Wizz Air previously announced that it will launch new routes from its London Gatwick Airport base to 14 destinations including, Faro, Palma, Larnaca, Catania, Podgorica, Tel Aviv, Chania, Mykonos and Funchal.
Now the airline has also announced new routes from LGW to Bourgas, Palermo, Varna and Venice.
There will also be new routes from Milan, Rome, Vienna, Bari and Naples to Gatwick Airport, with those flights operated by Wizz Air Hungary.
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Emirates will resume passenger operations between Dubai and five African countries starting from January 29, 2022, offering customers more choice, superior value and enhanced connectivity to and through Dubai.
The significant restoration of services will include Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; Dar El Salaam, Tanzania; Nairobi, Kenya; Harare, Zimbabwe; Emiratesโ three South African gateways Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban.
Customers flying in and out of Emiratesโ African gateways can safely connect to Dubai and to an array of onwards connections to Europe, Middle East, the Americas, West Asia and Australasia.
oย ย Emirates flight EK 761 departs Dubai at 0440hrs, arriving in Johannesburg at 1055hrs. EK 762 departs Johannesburg at 1325hrs, arriving in Dubai at 2345hrs. The second daily flight, EK 763, departs Dubai at 1005hrs, arriving in Johannesburg at 1630hrs. The return flight, EK 764, leaves Johannesburg at 1850hrs, arriving in Dubai at 0505hrs the next day.
oย ย EK 772 from Dubai to Cape Town departs at 0355hrs, arriving in Cape Town at 1145hrs. EKย 771ย leaves Cape Town at 1825hrs, arriving in Dubai at 0555hrs the next day. EK 775 departs Dubai at 1035hrs, arriving in Durban at 1705hrs, and EK 776 takes off from Durban at 1900hrs, arriving in Dubai at 0515hrs the next day.
All passengers traveling from Emiratesโ African network with Dubai as their final destination require a 48 hour PCR test. Passengers must present a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test certificate with a QR code for a test conducted at an approved facility, and validity must be calculated from the time the sample was collected. Upon arrival in Dubai, passengers will undergo an additional Covid-19 PCR test and remain in self quarantine until the results of the test are received.
Hawaiian Airlinesโ CEO, Peter Ingram, made this announcement while discussing the company’s fourth quarter financial results:
โOurย two 787s that were scheduled to be delivered in 2022 are delayed and we now expect to receive them no earlier than the first half of 2023. The capacity from these aircraft has been removed from our full year capacity expectation.โ
Boeing has been forced to delay some 787 deliveries due to some manufacturing issues.
Boom Supersonic has made this announcement:
Breaking ground later this year, the Overture Superfactory at the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro, North Carolina will draw on the strong regional aviation workforce and close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean to assemble, build, and flight test Overture aircraft.
The 65-acre location will house the final assembly line, testing facility, and customer delivery center.
The first Overture aircraft to roll off the Superfactory is planned for 2025. Subsonic test flights at the Piedmont Triad International Airport to follow in 2026.
The Overture Superfactory will employ more than 2,400 workers, bringing an estimated $32.3 billion in economic impact to North Carolina over the next 20 years.
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Austrian Airlines made this announcement:
Austrian Airlinesโ summer flight schedule counts with 110 destinations and 1,300 weekly flights
โข Five non-stop weekly flights to Los Angeles from mid-May
โข Significant expansion of European route network: Valencia and Kavala as new destinations on the Mediterranean coast
โข Capacity increase by 12 aircraft
โข Austrian Airlines Chief Commercial Officer Michael Trestl: “We are continuously increasing our offer to pre-crisis levels.”
Austrian Airlinesโ summer flight schedule 2022 is “ready for take-off”. With 110 destinations and a weekly frequency of 1,300 flights in the summer peak, the Austrian flag carrier is continuously increasing its offer to pre-crisis levels.
Next to new European destinations such as the Spanish and Greek port cities of Valencia and Kavala, another long-haul destination will be added to the program.
From May 20, 2022, Austrian Airlines will fly five times a week to Los Angeles on the US West Coast.
33 weekly flights to the USA
With Chicago, Washington and two airports in New York on the schedule, the red-white-red flag carrier already operates a good route network in the eastern USA. All four airports will be served daily again from spring 2022. With Los Angeles, the West Coast will now also be connected with non-stop flights from Vienna. In total, the flag carrier will offer up to 33 weekly flights to the US in the summer flight schedule. The flight time from Vienna to Los Angeles, about 9,900 kilometers away, is 12 hours and 30 minutes.
The flights in detail:
Routeย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Flight noย ย ย ย ย Flight daysย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Departure โ Arrival (local times)
Vienna โ Los Angelesย ย OS 081ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Daily except Wednesday & Sundayย ย ย ย 9:55 a.m. โ 1:25 p.m.
Los Angeles โ Viennaย ย OS 082ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Daily except Wednesday & Sundayย ย ย 3:15 p.m. โ 11:50 a.m. (next day)
This summer, Austrian Airlines will fly up to 78 times a week to 19 holiday destinations in Greece. In addition to 17 rotations per week to Athens and eleven weekly connections to Heraklion, destinations such as Rhodes with six, Mykonos with three and Zakynthos with five weekly flights will be served. The schedule also includes rotations to Samos and Volos, and from June 14, 2022 Kavala on the Aegean coast will be offered as a new destination, with flights every Tuesday.
Austrian Airlinesโ summer flight schedule also offers a comprehensive range of flights for holidays in Spain: Up to three flights a day to Palma de Mallorca, two flights a day to Barcelona, up to five flights a week to Ibiza with optimized connections at weekends, four flights a week to Malรกga, two flights a week to Gran Canaria and Tenerife and one flight a week to Menorca. From June 4, 2022, Valencia on Spain’s Mediterranean coast will be added to the Austrian route network and will be operated on Tuesdays and Saturdays (bookable from February 1, 2022).
This year, 11 Italian destinations are on the summer flight schedule. These include Catania, Olbia, Cagliari, Lamezia/Therme and city classics such as Rome, Milan and Bologna. Florence will be operated up to two times a day this summer. In total, Austrian Airlines flies to the Italian highlights up to 115 times a week during the summer peak.
Many other destinations will be offered with increased frequency in the summer of 2022. For example, Sofia will be operated up to 24 times a week, Tirana up to 17 times a week and Nice up to 14 times a week. Iceland will be operated up to four times a week from June 4, 2022.
American Airlines is being forced to cancel approximately 1,600 flights from its DFW hub in March.
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United Aviate Academyโs first class of students is 80% women or people of color, outpacing the airlineโs goal to train about 5,000 new pilots at the school by 2030 with at least half being women or people of color
Unprecedented training commitment will dramatically expand access to lucrative and rewarding careers while upholding Unitedโs world-class safety and training standards
United CEO Scott Kirby, United President Brett Hart, and other officials on hand at Phoenix Goodyear Airport to officially open new school and welcome students
United, the only major U.S. airline to own a flight training school, officially opened United Aviate Academyย today and welcomed a historic inaugural class of future pilots, 80% of whom are women or people of color. United Aviate Academy is a key part of the airlineโs goal to train about 5,000 new pilots at the school by 2030, with at least half women or people of color. This unprecedented training commitment will dramatically expand access to this lucrative and rewarding career while upholding Unitedโs world-class safety standards.
Last summer, United unveiled its ambitiousย United Nextย strategy to revolutionize the United flying experience and introduce more than 500 new, narrow-body aircraft into its fleet to match the anticipated resurgence in air travel. United plans to hire at least 10,000 new pilots by 2030 to meet this need with about 5,000 of those coming from United Aviate Academy.
United Chief Executive Officer Scott Kirby and United President Brett Hart were joined today by Federal Aviation Administration Deputy Administrator Brad Mims and other government officials at the Phoenix Goodyear Airport to welcome the new students. The group also outlined Unitedโs plan to help break down some of the barriers to entry through targeted recruiting, strategic partnerships and scholarship and financial aid solutions.
โOur pilots are the best in the industry and have set a high standard of excellence,โ said Kirby. โRecruiting and training even more people who have that same level of talent, motivation and skill is the right thing to do and will make us an even better airline. I couldnโt be prouder of this first group of students and look forward to meeting the thousands of talented individuals who will pass through these doors in the years to come.โ
Unfortunately, for many people becoming a pilot seems not only out of reach financially, but completely unimaginable. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, only 5.6% of pilots are women and 6% are people of color. Earning a commercial pilot’s license in the U.S. can cost about $100,000 and becoming an Airline Transport Pilot requires 1,500 hours of flight time, which requires a significant commitment.
United and JPMorgan Chase & Co. have renewed last yearโs commitment to fund nearly $2.4 million in scholarships for future aviators attending United Aviate Academy. The airline also directly works with the following organizations to educate prospects about the benefits of becoming a pilot and to find candidates for scholarship opportunities:
United currently has about 12,000 pilots, and Captains of Unitedโs Boeing 787s and 777s can earn more than $350,000 per year. In addition, United pilots receive one of the highest 401(k) matches in the nation โ 16% of base pay.
United Aviate Academy expects to train at least 500 students annually as one part of United recruiting as the carrier works toward hiring at least 10,000 pilots by 2030. Aviation consulting firm Oliver Wymanย estimatesย a worldwide pilot shortage of 34,000 aviators by 2025.
United Aviate Academyโs first class is undergoing a year-long training program that sets them up for a career that reflects Unitedโs high standard of professionalism and deep commitment to delivering a safe, caring, dependable and efficient travel experience. After completing their training at the academy, students can build flight and leadership experience while working within theย Aviateย pilot development ecosystem at partner universities, professional flight training organizations and United Express carriers on their way to becoming United pilots.
โAs a United pilot for more than 32 years, it’s exciting to see these new students earning their wings and beginning their aviation careers, and Iโm looking forward to them joining me on the flight deck one day,โ said United Chief Pilot Mary Ann Schaffer. โWe need more pilots and a more diverse pool of young aviators, and United Aviate Academy will help us achieve both goals.โ
United worked closely with multiple organizations, cities, and elected officials to help make the academy a reality for aspiring pilots who otherwise may not have pursued a career in aviation. The airline extends its gratitude to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey and his office; the Arizona Commerce Authority; the City of Phoenix and Mayor Kate Gallego; and the City of Goodyear and Mayor Joe Pizzillo and the late Mayor Georgia Lord.
United Aviate Academy
The 340,000 square-foot United Aviate Academy facility at Phoenix Goodyear Airport includes world-class features such as:
Photos from the Team USA sendoff for the 2022 Olympics at LAX in Los Angeles, Ca., on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. (RANK STUDIOS)
Photos: Delta Air Lines. At the Delta-hosted LAX send-off event athletes walked a red carpet and boarded their aircraft in a private hangar.
Elated Team USA athletes took off Thursday morning aboard a Delta charter flight from Los Angeles to connect them with their dreams of representing the United States at the Olympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.
Above Copyright Photo (all others by Delta): Delta Air Lines Airbus A330-941 N411DX (msn 1991) (Team USA) LAX (Michael B. Ing). Image: 956601.
This marks the latest leg of Deltaโs eight-year journey as Team USAโs official airline that runs through the LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games, of which Delta is a founding partner. Delta will also carry the 2022 U.S. Paralympic Team to Beijing in February ahead of the Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022, set to begin March 4.
Team USA athletes typically travel based on their individual schedules and do not travel as a team to the Games, Delta is taking full advantage of this unique opportunity to deliver a once-in-a-lifetime experience. The Beijing-bound A350-900 flights are operating as a charter to meet Chinese government entry requirements.
โThese athletes will be competing and representing the United States without family, friends or fans in the stands. So, weโre determined to make this first Team USA-only charter an unforgettable experience โ one where athletes feel as special during their journey as we feel proud watching them compete,โ said Tim Mapes, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer.
โEach team member reflects the resilience and perseverance weโve all had to dig deep to find over the past two years, and that have long been the hallmark of Delta people worldwide. These shared values are why weโre especially proud to celebrate Team USA athletes on their journey to the worldโs biggest sporting stage. For all of us at Delta, itโs a privilege to connect these athletes with their dreams,โ Mapes added.
At the Delta-hosted LAX send-off event, more than 200 athletes, coaches and trainers walked a red carpet and boarded their aircraft in a private hangar. The global carrier also created a Team USA-themed, customized in-flight experience for the athletes to enjoy en route to Beijing, including:
From enhanced cabin humidity that reduces the effects of jetlag to LED ambient lighting that creates a calming atmosphere, Delta’s A350-900 is packed with features to make sure Team USA arrives ready to compete.
Athletes too excited to rest can stay connected with loved ones on the ground withย free messaging, or surf a catalog ofย box-office hits, wellness content and award-winning showsย on high-definition seat-back entertainment screens. When not forging new friendships with other team members on their once-in-a-lifetime charter, athletes can chill online using high-speed Wi-Fi.
The A350-900 features 32ย award-winningย Delta One Suites, 48 Delta Premium Select seats, 36 Comfort+ seats and 190 seats in main cabin.
Delta is the official airline of Team USA on the road to Beijing 2022, Paris 2024, Milano Cortina 2026 and LA28. The partnership with Team USA furthers the global airlineโs longstanding support for sports โ and its proud history supporting Team USA at the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Delta served as a past sponsor of the Olympic and Paralympic Games in its hometown of Atlanta in 1996 and Salt Lake City in 2002.
Delta Air Lines aircraft slide show (Airbus):
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Atlas Air, Inc., a subsidiary of Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AAWW), today announcedย 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.ย This long-term charter agreement reflects the strongย customer demand for Atlasโ services and dedicated international widebody airfreight capacity.
The agreement between Flexport and Atlas Air will broaden Flexportโs network of dedicated freighters to include service from Asia to Los Angeles (LAX), Miami (MIA) and soon, Chicago (ORD). ย The additional freighter will increase Flexportโs dedicated airfreight capacity from Atlas Air by 50% and allow for enhanced schedule flexibility as new origins and destinations are added in 2022 and beyond.ย The move eastward across the United States will improve airfreight accessibility for global shippers and enable them to design airfreight networks that best serve their interests as part of strong, resilient multi-modal supply chain strategies.
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China Airlines and Boeing today announced the Taiwanย flag carrier has ordered four 777 Freighters, adding to its extensive fleet of Boeing airplanes. Valued atย $1.4 billionย at list prices, the order will enable the airline to capture new market opportunities as global air cargo demand continues to grow.
In 2021, China Airlines’ air cargo revenue was up 186% above the pre-pandemic year of 2019, which nearly balanced out a 96% drop in passenger revenue. Last year China Airlines Cargo recorded the best year in its history โ overย TWD 100 billionย (USDย $3.6 billion) in revenue โ by leveraging its existing all-Boeing fleet of (18) 747-400 Freighters and (3) 777 Freighters. With (3) 777 Freighters already on order, China Airlines’ 777 Freighter is the perfect complement to the airline’s existing 747-400 Freighter fleet, seamlessly accommodating the 3-meter (10-foot) tall pallets and maximizing flexibility for its air cargo operations.
Previously China Airlines Cargo issued this statement:
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