Air Canada and Air China will expand their mutual codeshare services and lounge agreement in time for the 2018 Canada-China Year of Tourism, recognizing the importance of tourism and trade between the two countries. As Air Canada and Air China work toward finalizing their planned joint venture, while satisfying both countries’ applicable regulatory conditions, the
Norwegian has acquired an additional 28 weekly slots at London Gatwick Airport from summer 2018. The take-off and landing slots, purchased from Small Planet Airlines, will allow Norwegian to plan for continued growth at Gatwick. London Gatwick is at the heart of Norwegian’s fast-growing UK operation, where the airline already flies more than 4.6 million
Delta Air Lines and WestJet have agreed to deepen their existing partnership by entering into a comprehensive transborder joint venture that will increase travel choices between the U.S. and Canada. The airlines have entered into a preliminary memorandum of understanding regarding their intention to deepen their existing partnership to form an commercial joint venture arrangement,
U.K. budget carrier easyJet will now go head-to-head with Lufthansa on domestic German routes after successfully acquiring elements of the now defunct Air Berlin. While currently flying to international destinations from Berlin Schoenfeld airport, the low-cost carrier will now fly four domestic routes to Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Munich and Stuttgart from Berlin Tegel, the larger inner-city
Iberia will boost its Puerto Rico flights in 2018. From the March 26 to the October 26, it will resume its non-stop route from Madrid to San Juan with three return flights a week, though from June 4 to August 6, the Spanish airline will operate five weekly flights. A total of 62,208 seats will
In line with its growth strategy, Finnair continues to grow its traffic and will add frequencies to popular destinations in Europe for summer 2018 and winter 2018, as well as increase flights to the popular winter destinations in Finnish Lapland for the peak season in winter 2018/2019. The additions are fueled by the increasing number
After a glitch in the pilots’ rostering system which left many scheduled flights over the holiday season between December 17 and December 30 without a pilot, co-pilot or both, American Airlines has come to an agreement with the pilots’ union, the Allied Pilots Association, which it is believed will avoid the need to cancel any
In a situation not dissimilar to the one recently faced by Irish low-cost carrier Ryanair, American Airways faces having to cancel 15,000 flights between December 17 and 31, one of the carrier’s busiest periods of the year. The problem has arisen through a lack of available pilots as a result of a glitch in the
American Airlines is strengthening its ties to Canada. Starting next summer, American is adding service from its hub at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) to Calgary International Airport (YYC) and Vancouver International Airport (YVR). Daily service to Vancouver begins may 4, 2018, and seasonal service to Calgary begins June 7, 2018. The airline will also
It is understood that Lufthansa’s CEO, Carsten Spohr, is set to meet the EU Competition Commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, to discuss anti-trust concerns relating to the German carrier’s intended purchase of Air Berlin assets. The deal, which is valued at €210 million (US$249 million), would see Lufthansa take over both Niki and LG Walter, businesses owned
