, Derrick did not. Taking it upon himself to develop apps and workflows to automate and improve guest solutions, tasks, processes and communications, Derrick changed the future of OCC processes and communication in a significant way. WestJet has come out of the pandemic more efficient because of Derrick’s voluntary and exemplary efforts. On sharing something important with WestJet's clients [...]

Source: United Airlines Proposed nonstop flights from Washington Dulles to Cape Town will create a long-overdue, direct route supporting critical diplomatic and thriving economic ties between the legislative capitals Washington D.C. to Cape Town is the most in-demand route between the U.S. and South Africa without nonstop service United Airlines announced today it has filed an application with the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for three weekly nonstop flights between Washington, D.C. and Cape Town, South Africa. If approved, United's flights will become the first nonstop service ever between Washington D.C. and South Africa's legislative capital, Cape Town. This long-overdue route will benefit important government-to-government connections and increase communication and commerce with a region that has strong cultural ties to South Africa. United's proposed service [...]

Source: MIA Brazilian low-cost carrier makes first U.S. return since the pandemic On May 17, Brazilian low-cost carrier GOL resumed service at Miami International Airport for the first time since the pandemic with the first of four weekly flights to Brasilia. GOL is using 176-seat Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for the new service, which will increase to daily service starting on July 4. GOL is currently the only airline at MIA with service to Brazil's capital city, and Miami and Orlando are GOL's only U.S. destinations. GOL last operated at MIA in early 2020 with service to Brasilia and Fortaleza. Founded in 2001, GOL operates approximately 700 flights per day with a fleet of 142 Boeing 737 aircraft. The Trip [...]