Lufthansa is further expanding its route network to the USA. From 3 May 2019, the airline will offer its first connections from Frankfurt to Austin (USA). This is Lufthansa’s third destination in Texas alongside Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. Starting in summer 2019, an Airbus A330-300 will be in service five times a week on the
Air Georgian reached a tentative deal for a new collective agreement with CUPE Local 4059, the union that represents approximately 83 flight attendants at Air Georgian’s Toronto base. The agreement will be presented to union members for approval before the end of October. Once ratified the new deal will be effective for three years. Air
Norwegian has selected OpenAirlines’ solution to save fuel and reduce carbon dioxide emissions for all its operations. Under the agreement, OpenAirlines will continuously analyze the data of 600 daily flights operated by 157 aircraft, by deploying its eco-flying solution SkyBreathe® Fuel Efficiency. SkyBreathe®Fuel Efficiency is an innovative cloud based software solution, which features an Artificial
easyJet has signed up Virgin Atlantic as a new airline partner to its unique connections service ‘Worldwide by easyJet’. From October 2, easyJet customers can seamlessly connect through London Gatwick Airport between easyJet and Virgin Atlantic flights. This opens up new destination options via ‘Worldwide by easyJet’ which could see customers connecting from the likes
American Airlines will add a sixth destination in Cuba with a new daily flight from Miami International Airport (MIA) to Antonio Maceo Airport (SCU) in Santiago de Cuba starting May 3. The airline will also start new service from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) to Durango International Airport (DGO) in Mexico starting June 6.
This new partnership introduces Istanbul as a destination for flybmi and offers Turkish Airlines’ passengers the benefits of flying on eight of flybmi’s European routes including Brussels to Newcastle and East Midlands; Norrköping and Saarbrücken to Munich; Oslo to Aberdeen and Hamburg; Dusseldorf and Paris to Bristol. In return, flybmi customers will be able to
Japan Airlines (JAL) will offer new nonstop daily flights between Tokyo-Narita and Seattle, which start March 31, 2019. As part of this announcement, JAL and Alaska Airlines agreed on the expansion of their codeshare partnership for flights via Seattle-Tacoma International airport (SEA). Currently, JAL codeshares with Alaska Airlines to 16 unique destinations on 25 U.S.
Ryanair has agreed a Collective Labour Agreement (CLA) with the 3 main cabin crew unions FIT CISL, ANPAC, and ANPAV, to cover all Ryanair’s Italian based cabin crew from Oct 1, 2018. This proposed CLA will run for 3 years from Friday October 1, 2018 to December 31, 2021. It will be governed by Italian
Norwegian has reached an important milestone in its continued growth at Dublin Airport by flying more than 250,000 transatlantic passengers to and from the New York and Boston areas since launch. The airline’s affordable flights to smaller airports near two major US east coast cities has generated strong demand among Irish and American consumers. Norwegian
Delta Air Lines, in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) and the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), is launching the first biometric terminal in the United States at Maynard H. Jackson International Terminal (Terminal F) in Atlanta. Beginning late this year, customers flying direct to an international destination have
