Source: ITA Airways As of April, ITA Airways recorded 90.8% of flights landed on time and 99.3% of its entire operation was completed in regularity, thus confirming its position as most on-time airline in Europe and an international benchmark in terms of regularity. This was certified by data from FlightStats by Cirium, an authoritative independent US company that prepares monthly rankings of these indicators for all airlines. ITA Airways is therefore steady at the top of these rankings by providing a service that met with customer satisfaction. It is the customer that is at the center of the airline's strategy, which constantly works to offer a unique and distinctive travel experience. These constant positive performances are the result of the professionalism [...]

Source: JetBlue JetBlue issued the following statement in response to the Spirit Airlines Board recommendation: It’s no surprise that Spirit shareholders are getting more of the same from the Spirit Board. The Spirit Board, driven by serious conflicts of interest, continues to ignore the best interests of its shareholders by distorting the facts to distract from their flawed process and protect their inferior deal with Frontier. Regarding regulatory approval, Spirit would have you ignore the current regulatory climate to think that approval of their Frontier deal is assured. That is simply not true. Both deals are subject to regulatory review, and both deals have a similar risk profile. Spirit shareholders recognize that and are showing great interest in hearing more [...]

Source: Sabre The Mexican carrier implemented Sabre’s branded fares to provide greater flexibility to choose products and services that best fit passengers and agencies needs Sabre Corporation, a leading software and technology provider that powers the global travel industry, today announced a new distribution agreement with Viva Aerobus, Mexico´s ultra-low-cost carrier, which will help enable the airline to power future revenue growth through agency sales. Viva Aerobus can now distribute its flights and services through Sabre’s global distribution system (GDS), providing more content and choices through a single source for greater convenience, agility and efficiency. With this agreement, Sabre-connected agencies will enjoy e-ticketing and enhanced merchandising capabilities, allowing travel agents to easily view, compare, and sell Viva Aerobus’ flights across [...]

Source: Air France-KLM Following announcement of the second step of equity strengthening measures at the Full Year 2021 results presentation, Air France-KLM announces today that it has entered into exclusive discussions with Apollo Global Management regarding the injection of 500 million euros of capital to an operating affiliate of Air France, owning of a pool of spare engines of Air France dedicated to its Engeneering and Maintenance Activity. The proceeds of the transaction would enable Air France-KLM and Air France to partially redeem the French State perpetual bonds, in accordance with the European Commission’s “Temporary Framework for State aid measures to support the economy in the current Covid-19 outbreak”, as well as facilitate the financing of future spare engine acquisitions [...]

Source: Canadian North The Canadian carrier will consolidate Scheduled and Charters businesses under one area and provide much tighter coordination between these two parts of the airline's commercial strategy In order to improve our service to all customers of Canadian North and to strengthen efforts in our Cargo business area, we are sharing today news of leadership changes within our Executive Team. Matieu Plamondon has been appointed to a newly created position of Vice President, Cargo, Airport Operations & Facilities. Matieu brings to this role an extensive knowledge of our operations given prior roles with the company. His priority will be to strengthen our Cargo business and to ensure we are reliably delivering in this area on time, every time. [...]

Source: United Airlines New, 30,000 sq.-ft. United ClubSMat Newark Liberty International Airport offers more modern United brand experience with views of the Manhattan skyline, close to 500 seats, spa-like shower suites and a barista-staffed coffee shop Opening comes just before Memorial Day, one of the busiest travel weekends of the year United Airlines today announced the opening of its new, nearly 30,000 square-foot United Club location at Newark Liberty International Airport, offering travelers a modern design, enhanced amenities and culinary offerings, locally-sourced art and furniture pieces and views of the Manhattan skyline. Located in Terminal C3 near gate C123, this club is the largest club in United's network, and is opening just in time for the Memorial Day holiday, which the airline [...]

Source: TAP TAP Awards are back Awards included recipients in Brazil, Canada, Spain and the USA in several categories TAP has once again paid tribute to the travel agents who sold more tickets in the main markets in which the Company operates, resuming the TAP Awards, which were suspended during the pandemic. The TAP Awards ceremony took place at Quinta da Pimenteira in Lisbon and was attended by representatives of the Travel and Tourism sector in Portugal, Brazil, the United States, Africa and the main European markets. During the event, which was chaired by the CEO of TAP, Christine Ourmières-Widener, the TAP Awards were presented to the travel agents who stood out the most in the past year for their [...]

Source: SWISS She has been Senior Director Sales based in Madrid since 2019 – with responsibility initially for Spain and Portugal, but for all of Western Europe since May 2021 Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has appointed Julia Hillenbrand as its new Head of Brand Experience. She will take up her new duties in July 2022. In her new capacity Hillenbrand will be responsible, together with her team, for the entire SWISS brand and customer experience and for the overall strategic roadmap for all customer, product and marketing issues. She will report directly to SWISS Chief Commercial Officer Tamur Goudarzi Pour. Hillenbrand succeeds Caroline Drischel, who assumed her own new duties as Head of Corporate Responsibility within the Lufthansa Group [...]