Airlines
Explore Utah Like Never Before
Air Canada, Utah Office of Tourism and Rocky Mountaineer are offering retail agents in Canada an opportunity to Sell Your Way to Utah. The campaign began on Aug. 1, 2022 and the lucky winners will travel to explore Utah along with experience Rocky Mountaineer’s latest Rockies to the Red Rocks journey. A total of four agents will qualify to join this FAM trip from Oct. 22 to Oct. 29, 2022, including Air Canada airfare to and from Canada. Travel professionals will receive one point for each round-trip Air Canada return or open jaw airfare booked to either Denver, Las Vegas or Salt...
Lufthansa Group Taps Janzen For New Role
Dirk Janzen will assume the role of Vice President Sales, The Americas, Lufthansa Group Airlines, responsible for Global Market Strategy, Joint Ventures, as well as Passenger Sales across North and South America beginning Sept. 1, 2022. Janzen succeeds Frank Naeve, who was in charge of The Americas region for the last three years until his recent appointment as Senior Vice President Global Markets & Stations for the Lufthansa Group. Janzen will be based at the Lufthansa Group’s passenger airlines headquarters situated on Long Island in New York State, and will report to...
Air Canada Reports Q2 Results
Air Canada has reported its second quarter 2022 financial results, with Michael Rousseau, President and Chief Executive Officer of Air Canada, observing that: “The past three months have been very challenging for our company, our employees, and customers from an operational perspective. The path to recovery from any serious event is rarely straight and easy. I thank our employees for their incredibly hard work, demonstrated professionalism and commitment as we safely transported over 9.1 million customers in the quarter, nearly 8 million more than the second quarter of 2021 or about...
WestJet, Unifor Ratify Agreement
The first collective bargaining agreement between WestJet and Unifor was ratified today by Unifor's members. Unifor is the certified union representing certain WestJet airport employees at YYC Calgary International Airport and Vancouver International Airport. Angela Avery, WestJet Executive Vice-President and Chief People, Corporate and Sustainability Officer, said: “WestJet is pleased to share that the agreement negotiated with Unifor has been ratified by its membership. This settlement demonstrates WestJet's commitment to its employees, the long-term success of the airline and...
Challenging The Big Four
JetBlue Airways Corporation and Spirit Airlines, Inc. have announced that their boards of directors have approved a definitive merger agreement under which JetBlue will acquire Spirit for $33.50 per share in cash, including a prepayment of $2.50 per share in cash payable upon Spirit stockholders’ approval of the transaction and a ticking fee of $0.10 per month starting in January 2023 through closing, for an aggregate fully diluted equity valune of $3.8 billion1 and an adjusted enterprise value of $7.6 billion2. Robin Hayes, chief executive officer, JetBlue, said: “We are excited...
SATA Group Launches IEnvA Program
The SATA Group initiated the IATA Environmental Assessment (IEnvA) program for aviation, developed by the International Air Transport Association (IATA). Since each airline has a different reality, Quintin Holder, IATA’s IEnvA Program Manager went to São Miguel (Azores) to assess firsthand the company's reality and to design, along with Azores Airlines’ Sustainability Department team, a process adapted to the Group’s particular performance conditions, considering the outermost region characteristics in which the SATA Group’s companies operate. SATA believes that its mission...
Canada Jetlines Ready To Take Off To Moncton
Canada Jetlines has officially announced its first flight to Greater Moncton Roméo LeBlanc International Airport (YQM), scheduled for Aug.15, 2022, as one of the carrier’s first routes. Eddy Doyle, CEO of Canada Jetlines, said: “Canada Jetlines is excited to offer service on our inaugural day out of our hub in Toronto to the vibrant destination of Moncton, New Brunswick.” Doyle continued: “We’ve chosen Moncton as our first destination in the Maritime provinces for its attractive offering for tourists and its convenient reach to a large segment of the population of New...
Setting A Course To A Bright Future
“One virtue of a paradigm shifting event is that it teaches you things, Lucie Guillemette, Executive Vice President & Chief Commercial Officer, Air Canada, observes, before continuing: “We learned a tremendous amount, including the importance of being nimble and adaptable, how to let go of old ways of doing things and embrace the new, and it also reaffirmed the value of our people, who have been amazing throughout.” And Guillemette makes it abundantly clear that: “We could not have managed the pandemic anywhere near as well if at all without the agency...