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Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. Announces Further Extension of Early Tender Deadline of Cash Tender Offers & Consent Solicitations for Any & All of its 7.375% Series 2020-1A Pass Through Certs. due 2027 & 11.250% Series 2020-1B Pass Through Certs. due 2025

Source: Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (the “Company”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Hawaiian Holdings, Inc. (“Holdings”), announced that it is further extending the Early Tender Deadline (as defined below) of its previously announced (i) offers to purchase for cash (collectively, the “Tender Offers” and each, a “Tender Offer”) any and all of its 7.375% Series 2020-1A Pass Through Certificates due 2027 and 11.250% Series 2020-1B Pass Through Certificates due 2025 (collectively, the “Certificates”) and (ii) Consent Solicitations (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), in each case set forth in the Company’s Offer to Purchase and Consent Solicitation Statement, dated September 23, 2021 (the “Offer to Purchase”). The “Early Tender Deadline” applicable to the Tender Offers previously scheduled for [...]

2021-10-15T18:06:22+03:00October 15th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|

Spirit Airlines to Give Puerto Rico’s Southern Coast More Go with Nonstop Service Between Ponce and Orlando

Source: Spirit Airlines Spirit to offer Ponce travelers easy connections to dozens of destinations via Orlando International Airport Travelers to and from Puerto Rico will have more options than ever when Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) touches down in Ponce. Today the carrier announced plans to bring its bright yellow planes to Mercedita International Airport (PSE), adding to existing options in San Juan (SJU) and Aguadilla (BQN). Spirit is starting service at PSE with daily flights to Orlando (MCO) launching Feb. 16, 2022. MCO is one of Spirit's largest airport operations with around 70 flights each day, which will provide one-stop options between PSE and more than a dozen cities throughout the country. "Adding Ponce as our third market in Puerto Rico is [...]

2021-10-15T18:07:31+03:00October 15th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|

Delta Air Lines Announces September Quarter 2021 Profit

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines reported financial results for the September quarter 2021 and provided its outlook for the December quarter 2021. Highlights of the September quarter 2021 results, including both GAAP and adjusted metrics, are on page six of the full press release. "Our September quarter marked an important milestone in our recovery, with our first quarterly profit since the start of the pandemic," CEO Ed Bastian said. "Our revenues reached two-thirds of 2019 levels thanks to the industry-leading operational performance our people delivered through a busy summer, once again showing why they are the best in the business." "While demand continues to improve, the recent rise in fuel prices will pressure our ability to remain profitable [...]

2021-10-15T17:36:40+03:00October 15th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|

Air Canada To Resume Service And Increase Capacity To Key Destinations in South America

Source: Air Canada Montreal to São Paulo restarts; increases to daily flights from Toronto Montreal to Bogotá resumes; Toronto service moves up to four flights per week Buenos Aires, Argentina to be served via São Paulo four times per week Toronto to Santiago, Chile restarts in January with three weekly flights Air Canada today announced an increase in service to several key South American destinations as the airline continues to rebuild its global network from its Toronto and Montreal hubs. Service to São Paulo, Brazil will resume from Montreal on December 8 with four flights per week on a year-round basis, while service from Toronto to Brazil’s financial centre will increase to daily flights as of December 6. São Paulo [...]

2021-10-14T17:46:35+03:00October 14th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|

Frontier Airlines selects Skywise Health Monitoring as future fleet performance tool

Source: Airbus Skywise Health Monitoring to be deployed on 111 Frontier Airlines aircraft Digital Services continue its growth in North America Frontier Airlines has become the latest North American operator to adopt Skywise Health Monitoring as its key future fleet performance tool under a five year contract covering 111 single-aisle aircraft. Launched in 2019, Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) gathers live diagnostic feeds from the aircraft through its ACARS* link to the airline’s information system. Frontier will use the solution for its A320 Family fleet. Airbus’ SHM will support the airline’s maintenance and engineering teams by enabling real-time management of aircraft events and troubleshooting. This will help the airline in identifying, prioritising, analysing and handling in-service events, enabling quicker decision-making and [...]

2021-10-14T17:45:49+03:00October 14th, 2021|AIRLINES, MANUFACTURERS, News|

Air Canada Unveils Plans For Its Summer 2022 Schedule To Europe, Africa, The Middle East and India

Source: Air Canada Airline to offer seasonal services to nearly 30 destinations across the Atlantic Ocean Plans to resume year-round service to Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Lyon, Madrid, and Milan Air Canada today unveiled its planned Summer 2022 schedule for Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and India. In addition to its established year-round services, the airline announced its return to key summer seasonal destinations such as Barcelona, Venice, Nice, Manchester, Edinburgh, and Reykjavik. Seasonal services to Athens, Rome and Lisbon resumed in 2021 and will return next spring, alongside Air Canada’s recently launched service to Cairo. “As we continue to rebuild our global network, Air Canada is excited to plan its return to these popular leisure destinations across Europe, Africa, and the [...]

2021-10-14T17:45:28+03:00October 14th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|

United Plans Largest Transatlantic Expansion in its History, Including 10 New Flights and Five New Destinations Debuting Summer 2022

Source: United United today announced the largest transatlantic expansion in its history, including 10 new flights and five new, vogue destinations – Amman, Jordan; Bergen, Norway; Azores, Portugal; Palma de Mallorca, Spain and Tenerife in the Spanish Canary Islands. All of the new routes – which are set to begin in Spring 2022 – are not served by any other North American carrier. Additionally, next year, United will add new flights to five popular European destinations: Berlin, Dublin, Milan, Munich and Rome. Lastly, United will launch seven routes that were interrupted due to the pandemic to Bangalore, Frankfurt, Tokyo's Haneda Airport, Nice and Zurich. Flights are subject to government approval. "Given our big expectations for a rebound in travel to Europe for [...]

2021-10-14T16:46:19+03:00October 14th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|

Lufthansa offers additional flights to sunny destinations for autumn holidays 130 additional flights from Frankfurt and Munich Further expansion of domestic flights

Source: Lufthansa Lufthansa destinations in Spain are particularly in high demand. Therefore, the airline is now offering additional flights to Palma de Mallorca, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Malaga and Seville. A high demand for flights to leisure destinations continues into the upcoming autumn holidays. After August, October shows the highest increase in bookings to sunny, European destinations. As a result, Lufthansa is expanding its flight program to popular sunny destinations even further. The most important European vacation destinations will now be served with more than 80 additional flights from Frankfurt Rhein-Main Airport and over 50 additional flights from Munich. Lufthansa destinations in Spain are particularly in high demand. Therefore, the airline is now offering additional flights to Palma de Mallorca, Gran Canaria, [...]

2021-10-14T07:19:37+03:00October 14th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|

In time for fall holidays: Online check-in possible again

Source: Condor Online check-in with document verification is initially available for all flights to Spain Convenient online check-in with digital boarding pass: just in time for the start of the fall   vacations, Condor has expanded its online check-in with the additional option of having EU vaccination certificates and test proofs digitally checked and verified. This means that guests can check in conveniently via the website www.condor.com, upload the necessary documents and they will then receive their digital boarding pass. Online check-in with document verification is initially available for all flights to Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Portugal and Egypt, as well as for all return flights back to Germany and Switzerland. Further destinations will be activated on an ongoing basis. During [...]

2021-10-14T07:07:37+03:00October 14th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|

Sunwing mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy to be fully enforced by October 18, 2021

Source: Sunwing As part of Sunwing’s enduring commitment to health and safety, the company announced it is requiring that all new and existing employees across all Canadian divisions be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 this past summer. The new policy aligns with the Government of Canada’s recent announcement that it intends to require vaccination across all federally regulated industries later this fall. For employees who are not yet vaccinated and plan to get vaccinated, they are required to provide proof of their full vaccination status no later than October 18, 2021. “The health and safety of our employees and customers is our top priority at Sunwing,” commented Stephen Hunter, CEO of Sunwing Travel Group. “Vaccinations are proven to be the most [...]

2021-10-14T06:55:43+03:00October 14th, 2021|AIRLINES, News|