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Virgin Atlantic increases capacity to its heartland in the USA for summer 2024

Source: Virgin Atlantic The airline will increase flights from London Heathrow to the USA with extra services to both New York JFK and Boston Customers will benefit from its newest aircraft, A330neo and A350-1000 Virgin Atlantic is delighted to announce plans to increase capacity to its heartland in the USA, adding frequencies from London Heathrow to both New York JFK and Boston for summer 2024. These new services complement the airline’s recent announcements of increasing Miami services from 11 flights per week to twice daily year-round and a new seasonal summer service from Manchester to Las Vegas. Next summer, the airline will offer a record number of flights between London and New York, with a seventh daily flight to JFK, [...]

2024-01-02T02:04:47+02:00January 2nd, 2024|AIRLINES, News|

Air France unveils new destinations for summer 2024

Source: Air France New non-stop flights between Paris-Charles de Gaulle and Verona (Italy), Narvik-Lofoten Islands (Norway) and Kalamata (Greece). Resumption of service to Minneapolis (Minnesota, USA). Extension through summer of service to Raleigh-Durham (North Carolina, USA), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) and Tromsø (Norway). Air France is maintaining its course to diversify its network. The airline will be adding 7 destinations to its summer 2024 schedule (April to October 2024), including 3 new cities, from its Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub. Medium-haul Next summer, Air France will add 3 new cities out of its Paris-Charles de Gaulle hub: Verona (Italy): up to 3 flights a week, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, as of April 2, 2024, on Embraer 190 Narvik, gateway to [...]

2024-01-02T01:41:30+02:00January 2nd, 2024|AIRLINES, News|

2023: A Year of Success and Pride through Piedmont Proud Moments

Source: Piedmont Airlines With the new year just days away, Piedmont Airlines has a lot to be proud of what has been accomplished in 2023. Over the past year, whether through a social post, a news story, or while talking to a team member at one of our airports, you may have encountered the phrase “Piedmont Proud,” which, while utilized as a hashtag on social media, holds a deeper significance to our company, leadership team, and overarching mission. At Piedmont we strive to create an environment focused on “Caring, Compliance, Communication and Community,” and we truly believe the accomplishments and events showcased in the video below highlight the efforts that have gone into that. Our more than 10,000 aviation professionals [...]

2023-12-29T19:16:17+02:00December 29th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

Southwest Airlines Reached Settlement With Department of Transportation (DOT)

Source: Southwest Airlines Airline Introduces Industry-Leading Policy to Compensate Customers During Significant Delays and Cancellations Southwest Airlines Co. has announced that it has reached a global settlement with the Department of Transportation (DOT) relating to the DOT's investigation into the December 2022 Winter Storm Elliott disruption. A link to the full Consent Order can be found here, which includes Southwest's position relating to the DOT's investigation. Southwest shares with the DOT the goal of delivering the highest standard of service to the traveling public and is grateful to have reached a consumer-friendly settlement that both credits past compensation that went above and beyond requirements for Customers and incorporates a future commitment for Southwest Customer care with a new industry-leading compensation [...]

2023-12-29T19:30:41+02:00December 29th, 2023|AIRLINES, News, ORGANISATIONS|

Sustainability Forum in Tampere gathers Aviation, Innovation, and Environmental experts

Source: airBaltic At the end of November 2023, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, in cooperation with Business Tampere and the Latvian airlineairBaltic, joined forces to address and discuss the challenges aviation is facing and to explore more sustainable ways of flying. The event, Sustainability Forum: Shaping the Future of Aviation, the first of its kind in the city, took place in Tampere. It drew together diverse professionals and decision-makers from the fields of aviation, innovation, and environment. The forum was expertly moderated by Stephen Wright, a renowned commercial aviation expert and Professor at Tampere University. Marja Aalto, Senior Specialist, Aviation Investments and Global Operations at Business Tampere, emphasized the significance of the event: “The Sustainability Forum in Tampere was an exceptional platform for collaboration and ideation on [...]

2023-12-29T19:04:05+02:00December 29th, 2023|AIRLINES, AROUND THE WORLD, News|

TAP’s Portugal Stopover has already transported more than 83 thousand passengers from Brazil to Europe

Source: TAP Between January and September, Brazil led the way in using the of the Portugal Stopover programme with around 50% of all users TAP Air Portugal's Stopover programme attracted more than 83,000 passengers travelling from Brazil to Europe. The Brazilian market is the main user of this programme, with more than 83,000 passengers choosing, during the first nine months of the year, to stay in Portugal for up to ten days. This partnership between TAP and Turismo de Portugal allows the Company's passengers to discover our Country even better and explore it before travelling to their final destination, but now also on their return home. Stopover passengers also get a 25% discount for a flight within Portugal, to discover [...]

2023-12-28T18:46:38+02:00December 28th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

Air Canada and Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Seal Historic Partnership to Take Flight Together

Source: Air Canada Deal sees Air Canada become Inaugural Premier Partner of PWHL and Official Airline to First 6 Teams Air Canada also granted official jersey branding rights for Montreal's PWHL team Airline launches ad campaign featuring young PWHL hopefuls and Canadian hockey legend Mélodie Daoust Air Canada today announced a historic partnership with the new Professional Women's Hockey League (PWHL) ahead of its inaugural season opener on January 1, 2024. The deal sees Air Canada become an Inaugural Premier Partner of the PWHL and Official Airline for the league's first six teams, reflecting its deep passion for hockey and sharing the best of Canada with the world. "To partner with the PWHL and be part of this historic moment in hockey history [...]

2023-12-28T18:39:54+02:00December 28th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

Canadian North Enhances Flight Operations with DynamicSource’s Electronic Weight and Balance Application 

Source: Canadian North Canadian North, in collaboration with DynamicSource, is revolutionizing flight operations in Canada’s Arctic and beyond. This collaboration has introduced an innovative electronic weight and balance solution, essential for ensuring aircraft safety and efficiency. While it is specially tailored for the unique challenges of remote and northern communities in Canada’s Arctic, its benefits extend across all areas of Canadian North’s operations, enhancing flight precision and reliability in various environments.   The application adheres to strict aviation regulations, enhancing safety with its user-friendly interface. It simplifies crucial pre-flight processes by:  Preventing input errors with fixed value limits  Automating checks against weight and balance constraints  Reducing manual calculation errors  Using consistent color-coding to highlight data changes and key fields  This digital [...]

2023-12-28T19:00:42+02:00December 28th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

Factory design appointed Global Airlines Cabin Design Partner

Source: Global Airlines Global Airlines has added to its pool of expert aviation partners with the appointment of Factorydesign to lead on designing the airlines onboard product. The multi-award-winning agency, who are based in West London, but are active in all corners of the world, have been working with the new airline since the beginning of the year and have been given an aircraft wide brief, with the goal of reimagining the golden age of travel on the A380. Global has also tasked Factory with finding ways of enhancing the long-haul onboard product for passengers by finding improvements and innovations that will help the airline stand out in the market by providing elevated levels of comfort and service across all [...]

2023-12-27T19:18:41+02:00December 27th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|

GOL Secures Guarantee for Engine Financing

Source: GOL GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., and B3: GOLL4), ("GOL" or "Company"), the main Brazil's domestic airline, announces that it has received approval to access a newly developed credit insurance policy structured with the direct support of the Executive Secretariat of the Chamber of Foreign Trade (SE-Camex) and backed by the Export Guarantee Fund (FGE). This credit insurance policy can be used to enable maintenance services provided exclusively in Brazil by the GE-Celma MRO maintenance unit, supporting the local economy of Petrópolis, in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro, and allowing GOL to seek third-party credit lines.

2023-12-27T19:12:42+02:00December 27th, 2023|AIRLINES, News|