Source: ITA Airways The Airbus A320neo with ITA Airways' new blue livery performed its first commercial flight today.  Flight AZ 1781 departed from Rome Fiumicino Airport at 1:20pm local time, to reach Palermo's Punta Raisi Airport. The Airbus A320neo is dedicated to Francesco Moser, the extraordinary Italian cyclist of the 1970s and 1980s, and features unique design details such as the Zorro mask and sharklets. Bringing together technology and efficiency, the Airbus A320neo delivers 20% less fuel consumption and CO2 emissions per seat compared to previous generation aircraft. With the new A320neo, ITA Airways will further enrich its modern and environment-friendly fleet, which will feature 80% new generation aircraft by 2026, with the consequent downscaling of 1.3 million tons of CO2 emissions. Furthermore, [...]

Source: United Airlines New dynamic seat map feature will sit children under 12-years-old next to an adult in their party for free – regardless of the type of ticket purchased United today announced an improved family seating policy that makes it easier than ever for children under 12-years old to sit next to an adult in their party for free - including customers who purchase Basic Economy tickets. United's new policy is made possible through a series of investments in a new seat map feature that dynamically finds available adjacent seats at the time of booking. The online seat engine first reviews all available free Economy seats and then opens complimentary upgrades to available Preferred Seats, if needed. Customers traveling [...]

Source: Etihad Airways Etihad Airways is expanding its European network this summer with the introduction of a new direct service between Abu Dhabi and Lisbon, effective from 2 July 2023. The airline will be connecting Abu Dhabi to Portugal’s capital city right in time for the summer holidays, with three weekly flights scheduled to be operated on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Sundays. “We’re excited to introduce flights to Portugal for the first time and provide our guests with convenient travel options to one of the most popular summer destinations for 2023,” said Antonoaldo Neves, Chief Executive Officer of Etihad Airways. “As one of the oldest cities in Western Europe, the coastal city of Lisbon is a great entry-point to exploring the [...]

Source: KLM KLM Group posted an operating profit of EUR 706 million on revenues of EUR 10.7 billion in 2022 with an operating margin of 6.6%. Issues during operational ramp-up prevented KLM from delivering the level of service to which customers are accustomed and employees faced major challenges. The figures nevertheless show that customers are eager to continue travelling. The annual figures bring KLM Royal Dutch Airlines closer to its 2019 results, an achievement that can be attributed to the rapid recovery in the demand for travel after Covid-related travel restrictions were eased in early 2022. Even so, KLM will be facing a number of uncertainties in 2023. Geopolitical tensions, inflation, a possible recession and the high price of fuel could all [...]

Source: TAP The Stopover programme has been improved with more advantages to allow customers to discover even better and explore Portugal before heading to the final destination. And now, also on their return home. TAP passengers can add Portugal to the trip with a free stopover of up to 10 days, with exclusive offers and discounts at over 290 partners that will make their visit unforgettable, from hotels, restaurants, shopping centres, museums and countless activities, in a partnership with Turismo de Portugal. Stopover passengers also have a 25% discount for an air trip within Portugal, to discover tourism regions such as Porto and the North, the Algarve or Madeira and the Azores, through a promotional code that can be used [...]

Source: Air Canada Record fourth quarter passenger revenues of $4.062 billion, doubled than fourth quarter 2021 and about two per cent higher than fourth quarter 2019 Record fourth quarter operating revenues of $4.680 billion, 71 per cent higher than fourth quarter 2021 and about six per cent higher than fourth quarter 2019 Operating losses of $28 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and of $187 million for the full year 2022 Adjusted EBITDA* of $389 million in the fourth quarter of 2022 and of $1.457 billion for the full year 2022 Adjusted EBITDA margin* of 8.3 per cent for the fourth quarter of 2022 and of 8.8 per cent for the full year 2022 Total liquidity of over $9.8 billion at December 31, 2022 Air Canada today reported its fourth quarter and full [...]

Source: Flybondi Flybondi, the first low-cost airline in Argentina, has appointed Fabian Perez as its new Operational Safety Manager. He will be responsible for the Operational Safety Management System, the monitoring of the organization's safety indicators, and the operations units. Fabian has extensive experience in the aviation industry, in different roles, positions, companies and countries. Throughout his forty-year career, he has been a pilot and flight instructor at Aero Kern S.A. and Aviajet S.A., in Executive/General Aviation. He has also been First Officer, Captain, Flight and Simulator Instructor, Inspector, and CRM Facilitator in airlines such as LAPA, Southern Winds, Lan Express (Chile) and LATAM Argentina. He worked in LATAM Argentina for over 18 years, where his last position was Deputy [...]

Source: Air Canada Air Canada Cargo announced that it has become a member of the Pharma.Aero cross-industry collaboration platform. Working with other key stakeholders in the pharmaceutical transportation sector, Air Canada Cargo will contribute to and benefit from the group's knowledge and expertise to further develop its handling of pharmaceutical shipments. “As we continue to expand our freighter fleet and with the continued enhancements to our cold chain handling capabilities, this participation in a new avenue for critical insight into pharmaceutical shipments is an important step forward. Pharma.Aero will increase our ability to collaborate with an ever-growing list of industry experts to share ideas and gather knowledge on ways to further strengthen our expertise in shipping this vital cargo,” said Matthieu [...]

Source: Sun Country Airlines Sun Country Airlines Holdings, Inc. (“Sun Country Airlines”) announced the commencement of a proposed secondary public offering of 5,250,000 shares of its common stock by an affiliate of certain investment funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. (the “Selling Stockholder”). The underwriter will have a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 787,500 shares of common stock from the Selling Stockholder. Sun Country Airlines is not selling any shares and will not receive any proceeds from the proposed offering. In addition, Sun Country Airlines has authorized the purchase from the underwriter of up to 750,000 shares of common stock that are the subject of the proposed offering at a price per share equal [...]