Source: United Airlines United, Tallgrass, and Green Plains will invest up to a combined $50 million in the joint venture – Blue Blade Energy – to develop the technology United has entered into an offtake agreement with Blue Blade Energy for up to 135 million gallons of ethanol based SAF annually and up to 2.7 billion gallons in total United has invested in more SAF production than any other airline United Airlines, Tallgrass, and Green Plains Inc. today announced a new joint venture – Blue Blade Energy – to develop and then commercialize a novel Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) technology that uses ethanol as its feedstock. If the technology is successful, Blue Blade is expected to proceed with the construction [...]

Source: Frontier Airlines To Celebrate, America's Greenest Airline is Offering Fares Starting at $49* | Expansion of Service to Puerto Rico Coincides with Launch of GoWild! Summer Pass™, Offering Unlimited Flights at Special Introductory Price of $399 Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines announced a major expansion of service to Puerto Rico with new nonstop routes from seven U.S. cities, plus Cancun, starting in May. As part of the expanded service, Frontier will begin offering flights to Ponce, Puerto Rico for the first time, along with expanded service to San Juan and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. With the expansion, Frontier will serve more routes to Puerto Rico than any other airline. The new routes bring the airline's total number of nonstops to Puerto [...]

Source: Aeromexico There will be one daily flight to Houston. The destination will continue to be served from AICM Aeromexico continues to be the largest airline operating from AIFA, connecting the metropolitan area of the Valley of Mexico with 9 destinations through more than 220 arrival and departure operations per week Mexican and US authorities granted Aeromexico the necessary authorizations to initiate direct flights from Felipe Angeles International Airport (AIFA) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, Texas. As a result, Aeromexico is excited to grow our position as the airline with the most connectivity to and from the center of Mexico. This route will commence operations on May 1, 2023, with one daily flight on Embraer 190 aircraft along [...]

Source: Emirates Emirates has operated its first milestone demonstration flight on a Boeing 777-300ER, powering one of its engines with 100% Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF). The flight took off from Dubai International Airport (DXB), and was commanded by Captain Fali Vajifdar and Captain Khalid Nasser Akram, flying for more than one hour over the Dubai coastline. The flight deck crew were accompanied by Adel Al Redha, Emirates’ Chief Operating Officer, and Captain Hassan Hammadi, Divisional Senior Vice President, Emirates Flight Operations. The demonstration flight powered by SAF holds particular significance as the UAE declares 2023 the ‘Year of Sustainability’. The year will showcase the UAE’s commitment to seek innovative solutions to challenges such as energy, climate change and other issues related to [...]

Source: Lufthansa Caesar chicken salad or sweet potato sandwich? Or would you prefer lemon cheesecake? Delicious snacks and best of all, Lufthansa passengers can pre-order delicious meals like these starting in February. How? With the new pre-order option for the Onboard Delights offer, which will be available in the future for every short- and medium-haul flight with a flight time of 60 minutes or more. From 8 February 2023, travelers will be able to select and pre-order the high-quality, fresh products as early as 30 days and up to 36 hours before departure. The selection and order can then be conveniently made online via the new Pre-flight Shop and paid for cashless on board. The pre-order offer exclusively includes fresh food such [...]

Source: American Airlines American Airlines Group Inc.  reported its fourth-quarter and full-year 2022 financial results, including: Fourth-quarter and full-year net income of $803 million and $127 million, or $1.14 per diluted share and $0.19 per diluted share, respectively. Excluding net special items1, fourth-quarter and full-year net income of $827 million and $328 million, or $1.17 per diluted share and $0.50 per diluted share, respectively. Record fourth-quarter revenue of $13.2 billion, which represents a 16.6% increase over the same period in 2019, despite flying 6.1% less capacity. Ended the year with $12 billion of total available liquidity, after prepaying a $1.2 billion term loan during the fourth quarter. Company continues to execute on its plan to pay down $15 billion of [...]

Source: Alaska Airlines Plastic cups? We sent ‘em packing. We’re excited to announce the completion of our transition to paper cups for inflight beverages, a move which eliminates more than 55 million plastic cups annually and replaces them with a more planet-friendly alternative. Here are some of the ways we’re eliminating our top sources of plastic waste on board to reduce our impact on the environment and help keep the places we live & fly beautiful: Eliminating plastic cups on board with responsibly-sourced paper cups. Encouraging guests to #FillBeforeYouFly to plant more trees. Ditching plastic straws & stir sticks in 2018. All inflight beverages on Alaska flights are now served in Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified paper cups or reusable [...]

Source: United Airlines Inaugural class puts airline on path towards training about 5,000 new pilots at the flight school by 2030 with a goal of at least half being women or people of color Investments in training and infrastructure pave the way for United to hire more than 2,500 pilots in 2023, with a goal to add at least 10,000 pilots by the end of this decade United CEO Scott Kirby, United COO Toby Enqvist, and other special guests on hand at Phoenix Goodyear Airport to honor academy's very first graduates United, the only major U.S. airline to own a flight school, is celebrating the graduation of United Aviate Academy's inaugural class of pilots, an important step towards training the next generation of talented, qualified, [...]