Source: Air France Some of them will be flown to the French capital from Overseas Departments and Territories in the Americas such as Martinique, French Guiana and Guadeloupe. As an official partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, Air France will be transporting 600 pupils from Guadeloupe, French Guiana, Martinique, Saint Martin and Reunion Island to Paris, where they will attend Paralympic events. This is a great opportunity for these young people aged between 9 and 18 to discover the diversity of disabled sport and the values of the Paralympic spirit. This large-scale operation is part of the ‘Ma classe aux Jeux’ programme, set up by the French Ministry of Education, and based on the ‘Tous aux Jeux’ ticketing [...]

Source: Emirates Emirates is currently operating one of the busiest time periods for its Unaccompanied Minors Service, as many children return to Dubai from summers spent abroad to start the new school year. This week alone, Emirates is welcoming more than 900 children, who are flying alone using the acclaimed family-friendly service. Over the past 5 years, more than 120,000 children have availed of Emirates’ Unaccompanied Minors and Young Passenger services. The majority of children who have travelled alone in Emirates care are aged 11 years or younger. The families who currently use the service the most are British, then Indian, followed by American, Filipino and French. When children are flying without their family, Emirates is there every step of the [...]

Fuente: Porter Airlines Increasing passenger capacity by more than 10% on Thunder Bay flights  Porter Airlines is introducing the newest route with its Embraer E195-E2 aircraft, between Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) and Thunder Bay International Airport (YQT). Flights will operate with three roundtrips per week. Porter has been serving the Thunder Bay community since 2009, currently with up to five times daily roundtrip flights between Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, and twice daily flights between Ottawa using the 78-seat Dash 8-400 aircraft. Toronto-Pearson service begins October 16, 2024. October 16 - October 26, 2024 Route Departure Time Arrival Time Days of the week YYZ-YQT 7:05 a.m. 9:00 a.m. Wednesday, Friday, Sunday YQT-YYZ 9:55 a.m. 11:42 a.m. Wednesday, Friday, Sunday [...]

Source: Cape Air Cape Air is pleased to announce that it will begin non-stop service between Hyannis, Cape Cod – New York route for the 2024 Fall/Early Winter season. The Hyannis-based airline will offer daily flights with attractive fares between John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and the Cape Cod Gateway Airport (HYA), from September 4, 2024, through January 5, 2025. Vice President of Planning Aaron Blinka stated that the new non-stop route will offer travelers from New York and beyond a fast and valuable option to visit Cape Cod during the Fall season. “Our daily schedule offers a morning departure from Hyannis and midday departure from New York that not only allows for a variety of connecting options but [...]

Source: JetBlue JetBlue launched its fourteenth annual Soar with Reading initiative, this year in partnership with Little Free Library, with a commemorative book sharing event at Centro Tau Community Center in Loíza, Puerto Rico. Proud to be Puerto Rico’s largest airline, JetBlue together with Little Free Library have placed seven library book-sharing boxes across Puerto Rico, creating increased access to literature for all ages. "We are excited to bring our beloved Soar with Reading program to the island for the first time, helping connect more youth with the joys of reading and imagination," said Icema Gibbs, vice president of CSR and DEI, JetBlue. “With seven physical Little Free Library book-sharing boxes placed within key community centers across Puerto Rico, we [...]

Source: Air France After the Athletes' Village opened on Wednesday 21 August 2024, Air France, official partner of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, is seeing a peak of Paralympic athletes arriving on board its flights this week. On 21 August 2024 (peak arrivals), nearly 300 athletes travelled on Air France flights, notably from Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires and Santiago de Chile. On 22 August 2024, 200 athletes flew on Air France flights, notably from Nairobi, Bogota and Manchester. The first Paralympic delegations arrived in Paris on 12 August, and arrivals have continued steadily since then. In total, Air France expects to carry 35% of Paralympic athletes as well as numerous representatives of the disabled sport delegations, members of [...]

Source: TAP The airline now flies the route five times a week with a modern A321LRneo. TAP Air Portugal celebrates this month, the 75th anniversary of its first flight to the island of São Tomé. To celebrate the date, passengers were welcomed in celebration, both at the boarding gates of Humberto Delgado Airport and at São Tomé International Airport. In Lisbon, passengers received chocolate cakes from São Tomé and a postcard with the image of the first flight with the number TP522. The inaugural flight, in 1949, was piloted by Captain Canelhas, in a DC-3 Dakota, registration CS-TDE, which was one of the Company's first aircraft. The same aircraft also operated the famous Imperial Air Line, which connected Lisbon to [...]