Airlines
Swoop Takes Off In 2023
Swoop reports that it has reached a new milestone, transporting over 10,000 travellers in a single day for the first time in the company's history. Bob Cummings, President of Swoop, said: “We are incredibly proud of this accomplishment and grateful to our team of Swoopsters and all our travellers for helping us reach this milestone.” Cummings continued: "This past year posed unprecedented challenges for the entire aviation industry, but our airline expanded to reach new heights, and so we're thrilled to kick off 2023 with a signal of that growth.” On Jan. 1,...
Etihad Set To Reintroduce A380 Fleet
Etihad Airways will be reintroducing four of its A380s from the summer of 2023. The move follows a surge in demand for air travel across the airline’s network and customer feedback for the return of one of the most remarkable commercial flying experiences in the sky. His Excellency Mohammed Ali Al Shorafa, Chairman, Etihad Aviation Group, said: “It is wonderful to announce the return of this splendid aircraft. The A380’s reintroduction provides a further boost to Etihad’s capacity into the key UK market, with a knock-on effect for the wider GCC and Indian subcontinent that will...
Brazil Reporting Positive Results
In recent months, Brazil's tourism industry has undergone a renewal process, with infrastructure and security investments helping restore it to pre-pandemic levels. The country has also increased its air frequencies to pre-2020 levels, and over 80% of the population has received at least two COVID vaccine doses. As a result, Brazil is again seeing positive numbers of international arrivals and spending on tourism. According to a survey conducted by Embratur (the Brazilian agency for international tourism promotion) and the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the United...
IATA, Travalyst Team Up On Flight CO2 Calculations
IATA and Travalyst have teamed up with the aim of providing consumers with a consistent, accurate and widely available calculation of their carbon footprint from air travel. As all sectors of the aviation and travel industries come together in pursuit of net zero CO2 goals, this new and major collaboration effort will bring even greater transparency, accuracy and consistency to how a traveller’s carbon footprint is calculated. Travalyst and IATA both possess a deep understanding of the traveller as well as relevant technical and operational expertise, which will enable the two...
Better Prepared To Deal With The Unforeseen
Peter Cerdá, Regional Vice-President, the Americas, International Air Transport Association (IATA) points out that: “The aviation value chain is finally coming out of the COVID-19 crisis, and we really need collaboration across all stakeholders in order to achieve a sustainable recovery.” As for the question of whether 2023 will be the year of recovery, Cerdá told CTP that: “On a global scale, IATA foresees that domestic travel will generally recover in 2023 and that international traffic will regain pre-pandemic levels during 2024. Our latest passenger figures for Canada...
Air Canada, Cirque du Soleil Renew Partnership
Air Canada and Cirque du Soleil have renewed their exclusive partnership. The renewal will see Air Canada continue as the official airline for Big Top and Arena shows in Canada, the U.S., Europe and Australia through December 2024. The Quebec-based companies will celebrate bringing Canadian creativity and talent to the world at tonight's Montreal premiere of Corteo by Cirque du Soleil at the Bell Centre. Lucie Guillemette, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer at Air Canada, said: “Air Canada and Cirque du Soleil are two iconic Quebec organizations...
Air France-KLM CO2 Targets Approved By SBTi
The Air France-KLM Group, Air France Group and KLM have had their CO2 emissions reduction targets approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) validation team. SBTi’s validation team has approved the Group’s scope 1 and scope 3 emissions reduction targets and has confirmed that they are in line with a well-below 2°C objective, as determined by the Paris Agreement signed in 2015. Benjamin Smith, CEO of the Air France-KLM Group, said: “The Group designed a consistent approach, developed within the Group’s Destination Sustainability strategy, with the goal of CO?...
Porter Takes Delivery Of First Embraer E195-E2
Christmas arrived a little bit early for Porter Airlines as the carrier took delivery of the first two of 50 Embraer E195-E2 it has ordered, with a ceremony to mark the occasion taking place at Embraer’s headquarters in São José dos Campos, Brazil. Porter will use the new E195-E2 fleet to launch its new elevated economy experience that aims to challenge the economy offering of every North American airline, and features a new level of generosity and thoughtful service not seen in contemporary economy air travel. In the run up to the new year, Embraer will deliver a further three...