Source: Alaska Airlines Industry veteran Neil Thwaites will lead long-term strategic growth for the Golden State Alaska Airlines named Neil Thwaites as the new regional vice president of California. In this role, Thwaites will develop and deliver upon Alaska's strategic objectives for California, a market critical to Alaska's long-term growth plan. An innovative, results-driven leader with diverse and international experience, Thwaites joins Alaska from TripArc, where he was vice president of air procurement in charge of airline supplier strategy and negotiations. Before that, he was at British Airways (a fellow oneworld member) for a decade, where he held various positions in London, New York, and Los Angeles, most recently as the vice president of sales for the western U.S., where he was responsible for the commercial strategy, market development and revenue-generating activities. Neil [...]

Source: Southwest Airlines Executive Vice President Corporate Services Robert Jordan will become CEO effective Feb. 1, 2022. Jordan also will join the Board at that time. Southwest Airlines Co. announced that Chairman and CEO Gary Kelly will transition roles in early 2022, becoming the carrier's Executive Chairman with the desire to serve in that role through at least 2026 at the discretion of the Board of Directors. Executive Vice President Corporate Services Robert Jordan will become Kelly's successor as CEO effective Feb. 1, 2022. Jordan also will join the Board at that time. "On behalf of the Southwest Airlines Board of Directors, I am delighted to announce Bob Jordan as CEO,"Kelly said. "Bob and I have worked side by side for more than 30 years. [...]

Source: Delta Air Lines With commitments laid out in the August 2020 memo from Delta Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian to advance racial justice and diversity within our business, Delta will continue sharing updates and progress on our goal to become an equitable, anti-racist organization. The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “The time is always right to do right.” As the world honors his legacy, Delta is shining a light on ways it is creating a more inclusive workplace to spur employees and leaders to focus on equitable outcomes in everything they do. Delta is making progress on its commitment laid out in our August 2020 memo from Delta Chief Executive Officer Ed Bastian, to advance racial justice and [...]

Source: Avelo Airlines Very low fares from Southern Connecticut to Florida’s Gulf Coast  Avelo Airlines begins new nonstop service to its sixth Florida destination, the white-sand coastal oasis of Sarasota-Bradenton. The inaugural flight departed HVN at 2:25 p.m., arriving SRQ at 5:35 p.m. Very low one-way fares between Sarasota Bradenton International Airport (SRQ) and Southern Connecticut’s Tweed-New Haven Airport (HVN) starting at $49* are available at AveloAir.com. “Sarasota’s turquoise water and white-sand beaches are now easier to get to than ever,” said Avelo Chairman and CEO Andrew Levy. “With our very low fares and HVN’s unmatched convenience, we hope our Connecticut Customers will be inspired to visit our sixth Florida destination. We’re excited to take flight today for the beautiful [...]

Source: Aeroflot The Russian largest carrier flies to 7 destinations in four countries in the Americas As of early December 2021, it resumed service to Rio de Janeiro and Buenos Aires Aeroflot has introduced a new concept of its multimedia inflight entertainment (IFE) programme with an increased variety of choices and frequency of content catalogue update. From January 2022, at least 60 Russian and international film premieres and 40 new movie releases with an IMDb rating of 6 and up will be added to the IFE monthly.  About half of most recent film releases will be supplied by the Hollywood studios and biggest rights holders.  This serves as a guarantee of high quality, premium level and relevance of content. Aeroflot [...]

Source: Caribbean Airlines Caribbean Airlines Boeing 737-8 aircraft took to the skies for the first time today, January 14. The airline’s Boeing 9Y-CAL maiden jet service departed the Piarco International Airport, Trinidad destined to the Norman Manley International, Kingston, Jamaica. Earlier today Caribbean Airlines hosted a brief ceremony  at the Piarco International Airport to launch the new aircraft, which offers passengers exceptional levels of convenience and comfort.  The re-fleeting coincides with the airline’s 15th anniversary. Some lucky customers on the inaugural service won an extra 15,000 miles and all customers received bags of goodies and other memorabilia! Caribbean Airlines’ CEO, Garvin Medera, in commenting said: “The introduction of this new aircraft into service, represents Caribbean Airlines’ initiative to ‘REset Expectations’ for 2022.  The [...]

Source: Norse The United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) approved Norse Atlantic Airways' application for the operation of flights between Norway/The European Union and the United States.   "We are thrilled by the Department of Transportation's approval of our affordable transatlantic flights. This significant milestone brings Norse one step closer to launching affordable and more environmentally friendly service to customers traveling between Europe and the United States. We appreciate the USDOT's constructive and prompt approach, and we look forward to working with them in the months ahead," said Norse CEO and Founder Bjørn Tore Larsen. Norse Atlantic will deliver many jobs to American workers, including hundreds of U.S.-based flight attendants, and will partner with local communities, tourism organizations, businesses, and labor to stimulate economic [...]

Source: Copa Holdings Copa Holdings, S.A., today released preliminary passenger traffic statistics for December 2021: Operating Data December 2021 December 2019 % Change Copa Holdings  (Consolidated)   ASM (mm) (1) 1,873.1 2,124.5 -11.8%   RPM (mm) (2) 1,569.6 1,814.0 -13.5%   Load Factor (3) 83.8% 85.4% -1.6p.p. 1.  Available seat miles - represents the aircraft seating capacity multiplied by the number of miles the seats are flown. 2.  Revenue passenger miles - represents the numbers of miles flown by revenue passengers 3.  Load factor - represents the percentage of aircraft seating capacity that is actually utilized Given the irregular nature of the Company's operations starting in March 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, we will compare this and future traffic [...]

Source: Qantas Qantas and Jetstar are adjusting flying levels to better match travel demand in light of the sudden growth in COVID-19 cases. The Qantas Group now expects domestic capacity for the third quarter of FY22 to be at around 70 per cent of pre-COVID levels, down from the 102 per cent that had been planned. The schedule changes are focused on reducing frequency of services and size of aircraft to minimise inconvenience for passengers as much as possible. The Group’s total international capacity for the same period will fall from 30 per cent to around 20 per cent of pre-COVID levels. This reduction is driven by increased travel restrictions in countries like Japan, Thailand and Indonesia and is mostly [...]

Source: Austrian Airlines Fully booked flights to warm weather destinations Strong demand for additional offers on long-haul routes Vienna Airport as important transfer hub for family visits The most popular long-haul flights from Vienna during the holiday season were the routes to Cancun and Washington Despite the ongoing pandemic, Austrian Airlines’ flight offer was in high demand over the recent holiday season period. The warm weather destinations in the red-white-red airline's destination portfolio were particularly popular. The long-haul connections to Cancún, Mauritius and Malé, which had already been topped up with additional flights, were almost fully booked with an average occupancy of around 85%. In total, Austrian Airlines flew over 360,000 passengers during the holiday season from 17 December to [...]