From Reuters:
Air France is cutting its Joon subsidiaryโs service between Paris and Tehran to the summer season only, blaming a poor economic performance over two years in operation.
โAir France has decided to adapt its program to better match demand,โ a spokeswoman said by email, adding that the decision would take effect from October 28.
Joon operates the Airbus A340-300 on this route.
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Embraer and American Airlines Inc. signed a firm order for 15 E175 jets with a 76-seat configuration. The contract has a value of $705 million, based on current list prices, and will be included in Embraer’s 2018 second-quarter backlog. Deliveries will take place in 2019 between March and November.
Combined with the airline’s three previous orders for the E175, this new contract results in a total of 89 E175s for American Airlines. The most recent order took place in October 2017 for ten aircraft.
American Airlines selected Envoy, a wholly owned subsidiary of American Airlines Group,ย to operate the 15 aircraft, which will be configured with a total of 76 seats, being 12 in First Class and 64 in Main Cabin, including Main Cabin Extra seats.
Including this new contract, Embraer has sold more than 400 E175s to airlines in North America since January 2013, earning more than 80% of all orders in this 76-seat jet segment.
Since entering revenue service, the E-Jets family has received more than 1,800 orders and over 1,400 aircraft have been delivered. Today, E-Jets are flying in the fleet of 70 customers in 50 countries. The versatile 70 to 150-seat family is flying with low-cost airlines as well as with regional and mainline carriers.
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American Eagle-Envoy aircraft slide show:
JetBlue Airways today announced the start of service at MinneapolisโSaint Paul International Airport (MSP), with the airlineโs inaugural flight from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) touching down just before 9 a.m. local time. The new flights in the Twin Cities mark the first-ever scheduled JetBlue service in Minnesota and bring a new option for travelers with the airline operating the route three times daily.
All Minneapolis/St. Paul flights will be operated on JetBlueโs Airbus A320 aircraft.
Copyright Photo:ย JetBlue Airways Airbus A320-232 N589JB (msn 2215) (Barcode) LGB (Michael B. Ing). Image: 924211.
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United Airlines and OTG announced today the completion of a new expansive food hall at United’s Terminal C at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR). The new “Global Bazaar” features a wide variety of vibrant offerings sourced from New York’sdiverse and globally-inspired food culture, in addition to its market offering of news, gift and locally sourced retail.
Besides the international selection of food, the design of the Bazaar will pique the interest of travelers. With thirty percent of all travelers passing through Terminal C during breakfast hours, OTG worked to develop a creative solution to physically differentiate breakfast concepts from those featured for lunch and dinner hours. The space transforms as the day progresses, changing both food offerings and the space’s structure to meet the time-specific needs of hungry travelers. After the breakfast rush departs, the Bazaar’s space automatically adapts to accommodate the lunch and dinner crowd.
In order to pull off such an ambitious project, OTG sought the imagination of architect and Tony Award-winning scenic designer David Rockwell. Rockwell Group drew upon both its hospitality and theater experience to create individual spaces that morph and change within a limited footprint, providing travelers the widest array of culinary offerings throughout the course of the day.
“Developing the best possible experience for Terminal C’s travelers required a lot of imagination from our design, culinary and tech teams,” said OTG’s CEO Rick Blatstein. “This space is truly the first of its kind โ the Bazaar changes as we move through the day. The space’s unique and immersive design, intuitive technology and, of course, great food is something we are incredibly proud to offer to United customers.”
“We’re thrilled that our customers will now be able to enjoy new culinary experiences from notable New York area chefs within the Global Bazaar,” said Jill Kaplan, President, New York/New Jersey for United Airlines. “As we continue to work closely with OTG to create a world-class airport experience for our customers in the Tri-State area, we are excited by the new concepts and investments that have gone into the continual improvements at Terminal C.”
Chef-Driven Dining with Unique Local Flavor
Dynamic concepts that change throughout the day include:
Always available concepts include:
Leading-Edge Technology
Guests stay in control of their experience via OTG’s proprietary Self-Checkout systems seamlessly blended into the Global Bazaar footprint.
Additionally, United and OTG have collaborated to enhance benefits for MileagePlusยฎ program members, enabling the use of reward miles as a form of payment for food, drink or retail.
Southwest Airlines today shared more details in the carrier’s service plans for Hawaii by announcing initial gateway cities in California that would offer nonstop service pending required regulatory approvals.ย Oakland Metropolitan Airport (OAK), San Diego International Airport (SAN), Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC), and SacramentoInternational Airport (SMF) would gain Hawaii service in the carrier’s flight schedules following FAA authorization for Hawaii service.
Last week, Southwest announced its initial plan to serve four airports in the Hawaiian Islands: Daniel K. Inouye International Airport in Honolulu (HNL), Kahului Airport on Maui (OGG), Lihue Airport on Kauai(LIH), and Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keahole (KOA) on the leeward side of The Island of Hawaii.
In the latest of a two-year series of community meetings across the Islands to gain insight ahead of potential service, Southwest President Tom Nealon this morning shared details of today’s announcement with tourism, civic, and government leaders and further shared the carrier’s intention to eventually offer some interisland flights as operations ramp up initially across four airports in Hawaii.
Copyright Photo:ย Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-8 MAX 8 N8716B (msn 42544) LAS (Ken Petersen). Image: 941280.
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Bombardier Commercial Aircraft announced on May 3, 2018 that it has signed a firm order for 15 new CRJ900 regional jets with American Airlines, Inc.
The purchase agreement also includes options on an additional 15 CRJ900 aircraft. Based on the list price of the CRJ900 aircraft, the firm order is valued at approximately US$ 719 million.
Upon delivery, American will be benefiting from the latest enhancement to the CRJ Series regional jets โ the Atmosphรจre cabin, which offers an enhanced passenger experience and can accommodate the largest number of โoversizedโ roller bags of any aircraft in the same category.
American has selected PSA Airlines to operate the 15 CRJ900 in dual-class configuration with 76 seats, including 12 first class seats.
The airline intends to take delivery of their first aircraft with the new interior in the second quarter of 2019.
About the Atmosphรจre Cabin
The new Atmosphรจre cabin sets new standards of passenger experience in the regional jet market segment. Key features of the new interior are comprised of larger passenger living space, wheel-first roller bag capability, more spacious lavatory, increased cabin connectivity options, all integrated in a contemporary design and material choices. In fact, the Atmosphรจre cabin design allows each passenger to carry and store an โoversizedโ roller bag within the aircraft cabin bins which minimizes the need to check bags at the counter or the gate.
Copyright Photo:ย American Eagle (2nd)-PSA Airlines (2nd) Bombardier CRJ900 (CL-600-2D24) N549NN (msn 15322) CLT (Jay Selman). Image: 403729.
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Delta gave this sneak peek of the new uniforms coming on May 29 on social media:
On May 29, service and dedication are getting a makeover. Here’s a small preview of our new look coming soon, so you can spot us in the airport. Donโt worry, the red coats are still red.
Boeing made this announcement about today’s event:
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Emirates has made this announcement:
Emirates Skywards has made it even easier to redeem reward flights and earn travel and lifestyle rewards by giving members more flexibility in managing their Skywards Miles. Members of Emiratesโ award-winning loyalty programme can now buy, gift or transfer Miles to their loved ones at a more attractive rate.
The cost of buying or gifting Miles has been adjusted to $30 per 1,000 Miles, while transferring Miles costs $15 per 1,000 Miles giving members the opportunity to earn rewards faster. ย Transaction limits have also been increased enabling members to buy or gift up to 100,000 Skywards Miles per year and transfer up to 50,000 Miles a year.
In addition, the programme now enables members to reinstate expired Miles. Members who have miles that have expired in the last six months can reinstate them at a nominal charge of USD 20 per 1,000 Miles.
“We constantly look at all avenues to enhance the Emirates Skywards programme and deliver greater value to our global membership base,โ said Dr Nejib Ben Kheder, Senior Vice President, Emirates Skywards. โOur members know how to maximise the value that Skywards offers and can now enjoy greater flexibility when they buy, gift, transfer or reinstate their Skywards Miles. With our programme continually evolving, the coming months will see the addition of even more features enabling our members greater opportunity than ever to earn Miles and access rewards across our wide range of flights, travel and lifestyle related products.โ
Emirates Skywards partnered with Points, the global leader in powering loyalty commerce, to enhance the functionality to buy, gift, transfer and reinstate Skywards Miles giving members more flexibility in managing their Miles. The transactions can all be made at emirates.com once the member is logged in.
Emirates Skywards membership is free. Besides flight rewards and upgrades, members can earn and redeem Skywards Miles through over 100 programme partners including airlines, hotels and retail & lifestyle outlets. Members also enjoy money-canโt-buy-experiences at popular events worldwide and access to 41 Emirates lounges in major cities worldwide. Other benefits include lounge access, priority check-in and boarding and special privileges for Wi-Fi and advanced seat selection on board.
Photo: Emirates.
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