Source: United Airlines Starting this June, United will be the only U.S. carrier to offer nonstop service between Melbourne and the United States United has been the only airline to offer continuous passenger flights between the U.S. and Australia throughout pandemic and recently announced new codeshare partnership with Virgin Australia United today announces the return of its nonstop service between San Francisco and Melbourne, beginning with three weekly flights this June. The restart of this route complements United's existing service between Sydney and the airline's hubs in San Francisco and Los Angeles. United will now be the only U.S. airline to offer nonstop flights from the United States to Melbourne.   "The fact that we retained daily passenger service to Australia throughout [...]

Source: Virgin Atlantic Virgin Atlantic is seeking to attract new talent into its engineering and maintenance teams  Airline is offering ten spaces within its apprenticeship programme and four within its graduate scheme Applicants can apply here -  https://careersuk.virgin-atlantic.com/ Virgin Atlantic is on the lookout for its next generation of expert engineers, as it launches its apprenticeship and graduate schemes for the first time in three years. In a move that signals the continuing growth of the aviation industry following the global pandemic, the airline is looking to recruit ten apprentice engineers and four graduate engineers, in a bid to attract fresh new talent into the industry. The apprentice engineers will undertake a two phased comprehensive programme spanning 24 months.  Phase [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta has been listed as one of the top 100 companies on Forbes' 2022 Best Employers for Diversity list. Forbes composes the list based on research by Statista, an independent market research firm. The evaluation was based on criteria including direct recommendations from employees, indirect recommendations from non-employee survey participants and diversity among top executives. Delta's diversity strategy is holistic and focuses on age, gender equality, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and general diversity concerning their employer. This is the fifth year the list has been published. Statista conducted an independent survey from a representative sample of 60,000 employees working for companies employing at least 1,000 people in the U.S. Respondents. At Delta, we are dedicated to actively seeking diversity, boldly pursuing [...]

Source: United Airlines Complimentary premium cocktails will be available on flights from Chicago to Milan and Newark to Rome, thanks to new collaboration with Spritz Society Originated in the late 1800s, the spritz began in the Veneto region of Italy Just in time for summer, United will offer complimentary Spritz Society premium sparkling cocktails onboard select flights to Italy. These new, award-winning cocktails will be available on United's expanded seasonal flights between Chicago and Milan starting May 6 and the airline's summer flights between New York/Newark and Rome starting May 26. Customers can also purchase Spritz Society cocktails for $2 in the Chicago O'Hare and Newark United ClubSM locations during the first month they're available onboard from that airport. Spritz drinks [...]

Source: TAP Programme of the Year Best Elite Program Best Promotion Best Customer Service Best Redeemability TAP Miles&Go, TAP´s loyalty programme, has won every category in the Freddie Awards competition for Airline Companies in the Europe and Africa region, a result that stems from the choice of over 2.5 million frequent flyers from around the world who voted to elect the winners of these awards. TAP Miles&Go won in the five categories at the Freddie Awards gala held in New Orleans, in the United States of America: "Programme of the Year", "Best Elite Programme", "Best Promotion", "Best Customer Service" and "Best Redeemability". The results achieved by TAP at the 2022 edition of the Freddie Awards represent total recognition by customers [...]

Source: Lufthansa The aircraft will be in use from the Bavarian hub to Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver in Canada Munich has a new flying ambassador. An Airbus A350-900 with the registration D-AIVC was christened today at Munich Airport by the Bavarian Minister President Dr. Markus Söder. In his address, Carsten Spohr, Chairman of the Executive Board and CEO of Deutsche Lufthansa AG said: "The A350 is the quietest and most fuel-efficient long-haul aircraft in our fleet. With a significantly improved Business Class on board, this aircraft also represents the beginning of one of the largest product modernizations in Lufthansa's history. This aircraft is sustainable and offers customers a premium flight experience. The "Munich" is a worthy ambassador of the Bavarian [...]

Source: Avianca This transaction will strengthen a sector after a historic crisis and will give better opportunities to more than 13,000 employees who are part of both airlines To comply with regulations of Colombia and other countries, control of the airlines will remain completely independent; customers of each company will continue to enjoy competitive prices to connect directly to more than 94 destinations Any future combination of the two airlines will be subject to obtaining all the required regulatory authorizations. The majority shareholders of Viva and Avianca jointly announced that Viva will become part of the same holding company as Avianca Group International Limited (Avianca Group) and that Declan Ryan, founding partner of Viva, will join the board of directors [...]

Source: Air Canada New seasonal service to Calgary and Vancouver begins Air Canada continues to strengthen its presence in Quebec City Air Canada operated today its first non-stop service between Quebec City and Calgary, offered four times a week, providing additional travel options to Quebecers and demonstrating its commitment to the people of the provincial capital. Flights to Vancouver will start tomorrow, on May 2, with up to three flights a week. These new seasonal domestic routes, which will operate until the end of October, will be operated by Air Canada Rouge on an Airbus A319, featuring Premium Rouge and Economy class, product enhancements including upgraded streaming entertainment and options to purchase high-speed wi-fi. Air Canada also offers daily flights [...]

Source: SkyTeam SkyTeam and Aeroflot have agreed to temporarily suspend the airline's SkyTeam membership. "We are working to limit the impact for customers and will inform those affected by any changes to SkyTeam benefits and services," was communicated from the alliance. SkyTeam now consists of 19 carriers from five continents: Aerolíneas Argentinas, Aeromexico, Air Europa, Air France, ITA Airways, China Airlines, China Eastern, China Southern, Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Garuda Indonesia, Kenya Airways, KLM, Korean Air, Middle East Airlines, Saudia, TAROM, Vietnam Airlines, and Xiamen Airlines.

Source: Sun Country Airlines Sun Country Airlines has appointed Patrick O’Keeffe, former senior human resources officer for American Airlines, to its board of directors effective April 29, 2022. “I am pleased to welcome Patrick to our board of directors,” said board chair David Siegel. “Sun Country will benefit from Patrick’s long career at American Airlines and his knowledge of talent acquisition, workforce development and information technology.” O’Keeffe brings more than 30 years of experience in the airline industry at American Airlines Group, Inc. From 2017 to 2020, he led American’s global People team, managing talent acquisition and development, compensation, health and wellness, pension and 401(k) management, team member engagement as well as diversity, equity and inclusion. Prior to that, he [...]