Source: Azul  Azul S.A., “Azul”, the largest airline in Brazil by departures and number of cities served, announces today its preliminary traffic results for December 2022. Consolidated passenger traffic (RPKs) was essentially stable compared to December 2021 on a capacity (ASKs) increase of 6.7%, resulting in a load factor of 77.6%. "2022 was a remarkable year for us. Azul was the most on-time airline in the world in 2022 while demand for our products and services remained extremely strong. We ended the year with record fares and RASK, and we are even more excited about the opportunities ahead of us as we enter in 2023,” says John Rodgerson, Azul’s CEO.

Source: Qatar Airways In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Qatar Airways Privilege Club, British Airways Executive Club and IndusInd Bank,  today announced their partnership, to introduce the unique multi-branded credit card, with two leading international airlines powered by Visa. The multi-branded credit card is slated to be launched and made available to consumers in the first quarter of the financial year 2023 – 2024. Through this proposition, members will soon be able to collect Avios, the rewards currency for British Airways Executive Club and Qatar Airways Privilege Club, by signing up and choosing their preferred loyalty programme. This credit card will be available in the Infinite variant of Visa, and will offer best-in-class rewards and benefits to elevate the travel experience of [...]

Source: Emirates By 2024, all 67 A380s assigned for refurbishment will have returned to service. Emirates will then begin work on its 53 Boeing 777s earmarked for this project. The airline expects to complete the program in 2025 The airline flies the A380 to Sao Paulo and the 777 to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires The first Emirates A380 to be completely refurbished under the airline’s US$ 2 billion retrofit program has been deployed on the Dubai-London Heathrow service, operating as EK003. See this timelapse video of the retrofit work done on A6-EVM, the first of 120 Emirates aircraft to have completed its refurbishment. Sir Tim Clark, President of Emirates said: “Customers will notice the difference the moment they step onboard – [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta is bringing together an ecosystem of digital services and experiences to create Delta Sync, its vision for personalized travel that will make every trip feel fit for you. Rolling out in 2023, Delta Sync is underpinned by SkyMiles membership and catalyzed through free Wi-Fi to deliver personalized and exclusive in-flight entertainment, more ways to enjoy your favorite onboard food and beverage, and exclusive partnerships with top consumer brands coming this year. “Delta Sync elevates what it means to be a Delta SkyMiles Member by enabling a journey that fits you perfectly and grows more rewarding the more you travel,” said CEO Ed Bastian from the C Space keynote stage at CES 2023. “The future of [...]

Source: Frontier Airlines Ultra-low fare carrier Frontier Airlines launched nonstop service from Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) to Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Kansas City International Airport (MCI), and Nashville International Airport (BNA). With the new service and additional inaugural service scheduled to Minneapolis-Saint Paul and Indianapolis, Frontier will serve a total of 24 nonstop destinations from PHX. To celebrate, America's Greenest Airline is offering fares as low as $39.* "Frontier is proud of our robust operation in Phoenix and thrilled to add these exciting destinations to our growing roster of PHX flights. Our new crew base at PHX is enabling us to provide more Arizonans 'Low Fares Done Right' to an expanding list of destinations," said Daniel Shurz, Senior [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta continued building momentum in 2022 on its journey to connect people to a more sustainable future of flying. From welcoming a new CSO and developing innovative partnerships, to advancing sustainable aviation fuel markets and further reducing single-use plastics onboard, work across the global carrier in 2022 has set Delta apart as a sustainability leader in the aviation sector. As Delta continues on its path to net zero emissions by 2050, here are some of the ways it has been working this year to embed sustainability in everything it does, while working to eliminate its climate impact from flying. 1. New CSO Pam Fletcher tapped to lead Delta's path to net zero emissions by 2050  Auto [...]

Source: Iberia Ecuador is one of the two countries in South America, along with Brazil, in which Iberia connects Madrid with two local cities: Quito and Guayaquil Iberia wanted to join the celebration of the bicentennial of the city of Quito, giving its most advanced aircraft the name of the capital of Ecuador. Specifically, it is an A350 that joined the airline's fleet last December and that, since yesterday, has been part of its flight schedule. This aircraft with the registration EC-NXE and with the name "Ciudad de Quito" is part of a new standard from the manufacturer Airbus, an improved version of this model of which Iberia has been the launch airline and, furthermore, it is the first that [...]

Source: SWOOP Airlines The ultra-not-expensive airline celebrates record breaking day with over 10,000 travellers flown Swoop, Canada's leading ultra-low-cost airline, is thrilled to announce that it has reached a new milestone, transporting over 10,000 travellers in a single day for the first time in the company's history. "We are incredibly proud of this accomplishment and grateful to our team of Swoopsters and all our travellers for helping us reach this milestone," said Bob Cummings, President of Swoop. "This past year posed unprecedented challenges for the entire aviation industry, but our airline expanded to reach new heights, and so we’re thrilled to kick off 2023 with a signal of that growth." On January 1, 2023, the leading ULCC had its single [...]

Source: Volaris Controladora Vuela Compañía de Aviación, S.A.B. de C.V. (“Volaris” or “the Company”), the ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) serving Mexico, the United States, Central, and South America, reports its December 2022 preliminary traffic results. In December 2022, Volaris’ capacity (measured in ASMs) increased by 18.5% year-over-year, while demand (measured in RPMs) increased by 16.9%; the result was a load factor of 84.7% (-1.2pp YoY). Volaris transported 2.9 million passengers during the month, a 13.9% increase compared to December 2021. Demand in the domestic Mexican and international markets increased by 13.3% and 26.1%, respectively. For the full year of 2022, Volaris’ capacity increased 25.6%, 0.6pp ahead of the Company’s capacity guidance, with the load factor expanding 0.9pp YoY to 85.6%. Enrique Beltranena, Volaris’ President and CEO [...]