Source: Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines will resume daily service between Honolulu’s Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL) and Tokyo Haneda Airport (HND) on Aug. 1. Hawaiian, which today offers three weekly flights between HNL and Narita Airport (NRT) and one weekly flight between HNL and Osaka’s Kansai Airport (KIX), will also bring daily service to each route in August. “Japan is the centerpiece international market for Hawai‘i, and we’re excited to bring back more flights and encouraged by the progressive easing of travel restrictions by the Japanese government,” said Theo Panagiotoulias, senior vice president of global sales and alliances for Hawaiian Airlines. “Demand from Japan has been steady, but we anticipate strong interest for leisure travel in the coming months [...]

Source: SAS SAS continues the ramp-up and has during the quarter seen the highest number of passengers since the pandemic started. Meanwhile, the work with the necessary transformation plan, SAS FORWARD, continues. The plan was presented when the Q1 results were released on February 22 and is designed to secure long-term competitiveness. It will allow SAS to effectuate a deleveraging of its balance sheet while substantially improving its liquidity position. In addition to reducing the cost structure and improve efficiencies, SAS is seeking to convert approximately SEK 20 billion of debt and hybrid notes into common equity and will also seek to raise not less than SEK 9.5 billion in new equity capital. The success of the plan depends upon [...]

Source: Air Canada Aeroplan, Canada's leading travel loyalty program, and the LCBO, one of the world's largest buyers and retailers of beverage alcohol, are pleased to announce that Aeroplan members can now earn Aeroplan points for eligible purchases made on LCBO.com and the LCBO app, in addition to eligible purchases made in store.   "We're excited for our members in Ontario to experience the new LCBO.com and earn Aeroplan points while doing so," said Scott O'Leary, Vice President, Loyalty and Product at Air Canada. "It's one more way we're bringing our members closer to their next reward." To collect Aeroplan points on LCBO purchases made online, members simply enter their Aeroplan number at the checkout or—for added convenience— add it to their online LCBO customer [...]

Source: TAP To celebrate World Children's Day, TAP has a promotion running throughout today, 31 May and tomorrow, 1 June, offering 99 percent off a child's ticket when booking for one adult and one child. To access this offer, simply enter the promotional code KIDSEUR. The 99 per cent discount on the child's ticket is only valid for the following destinations: Porto Santo and Terceira in Portugal, Fuerteventura, Ibiza, Las Palmas, Tenerife, Alicante and Bilbao in Spain, Punta Cana and Cancun in the Caribbean and Casablanca, Tangier, Djerba, Monastir, Conakry, Banjul, Accra, Sao Tome and Dakar in Africa. Travel purchased with this promotion may take place between June 2 and 30 and between September 15 and December 15, 2022. Additional [...]

Source: Iberia The airline and the former NBA superstar share values such as teamwork, passion, and the desire to excel, which will drive upcoming improvements at Iberia. The official announcement was made first to the media at the Espacio Iberia on Calle Velázquez, 37 and, later, at the airline's headquarters, with close to one hundred members of staff in attendance. The former basketball player has been Iberia's ambassador since 2016 and inspired the airline’s motto: "Every Day is the First Day". Iberia chose former NBA star Pau Gasol as advisor to the cultural change that the airline is embarking on after these two years of the Covid-19 pandemic. The former player will become a key figure in the narrative of cultural [...]

Source: KLM The first aircraft equipped with Premium Comfort Class will operate on routes to North America Passengers will be able to book Premium Comfort to a growing range of destinations from the end of the July 2022 At the 2022 Dutch Open, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines presented its new Premium Comfort Class, an intermediate cabin offering more space, luxury, service options, comfort and privacy than Economy Class, at lower prices than World Business Class. The new Premium Comfort Class allows KLM to more closely meet the needs and wishes of leisure and business travellers. Premium Comfort is an entirely new inflight class with its own cabin, offering a new type of seats as well as distinctive service and catering [...]

Source: Qatar Airways Qatar Airways is pleased with the judgement given by the High Court on 26 May 2022. We entered into this process to secure an expedited trial and early disclosure from Airbus that will give us an insight into the true nature of surface degradation affecting the A350s. We are extremely pleased to have secured these in today’s judgement. We will finally be able assess the cause of the damage to our aircraft and the expedited trial will provide a swift resolution of this unprecedented dispute. Qatar Airways remains committed to its collective mission to achieve “Excellence in everything that we do,” at all levels across our airline. Our commitment to the safety and security of our passengers [...]

Source: American Airlines Donald Jeremiah grew up drawing with his older siblings. Sitting around the kitchen table, they doodled and drew from scenes they saw every day. He later imparted that passion for drawing to his daughter, Kiana. In 2019, the family hobby turned into something they both could be proud of when the pair began using their time and talent for a greater good. While not working his day job as a fleet service clerk at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD), Donald is the artist for a project called Portraits of a Soldier — a traveling exhibit of hand-drawn portraits of fallen servicemembers from Illinois. The program had been searching for a new artist to complete a backlog of portraits, and [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines The new, one-of-a-kind Travel Confidently MSP Education Center officially opened its doors on May 23. The facility will enhance the Navigating MSP program by providing flyers with sensory, physical or cognitive disabilities, those with fear of flying, and service dogs a place to experience and become familiar with an aircraft cabin in a serene setting. Customers participating in the Navigating MSP program at Minneapolis−Saint Paul International Airport can now take part in a unique, try-before-you-fly mock cabin experience, aimed to support travel equity through a new, innovative pre-flight experience and training facility. The new Travel Confidently MSP Education Center officially opened its doors on May 23, thanks to the donations, contributions and hard work of Delta [...]

Source: LATAM LATAM group began tests to incorporate the use of drones in the exterior inspection of aircraft fuselages, reducing the time of such process from 8 hours to only 40 minutes according to preliminary results. This technology will allow LATAM to achieve a more efficient and secure process. The tests consist of the drone automatically flying around the aircraft and taking up to 2,000 detailed photos of the entire fuselage, using artificial intelligence to identify potential damage and possible repairs required. Currently, the tests are being carried out in the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facilities located in São Carlos, Brazil and it is expected that in the coming weeks they will be extended to the Maintenance Center in [...]