Source: Frontier Airlines Highly Complementary Networks to Serve Over 145 Destinations Across the United States, Latin America and the Caribbean Consumers Win With $1 Billion in Annual Savings and Even More Ultra-Low Fares to More Places Combined Airline to Drive Competition and Expand Service to Underserved Small and Mid-Sized Cities Across the United States Combined Fleet Will Be the Youngest, Most Fuel-Efficient and Greenest in the United States Combination Provides Better Opportunities and More Stability for 15,000 Professionals, Adding 10,000 Direct Jobs by 2026 Conference Call to Discuss Transaction Today at 6:30 AM MT / 8:30 AM ET Spirit Airlines, Inc. ("Spirit") and Frontier Group Holdings, Inc. ("Frontier"), parent company of Frontier Airlines, Inc., today announced a definitive merger agreement under [...]

Source: American Airlines Carriers execute investment agreement previously announced in September 2021 to deepen commercial partnership and create the broadest and most rewarding network in the Americas. Coming soon, American’s AAdvantage® and GOL’s SMILES loyalty programs will create the largest joint frequent flyer program in the Americas with enhanced benefits for customers.. As part of the agreement, American will make a $200 million equity investment in GOL. Today, American Airlines announced it has signed a definitive investment agreement with GOL, Brazil’s largest airline, deepening the relationship between the two carriers to create the broadest and most rewarding network in the Americas. The combined networks will provide customers with more than 30 destinations in the U.S. served by American and more [...]

Volaris (the "Company"), the ultra-low-cost airline serving Mexico, the United States, Central and South America reports itsJanuary 2022 preliminary traffic results. Considering the consistent recovery in its markets, Volaris will no longer include comparisons to 2019 performance. In January, Volaris' capacity (measured in ASMs) increased 32.2% YoY, while demand (measured in RPMs) was up a strong 45.4% YoY. This drove a 7.4 pp YoY increase in load factor to 81.3%. In the month, Volaris transported 2.3 million passengers, representing a 48.7% increase YoY. While demand remained strong in the month, in response to the Omicron variant, Volaris reduced its ASMs 1.5% as compared to December 2021. Considering January's reported figures and the capacity currently on sale for February and March, consolidated [...]

Source: Atlas Air Atlas Air, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAWW), today announced an agreement to expand its partnership with Flexport, the technology platform for global logistics, to add a third Boeing 747-400 freighter to its existing fleet beginning in September 2022.  This long-term charter agreement reflects the strong customer demand for Atlas’ services and dedicated international widebody airfreight capacity. The agreement between Flexport and Atlas Air will broaden Flexport’s network of dedicated freighters to include service from Asia to Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA) and soon, Chicago (ORD).  The additional freighter will increase Flexport’s dedicated airfreight capacity from Atlas Air by 50% and allow for enhanced schedule flexibility as new origins and destinations are added in [...]

Source: Austrian Modernized and expanded Austrian app now available Useful and helpful features as well as real-time info along the entire travel chain CCO Michael Trestl: "New app features for an even more comfortable and relaxed flight." A fresher design, comprehensive information and easy to use - the new Austrian app, available for Android (from version 5) and iOS (from version 13), offers new and useful features along the entire travel chain. The Austrian app was developed together with customers. In addition to the optimized, sleek design, passengers benefit from many new functions with added value. After downloading or updating the already installed app, customers have a digital travel companion at their side - from booking to check-in and landing. [...]

Source: SWISS SWISS will be steadily expanding its services for summer 2022, and is already preparing for post-pandemic times. Despite the associated financial impact, the company will end its short-time working for all employees this spring. It also plans to recruit new cabin crew members in the triple-digit range in the course of this year, and to take on more interns again. With outlooks positive nationwide, Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will be steadily expanding its range of air services in the course of the 2022 summer schedules. The company has already realigned its aircraft fleet and its workforce to the new market conditions under its ‘reach’ restructuring programme. Now, despite the financial ramifications, it has decided to end its [...]

Source: Lufthansa Lufthansa now offers even more options for CO2-neutral flying: Starting today, the airline is testing a new service that allows passengers to offset the CO2 emissions of their air travel directly on board. Lufthansa passengers can take advantage of the offer on short- and medium-haul flights with Internet connectivity to and from Munich. The Lufthansa Group airline SWISS will also introduce the test offer on selected long-haul aircraft. This is how the new service works The feature is displayed to guests in the onboard entertainment system. There, they can use a slider to choose how they wish to offset the CO2 emissions of their flight: Either via Sustainable Aviation Fuel made from biogenic residues, via high-quality carbon offset [...]

Source: Loganair Coinciding with this important anniversary the company just signed a major expansion of its codeshare agreement with British Airways, offering more choice and connectivity for customers travelling across the UK and for those coming from overseas. Loganair, the UK’s largest regional airline, marked its 60th anniversary – a major milestone for the longest-serving name in the UK airline industry. The Glasgow-based airline, which was formed on 1 February 1962, now flies over 70 routes throughout the UK, Isle of Man, Ireland, Norway and Denmark, and serves more UK airports – a tally of 34 - than every other airline put together.   It marked the anniversary in true birthday style with balloons and cake, commemorative chocolates for customers on every [...]