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Avelo Airlines Announces New Seating Options – Introducing Stretch and Stretch+

Source: Avelo Airlines New options include blocked middle seat for extra comfort Avelo now offers three types of seating: Standard, Stretch and Stretch+ Avelo Airlines announced the launch of Stretch and Stretch+, two new seating upgrade options to provide Customers with more personal space and a more comfortable travel experience. Customers who purchase Stretch+will be seated in a row where the middle seat is left intentionally unoccupied. Avelo also offers Standard seating and Stretch seating, offering extra legroom. The Stretch and Stretch+ options will be available for an additional fee on all Avelo flights beginning September 3, 2025. Customers can purchase these upgrade options now at AveloAir.com for travel on or after that date. Avelo Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Brian [...]

2025-05-20T08:11:08+03:00May 20th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Gulfstream Completed Newest St. Louis Expansion

Source: Gulfstream Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announced the finalization of its expanded aircraft completions operations at St. Louis Downtown Airport during a ceremony to inaugurate the new space. Originally announced in 2023, this facility expansion provides the necessary resources to support full aircraft interior outfitting at Gulfstream’s St. Louis facility. “This St. Louis facility expansion is a continuation of our company-wide growth strategy to support the production of Gulfstream’s industry-leading fleet,” said Mark Burns, president, Gulfstream. “It positions our team to further support completions of our next-generation aircraft for customers all over the world as demand for these aircraft continues to grow.” This expansion represents an investment of more than $30 million and adds to Gulfstream’s St. Louis maintenance, repair and [...]

2025-05-20T07:50:30+03:00May 20th, 2025|MANUFACTURERS, News|

ACI-LAC Webinar “The Path Towards Airport Circularity: Locals Experiences and Innovative Models”

Source: ACI-LAC ACI-LAC invites its members to the webinar on "The Path Towards Airport Circularity: Local Experiences and Innovative Models". With aviation operations expected to grow in the coming years, the issue of resource utilization in the Latin America and Caribbean region is crucial for airport operators – especially in light of new and more stringent environmental regulations. The deployment of circularity initiatives is not only about recycling or reducing waste. It requires a mindset shift on how we build business models. For airports, it may even open the door to new non-aeronautical revenue streams and long-term business resilience. This webinar welcomes two influential voices in the region – Ivan Vidal, Chief Sustainability at Aeropuerto Ecológico Galapagos, and Alejandro Sanabria, [...]

2025-05-20T07:43:28+03:00May 20th, 2025|News, ORGANISATIONS|

Supply Chain Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean Take Center Stage at ALTA CCMA & MRO Conference 2025

Source: ALTA More than 600 global leaders are meeting in Cancun May 18-20 to find solutions for aircraft maintenance and supply chain issues. In 2024, operating costs for airlines based in Latin America and the Caribbean exceeded billion. Maintenance accounted for 5.9%of that total, reflecting one of the main challenges that will be addressed by 600 industry executives during the ALTA CCMA & MRO Conference 2025, taking place May 18–20 in Cancun, Mexico. The conference will focus on practical and sustainable solutions to the challenges of aircraft maintenance — a sector impacted by increased fleet utilization, rising maintenance costs, higher prices for parts and services, limited availability of new aircraft, and a shortage of qualified labor. “Currently, average lead times [...]

2025-05-19T08:39:14+03:00May 19th, 2025|News, ORGANISATIONS|

Ciao, Napoli! Air Canada Inaugurates Flights to the Gateway of the Amalfi Coast

Source: Air Canada First Air Canada service into Naples, Italy Non-stop Montréal-Naples flights operate four days a week Complements airline's non-stop flights to Rome, Milan, Venice Air Canada's newest international flight from Montréal touched down this morning in Naples, Italy, the gateway to the Amalfi coast. This flight marks the first Air Canada service to Naples and is the airline's fourth non-stop connection between Canada and Italy. "We are thrilled to inaugurate new, non-stop service between Canada and Naples, a scenic new destination in Air Canada's global network and our fourth in the Italian market. With the beauty of the Amalfi Coast or the ruins of Pompeii not far away, this new service from our growing Transatlantic hub in Montréal [...]

2025-05-19T08:50:08+03:00May 19th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Five flights a minute: American is ready for the summer 2025 travel season 

Source: American Airlines Airline testing new technology to help customers make connecting flights Record summer schedule across hub airports means more flight options and more connections enabled With a continued focus on making travel more seamless and enjoyable for its customers, American Airlines and its more than 130,000 team members look forward to a safe, reliable and successful summer travel season. Between May 16 and Sept. 2, American will operate more than 715,000 flights. “American is once again ready for the summer travel season thanks to the more than 130,000 American team members who make our airline safely move every day,” said David Seymour, American’s Chief Operating Officer. “We’re set to operate the largest schedules ever at many of our [...]

2025-05-19T08:55:31+03:00May 19th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Airbus Opens New Helicopter Distribution Centre and Strengthens Ontario Presence

Source: Airbus Airbus Helicopters in Canada today marked a significant milestone with the inauguration of its new integrated distribution centre in the Niagara region. The 21,000 sq. ft. facility will serve to bolster industrial operations while significantly expanding spare parts storage capacity. This strategic establishment further solidifies Airbus Helicopters’ long-standing commitment to Ontario and the broader Canadian aerospace landscape. The new centre will contribute to sustaining over 300 skilled jobs in the region, reaffirming the company’s leadership position within Canada’s dynamic aerospace sector. Moreover, Airbus is actively strengthening its collaborative network with numerous Canadian suppliers and distributors, leveraging the existing strong synergy within the local aerospace ecosystem. “The expansion of our footprint in Ontario underscores the strategic importance of Canada [...]

2025-05-19T09:16:03+03:00May 19th, 2025|MANUFACTURERS, News|

British Airways doubles on-time performance as world-leading technology boosts flight punctuality

Source: British Airways Cutting-edge technology introduced as part of British Airways’ £7bn transformation investment programme has seen the airline boost its operational performance to record levels. The airline’s Chairman and CEO, Sean Doyle, told the Future Travel Experience World Innovation Summit in Pittsburgh that AI, forecasting, optimisation and machine learning have transformed the airline’s operational performance and become an integral part of getting customers to where they need to be with minimal delay to their travel plans. Every part of British Airways now uses this latest technology, which has significantly increased the number of flights departing on time or ahead of their scheduled take-off times. The airline has invested £100m in improving operational resilience and the first quarter of 2025 [...]

2025-05-19T09:18:41+03:00May 19th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Aena Group airports recorded 32.3 million passengers in April

Source: Aena 6.2% more than in the same month of 2024 During the first four months of the year, the number of passengers exceeded 110.6 million, 5.3% up on the same period in 2024 The airports handled 274,866 aircraft movements in April  119,766 tonnes of freight were transported Aena's airports in Spain handled 27.2 million passengers in April. Unlike the previous year, Easter Week was celebrated in the month of April in 2025 The airports of the Aena Group (comprising the 46 airports and two heliports in Spain, London Luton Airport and 17 airports in Brazil) closed the fourth month of 2025 with 32,342,698 passengers, 6.2% more than in the same month of 2024; they handled 274,866 aircraft movements, 0.9% [...]

2025-05-16T11:26:37+03:00May 16th, 2025|AIRPORTS, News|

‘Main Cabin Energy’ unlocked: American Airlines offers ultra-low awards for AAdvantage mileage redemption

Source: American Airlines American Airlines is making it easier than ever to travel by offering more than one million Main Cabin seats on domestic flights (excluding Alaska and Hawaii) redeemable at just 5,000 AAdvantage® miles one way. As an added bonus, Main Cabin seats on trans-Atlantic flights will be redeemable starting as low as 15,000 AAdvantage® miles one way. Whether it’s a bucket list destination, long overdue family reunion, college football game or just about anything else, these award tickets let customers book any day of the week for travel throughout August and September. The promotion starts today and runs through May 28, 2025. No blackout dates, no problems Seats are exclusively available to members of American’s AAdvantage® program to [...]

2025-05-16T11:13:38+03:00May 16th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|