Source: Spirit Airlines The brightest planes in the sky will fly over the mountains of Northeastern Mexico for the first time this summer. Spirit Airlines (NYSE: SAVE) announced two daily nonstop flights from Monterrey International Airport (MTY) to George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and Austin-Bergstrom International Airport (AUS), starting in June 2022. Spirit initially entered Mexico in 2003 when its first flight landed at Cancun International Airport (CUN) and continued to invest in the country by adding new stations at Los Cabos International Airport (SJD) in 2012 and Puerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR) in 2021. This new MTY service is an expansion inland in addition to the popular beach destinations, focused on connecting friends and relatives with affordable flights. Spirit's Austin [...]

Source: Air France Until June 26th, 2022, Air France is partnering the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, which is organising the first major museum exhibition in France dedicated to the timeless literary masterpiece The Little Prince, by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. For the occasion, more than six hundred works celebrate the many facets of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s extraordinary life (1900-1944) as a writer, poet, explorer and aviator, notably for Air France. As a tribute to this great writer, who played a major part in the airline's origins, Air France flew several pages of the original manuscript of The Little Prince from New York, where they have always been kept, to Paris. Carefully protected in the hold of flight AF007, which landed at Paris-Charles de Gaulle [...]

Source: Finnair The closure of Russian airspace causes considerable changes in Finnair’s traffic. Finnair has today called employee representatives to discuss plans regarding possible furloughs of up to 90 days, which, if implemented, would impact Finnair flight crews. The estimated need for additional monthly furloughs for pilots ranges from 90 to 200 and for cabin crew from 150 to 450 employees starting from April. The final furlough need, however, depends on how the exceptional situation progresses and what mitigations can be found and will be defined during the negotiations. The negotiations concern all 2800 pilots and cabin crew members in Finland. In addition, Finnair evaluates the impacts regarding employees outside Finland in those destinations where the availability of work is [...]

Source: Westjet Combination strengthens both companies following impact of pandemic Drives growth and job creation Unlocks exciting opportunities for WestJet and Sunwing employees as part of a vibrant national airline WestJet and Sunwing announced today that they have reached a definitive agreement under which the WestJet Group of companies will acquire Sunwing Vacations and Sunwing Airlines. The transaction will bring together two distinctly Canadian travel and tourism success stories to deliver new travel options and greater value for travellers in the rapidly expanding leisure and work-from-anywhere travel markets. The combination will enable both companies to protect and create jobs and rebuild strength in the Canadian travel industry at a critical time. Following the close of the transaction, a new tour [...]

Source: Caribbean Airlines Caribbean Airlines will operate direct non-stop service between Houston, Texas and Georgetown, Guyana, with onward connectivity to Port of Spain, Trinidad commencing March 22, 2022. The service will operate thrice weekly to/from Terminal D, of the George Bush Intercontinental Airport each Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday up until June 30, 2022. Flight schedule between Houston (Texas), Guyana and Trinidad Effective Period Flight Day of week Origin Destination Departure Arrival 08MAR-10MAR BW700 Tuesday POS IAH 105AM 520AM BW701 Tuesday IAH GEO 820PM 435AM +1 BW701 Wednesday GEO POS 550AM 700AM BW702 Wednesday POS GEO 330PM 440PM BW702 Wednesday GEO IAH 555PM 1035PM BW703 Thursday IAH POS 135PM 915PM Effective Period Flight Day of week Origin Destination Departure Arrival 15MAR-30JUN BW700 Tuesday [...]

Source: Sun Country Airlines The event is set to take place  on Wednesday, 9 March 2022 at 8:05AM EST. Sun Country Airlines (NASDAQ: SNCY) today announced that Dave Davis, President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Raymond James Institutional Investors Conference on Wednesday, March 9 at 8:05AM EST. A link to the live webcast can be found on the Sun Country investor relations website at https://ir.suncountry.com/news-events/events-and-presentations.

Sources: Aeroflot/ALA News Closure of Canadian airspace hits Russia's flag airline's Transatlantic routes  The measure came at the worst time: Aeroflot had several flights sold to sunny destinations in the Caribbean such as Cancun, Punta Cana and Varadero, this winter Due to the closure of Canadian airspace to Russian airliners, Aeroflot's transatlantic flights to and from Moscow to the following destinations have been cancelled: Mexico (Cancun — SU158/159); USA (Los Angeles — SU108/109; Miami — SU110/111; New York — SU102/103 and SU124/125; Washington — SU104/105); Cuba (Havana — SU150/151; Varadero — SU154/155); Dominican Republic (Punta Cana — SU156/157). Passengers should follow changes in the schedule.

Source: SWISS SWISS and the Lufthansa Group have concluded a strategic collaboration with the Synhelion company to bring its solar aviation fuel to market. This will make SWISS the first airline in the world to use ‘sun-to-liquid’ fuel The process devised by Synhelion uses concentrated sunlight to produce carbon-neutral kerosene With this collaboration, SWISS and Synhelion are playing a pioneering role in the production and the adoption of sustainable aviation fuels.  Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) and the Lufthansa Group have concluded a strategic collaboration with ETH Zurich spinoff Synhelion to bring solar aviation fuel to market. This will make SWISS the first airline in the world to use solar kerosene. “Our team-up with Synhelion is founded on our shared [...]