HAECO Americas has reported that Jim Clarke will be joining the company’s leadership team as its new Vice President, Planning and Performance. In that role, he will lead teams that conduct all maintenance event planning, cost and pricing analysis and customer performance reporting across the company’s North American operations. Mr. Clarke has had an accomplished
After trade unions had managed to strike a deal with Alitalia’s management ten days ago to reduce the level of stringent measures contained within a rescue package for Italy’s ailing flag-carrying airline, Alitalia, workers have subsequently voted against the new proposals. “This was a painful vote but a determined one against a company that until
Alaska Airlines and Virgin America have announced plans to move into Terminal 7 at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). The move, which will be complete by October 2017, relocates the airlines’ two operations from Terminal 8 and Terminal 4, respectively, and will offer guests a better airport experience while laying the groundwork
Norwegian will launch a new route from London Gatwick to Singapore this winter as the airline’s growing low-cost long-haul UK network expands into Asia for the first time. From 28th September, Norwegian will operate four weekly flights, increasing to five in the winter, from London Gatwick to Singapore Changi Airport. As one of the world’s
SAS opens a direct route between Stockholm and Eilat in Israel. The new route between Stockholm and Eilat starts on October 28 as part of SAS’ winter program for 2017/2018, with departures weekly on Saturdays during the period of 28th of October to March 24th 2018. In addition to new routes SAS is now introducing
WestJet has announced its intention to launch a new, ultra-low-cost carrier (ULCC) in Canada subject to agreement with its pilots and any required regulatory approvals. Service is expected to start in late 2017 with an initial fleet of 10 high-density Boeing 737-800s designed by the airline that first brought low-cost air travel to Canada in
The continued ground handling problems at Berlin-Tegel Airport have prompted airberlin to make changes to the planned expansion of the USA connections from May 2017. The start date for the Berlin-Tegel – San Francisco routes will be postponed from 1 May to 29 May 2017. The new nonstop route from Berlin to Los Angeles will
International Airlines Group’s (IAG) new longhaul low cost airline LEVEL has had over 700,000 hits on its website flylevel.com as customers access low fares on flights from Barcelona to Los Angeles, San Francisco (Oakland), Buenos Aires and Punta Cana. IAG chief executive, Willie Walsh, said: “Selling more than 100,000 tickets in such a short period
Haiti-based Sunrise Airways intents to launch new nonstop service between Port-au-Prince, Haiti and Orlando, Florida beginning in October 2017. The new 3x’s weekly service marks the carrier’s first-ever flights to/from the U.S. and the first-ever nonstop service connecting Orlando and Haiti. The new scheduled service is slated to begin October 17, 2017, subject to government
Jeppesen has recently signed a multiple-year agreement with AirAsia, one of Asia’s largest low-cost carriers, to provide digital charting and electronic flight bag (EFB) services for all AirAsia Group affiliates. The agreement covers a total of six airlines within the AirAsia Group, which are based in Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, India, Indonesia and the Philippines. The
