Hawaiian Airlines has welcomed more than 937,000 guests in November 2018, a decrease of 0.8% over the same period last year. Total traffic increased 2.8% on an increase of 5.0% in capacity. Load factor decreased 1.8 points to 84.1% compared to the same period in 2017.
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Effective Dec. 18, Delta is updating its service and support animal policy. The enhancements introduce a ban on service and support animals under four months of age regardless of flight length as well as a ban on emotional support animals on flights longer than eight hours. “We will continue to review and enhance our policies
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Southwest Airlines has reported its November statistics. The Company reported that traffic in November 2018 increased 4.9% compared to November 2017 and capacity increased 6.5%. The November 2018 load factor was 84.5% slightly down, compared with 85.8% in November 2017.
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David L. Cunningham, president and chief executive officer of FedEx Express, will retire effective December 31, 2018. Raj Subramaniam, currently executive vice president, chief marketing and communications officer of FedEx Corporation, will succeed Cunningham effective January 1, 2019. Cunningham began his FedEx career in 1982 in operations at the FedEx Express World Hub in Memphis,
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Avianca CEO Hernan Rincon has announced that the Latin American carrier is looking to renegotiate the US$10 billion 2015 deal it had struck with European plane maker Airbus for 100 A320neos. Commenting on the forthcoming talks with Airbus, Rincon stated that: “Of those 100, we’ll probably receive between 50 and 80 planes,” adding: “We don’t
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The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has reported global passenger traffic results for October showing that demand rose 6.3% compared to the same month last year. This marked a rebound from 5.5% growth recorded in September, which was an eight-month low. Capacity also grew 6.3% and load factor was flat at 81.1%, matching last year’s
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MJet GmbH of Austria has become the first ACJ319 operator to sign up for Skywise, enabling it to integrate its own operational, maintenance and aircraft data into the Skywise platform. MJet will store, access, manage, and analyse selected Airbus data together with its own data and global benchmarks without the need for additional infrastructure investments.
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Avolon, the international aircraft leasing company, has placed 11 Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft from its orderbook with Brazilian airline, GOL. Delivery of the aircraft will commence in the second half of 2019. Felipe Campos, Avolon Head of Latin America, commented: “We are delighted to support GOL as they work creatively to accelerate their fleet
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The U.S. Air Force has exercised the option for the Japan Air Self-Defense Force’s second Boeing [NYSE: BA] KC-46 tanker through the Foreign Military Sale (FMS) process. Boeing was awarded the initial FMS contract for Japan’s first KC-46 aircraft and miscellaneous logistics services in December 2017 following the Japan Ministry of Defense’s KC-X aerial refueling
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Turkish Airlines has reported that the total number of passengers carried in Nobember 2018 increased by 4% compared to the same month in 2017, reaching 5.5 million passengers. The load factor reached 81.4%, an increase of 2.0 points compared to the previous year. Cargo/mail volume continued its double-digit growth trend, increasing by 25% compared to
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