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Air France has partnered the exhibition “A la recontre du Petit Prince” at the Musée des Arts Décoratives in Paris

Source: Air France Until June 26th, 2022, Air France is partnering the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, which is organising the first major museum exhibition in France dedicated to the timeless literary masterpiece The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. For the occasion, more than six hundred works celebrate the many facets of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s extraordinary life (1900-1944) as a writer, poet, explorer and aviator, notably for Air France. As a tribute to this great writer, who played a major part in the airline's origins, Air France flew several pages of the original manuscript of The Little Prince from New York, where they have always been kept, to Paris. Carefully protected in the hold of flight AF007, which landed at Paris-Charles de Gaulle [...]

2022-03-04T08:52:02+02:00March 4th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Finnair starts change negotiations regarding furlough needs arising from the closure of Russian airspace

Source: Finnair The closure of Russian airspace causes considerable changes in Finnair’s traffic. Finnair has today called employee representatives to discuss plans regarding possible furloughs of up to 90 days, which, if implemented, would impact Finnair flight crews. The estimated need for additional monthly furloughs for pilots ranges from 90 to 200 and for cabin crew from 150 to 450 employees starting from April. The final furlough need, however, depends on how the exceptional situation progresses and what mitigations can be found and will be defined during the negotiations. The negotiations concern all 2800 pilots and cabin crew members in Finland. In addition, Finnair evaluates the impacts regarding employees outside Finland in those destinations where the availability of work is [...]

2022-03-04T07:15:20+02:00March 4th, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

WestJet Group to acquire Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines, delivering greater value and more sun destinations for Canadians

Source: Westjet Combination strengthens both companies following impact of pandemic Drives growth and job creation Unlocks exciting opportunities for WestJet and Sunwing employees as part of a vibrant national airline WestJet and Sunwing announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement under which the WestJet Group of companies will acquire Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines. The transaction will bring together two distinctly Canadian travel and tourism success stories to deliver new travel options and greater value for travellers in the rapidly expanding leisure and work-from-anywhere travel markets. The combination will enable both companies to protect and create jobs and rebuild strength in the Canadian travel industry at a critical time. Following the close of the transaction, a new tour [...]

2022-03-02T23:18:04+02:00March 3rd, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

MIA says benvenuta to ITA Airways

Source: MIA New Italian national airline launches Miami-Rome service Miami-Dade County and ITA Airways officials hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Miami International Airport on March 1 to celebrate the launch of Rome-Miami service by the new national airline of Italy. ITA Airways is beginning the new service with three weekly roundtrip flights, which will grow to five weekly flights in April and then increase to daily flights in June. Italy was one of MIA's top 20 international markets before the pandemic, generating nearly 400,000 total passengers in 2019. Italy is not currently served by any other airline at MIA. ITA Airways is totally owned by the Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance and has been active since November 2020.

2022-03-03T13:47:01+02:00March 3rd, 2022|AIRLINES, AIRPORTS, News|

Caribbean Airlines to start non-stop service between Houston (Texas), Guyana and Trinidad

Source: Caribbean Airlines Caribbean Airlines will operate direct non-stop service between Houston, Texas and Georgetown, Guyana, with onward connectivity to Port of Spain, Trinidad commencing March 22, 2022. The service will operate thrice weekly to/from Terminal D, of the George Bush Intercontinental Airport each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday up until June 30, 2022. Flight schedule between Houston (Texas), Guyana and Trinidad Effective Period Flight Day of week Origin Destination Departure Arrival 08MAR-10MAR BW700 Tuesday POS IAH 105AM 520AM BW701 Tuesday IAH GEO 820PM 435AM +1 BW701 Wednesday GEO POS 550AM 700AM BW702 Wednesday POS GEO 330PM 440PM BW702 Wednesday GEO IAH 555PM 1035PM BW703 Thursday IAH POS 135PM 915PM Effective Period Flight Day of week Origin Destination Departure Arrival 15MAR-30JUN BW700 Tuesday [...]

2022-03-03T14:54:30+02:00March 3rd, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Sun Country Airlines to Participate at the Raymond James 43rd Annual Institutional Investors Conference

Source: Sun Country Airlines The event is set to take place  on Wednesday, 9 March 2022 at 8:05AM EST. Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ: SNCY) today announced that Dave Davis, President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference on Wednesday, March 9 at 8:05AM EST. A link to the live webcast can be found on the Sun Country investor relations website at https://ir.suncountry.com/news-events/events-and-presentations.

2022-03-03T13:51:50+02:00March 3rd, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Wizz Air supports Ukrainian refugees: 110,000 free seats from neighbouring countries in March

Source: Wizz  Wizz Air today announced it will support Ukrainian refugees by offering them 100,000 free seats* on all continental Europe flights departing from Ukraine’s border countries (Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania). Wizz Air is committed to helping the refugees reach their final destinations, wherever that may be. Wizz Air has already added larger planes and extra flights from border countries to Europe to help support the movement of refugees as necessary. In addition, Wizz Air recognises that many refugees have already started moving and may be stranded in other locations. As such, the airline will also offer a 29.99** Euro rescue fare on all other flights (excluding the UAE, Iceland and the Canaries), as well as a 69.99** Euro rescue [...]

2022-03-05T00:07:44+02:00March 2nd, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Due to the closure of Canadian airspace Aeroflot is forced to cancel all flights to North America and the Caribbean including Cuba

Sources: Aeroflot/ALA News Closure of Canadian airspace hits Russia's flag airline's Transatlantic routes  The measure came at the worst time: Aeroflot had several flights sold to sunny destinations in the Caribbean such as Cancun, Punta Cana and Varadero, this winter Due to the closure of Canadian airspace to Russian airliners, Aeroflot's transatlantic flights to and from Moscow to the following destinations have been cancelled: Mexico (Cancun — SU158/159); USA (Los Angeles — SU108/109; Miami — SU110/111; New York — SU102/103 and SU124/125; Washington — SU104/105); Cuba (Havana — SU150/151; Varadero — SU154/155); Dominican Republic (Punta Cana — SU156/157). Passengers should follow changes in the schedule.

2022-03-02T14:32:40+02:00March 2nd, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

SWISS to be the world’s first airline to use Synhelion solar fuel

Source: SWISS SWISS and the Lufthansa Group have concluded a strategic collaboration with the Synhelion company to bring its solar aviation fuel to market. This will make SWISS the first airline in the world to use ‘sun-to-liquid’ fuel The process devised by Synhelion uses concentrated sunlight to produce carbon-neutral kerosene With this collaboration, SWISS and Synhelion are playing a pioneering role in the production and the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels.  Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and the Lufthansa Group have concluded a strategic collaboration with ETH Zurich spinoff Synhelion to bring solar aviation fuel to market. This will make SWISS the first airline in the world to use solar kerosene. “Our team-up with Synhelion is founded on our shared [...]

2022-03-05T00:24:23+02:00March 2nd, 2022|AIRLINES, News|

Delta Air Lines releases Climate Lobbying Report

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines has released its Climate Lobbying Report detailing the company’s global advocacy activities and policy engagements — both direct and indirect — that support and complement its Paris Agreement-aligned climate goals. The report underscores Delta’s commitment to being a positive voice on climate policy issues now and in the future. It was prepared at the direction of Delta’s board of directors in response to a proposal that received shareholder support at Delta’s 2021 annual meeting. The report describes the company’s current climate goals; its governance structure for monitoring and assessing progress; its foundational climate policy principles; and climate lobbying activities conducted over the last year, including by trade associations. It also analyzes areas of [...]

2022-03-02T14:05:00+02:00March 2nd, 2022|AIRLINES, News|