American Airlines celebrates 75 years of cargo operations

American Airlines made this announcement: From oranges to orangutans, American Airlines Cargo has moved the world since its first scheduled air cargo flight took off from New Yorkโ€™s LaGuardia Airfield on Oct. 15, 1944. Today, the airline celebrates 75 years of cargo service, extending its global impact far beyond its signature passenger service. Throughout its […]

ECA: Before Boeingโ€™s MAX return to service: we need answers and transparency

ECA, representing the pilots of Europe, issued this statement: Regulators from across the globe met on May 23 in Texas (USA), to discuss a possible return to service of the grounded Boeing 737 MAX. The FAA is currently reviewing Boeingโ€™s proposed โ€˜software fixโ€™ and is already looking ahead at taking the plane back to the […]

Airbus launches โ€œSkywise Health Monitoringโ€ with Allegiant Air as an early adopter

Airbus has launched first operations of a new Skywise service โ€“ Skywise Health Monitoring (SHM) โ€“ with Allegiant Air on its Airbus A320s. Dynamically coupled with Skywise Reliability Services (SRS) and Skywise Predictive Maintenance (SPM), SHM is hosted on Skywise, gathering live diagnostic feeds from the aircraft through its ACARS* link to the airlineโ€™s information […]

Icelandair introduces its Buddy Hotline

Icelandair has made this announcement: 69% of Americans have a desire to get more information first-hand from locals as they believe they have more knowledge than any other source Over one quarter of Americans (27%) feel ‘overwhelmed’ when planning a holiday, due to the amount of sources of reviews and recommendations Over halfย even feel ‘anxious’ […]

June 18 announced as launch day for Heathrow expansion statutory consultation

London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR) has made this announcement: Heathrow has announced its statutory 12 and a half-week consultation on expansion plans will launch on the 18th of June. This step is the latest delivery milestone for the critical national infrastructure project, and the responses received will feed into a final planning application. โ€ข Heathrowโ€™s statutory […]

Delta recaps its Investor Day presentation

Delta leaders explained to Wall Street how 2018 performance shows Delta is on track to continue leading the industry. Here’s a recap ofย what Delta leaders are saying from the stage in New York at Delta’s 2018 Investor Day. Speakers are highlighting a successful 2018, setting 2019 targets and explaining to Wall Streetย why Delta’s durable and […]

Allegiant Travel Company reports its first quarter financial results

Allegiant Travel Company today reported the following financial results for the first quarter 2019, as well as comparisons to the prior year: Consolidated Three Months Ended March 31, (unaudited) 2019 2018 Change Total operating revenue (millions) $ 451.6 $ 425.4 6.2 % Operating income (millions) 91.1 80.0 13.9 Net income (millions) 57.1 55.2 3.5 Diluted […]

United to operate a trans-Atlantic biofuel flight on September 14

Agrisoma Biosciences Inc., a Canadian agri-tech company that sells Carinata seeds used to produce aviation biojet fuel, will partner with United Airlines and World Energy on Agrisoma’s second international commercial flight powered by biojet fuel made from Carinata seed oil. The nonstop San Francisco-to-Zurich flight on a Boeing 787-8 departs on September 14 at 2:10 […]

Air Canada begins offering satellite connectivity on international flights

Air Canada said today it has begun offering next-generation, satellite connectivity on its wide-body international fleet with the introduction of Air Canada Wi-Fi provided by Gogo. Starting with flights operated by Boeing 777-300ER aircraft, the new service will be the fastest available on anyย Canadianย airline and makes Air Canada the first Canadian carrier to offer customers […]

Southwest Airlines unveils 5 logo jets for Shark Week

Southwest Airlines in partnership with Discovery Channel has launched a Shark Week Fleet on July 9, 2018 with five aircraft entering the Southwestยฎ network of 99 destinations and operating more than 4,000 daily flights. The five aircraft celebrate the 30th anniversary of Shark Week, one of the most popular and longest-running televised events in history. […]