Source: LATAM The Group informed that two additional aircraft were added to the conversion plan of eight aircraft informed in March. This will bring the fleet to up to 21 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters by 2023. Once completed, the Group’s freighter capacity will have almost doubled in size while the average age of the fleet will have dropped from 17 to 14 years. LATAM Group will receive four converted aircraft between 2021 and 2022, plus six more aircraft between 2022 and 2023. LATAM Group (“LATAM”) announced the expansion of its freighter fleet growth under which it now plans to add 10 Boeing 767-300 Boeing Converted Freighters over the next three years. This will bring the fleet size to up to [...]

Source: Air France-KLM Air France-KLM, Total, Groupe ADP et Airbus ont joint leurs efforts pour réaliser le premier vol long-courrier avec du carburant aérien durable (1), ou SAF ("Sustainable Aviation Fuel"), produit en France. Le vol Air France 342 a décollé aujourd’hui à 15h40 du Terminal 2E de l’aéroport de Paris-Charles de Gaulle à destination de Montréal (Canada) en emportant pour la première fois dans ses réservoirs du carburant aérien durable produit par Total dans ses usines françaises. Paris, May 18, 2021 – Air France-KLM, Total, Groupe ADP and Airbus have joined forces to carry out the first long-haul flight powered by Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) (1) produced in France. At 3:40 p.m. today, Air France Flight 342 took off from [...]

Source: Copa Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE: CPA), today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for April 2021: Operating Data April April % Change 2021 2019 Copa Holdings  (Consolidated)   ASM (mm) (1) 768.0 2,016.8 -61.9%   RPM (mm) (2) 559.4 1,696.5 -67.0%   Load Factor (3) 72.8% 84.1% -11.3p.p. 1.  Available seat miles - represents the aircraft seating capacity multiplied by the number of miles the seats are flown. 2.  Revenue passenger miles - represents the numbers of miles flown by revenue passengers 3.  Load factor - represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is actually utilized Given the irregular nature of the Company's operations starting in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will compare this and future [...]

Source: JetBlue JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced that Ursula Hurley, head of treasury and investor relations, has been named acting chief financial officer. She succeeds Steve Priest, who has decided to leave JetBlue effective June 11, 2021 to pursue a new opportunity. Hurley will assume the role of acting chief financial officer effective June 12, 2021, in addition to her current duties. Hurley began her career at JetBlue 17 years ago. She has been responsible for debt and cash management, cash flow, fuel and interest rate hedging, strategic sourcing, and fleet strategy, including aircraft and engine sourcing. Her role was recently expanded to manage JetBlue’s relationship with the investor community. “Steve has been instrumental in helping lead JetBlue through the [...]

Source: United Airlines United Airlines is announcing today more options for customers to take long-awaited summer vacations by adding more than 400 daily flights to its July schedule and increasing service to reopened European destinations. This is United's largest monthly schedule since before the pandemic - United plans to fly 80% of its U.S. schedule compared to July of 2019 – and bookings for summer travel are up 214% compared to 2020 levels. In the U.S., United will add new routes to Bozeman, MT; Orange County, CA; Raleigh, N.C and Yellowstone/Cody, WY. The airline is also adjusting its flight times at its hubs at Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Washington Dulles International Airport to provide more convenient options for customers. [...]

Source: Iberia Iberia and Vueling, companies belonging to IAG, have reached an agreement with the GSMA, the organizing company of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, to be airlines associated with the congress, which this year will be held from June 28 to July 1. For this reason, the airlines will offer discounts to attendees on their trips until July 8, 10 percent for attendees traveling in Economy class on Iberia and Vueling planes *, and 15 percent for those traveling in Iberia Premium or Business Tourist. For Vueling's Director of Communication and Institutional Relations, Ana Fernández, “it is a pride to collaborate with the organization of one of the most important technological events in the world. We are a [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta knows that vaccines are the best tool available to protect one another and bring an end to the pandemic, and the airline has made great progress to achieve herd immunity within its workforce, with more than 60 percent of employees already vaccinated. To help maintain this trajectory, Delta will require all new hires in the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they qualify for an accommodation, effective Monday, May 17. This is an important move to protect Delta’s people and customers, ensuring the airline can safely operate as demand returns and as it accelerates through recovery and into the future. Delta will not be putting in place a company-wide mandate to require current employees to be vaccinated. Approximately two out of 10 Americans have been infected [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta Air Lines and its partner Aeromexico are celebrating four years of their leading Joint Cooperation Agreement (JCA), a transborder alliance between the U.S and Mexico that has provided industry-leading service and benefits for more than 22 million customers since its launch in May 2017. Despite the challenges posed by the pandemic, both airlines have never stopped working to offer a seamless customer experience throughout the entire travel journey – from developing safety and cleanliness protocols and measures to protect the health of customers and employees through the Delta CareStandard and Aeromexico’s Health and Sanitization Management System, to working together to ensure that our customers have the digital resources they need as they navigate new requirements [...]

Source: Iberia The government of Panama has been the first in Latin America to accept this APP for the digitization of COVID tests, allowing customers to use it for documentation checks upon arrival. On 10 April, Iberia became the first airline to test this app between Europe and Latin Americaon flights from Madrid to Uruguay, and from 19 May, the app may be used for travel to Panama. The IATA Travel Pass is a smartphone app air passengers can use to store, manage, and verify their certificates of negative Covid-19 test results, and shortly their certificates of vaccination against the disease. Use of the Travel Pass will make transit through airports simpler, quicker, and safer, since it involves no physical [...]

Source: United United and Abbott today announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration to use Abbott's BinaxNOW™ COVID-19 Home Test and Abbott's NAVICA app to help make the international travel experience more seamless. Recently updated CDC guidelines permit travelers to self-administer a rapid antigen test under the real-time supervision of a telehealth service and use the verified negative test result to board an international flight to the U.S. if they test negative. "We appreciate the private sector proactively helping travelers have access to easy, reliable COVID-19 test options," said CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH. "Comprehensive testing that is easy, rapid, accurate and trusted is a fundamental strategy for preventing the spread of COVID-19." United customers can depart the United States with [...]