Airlines
Chef Lynn Crawford Back On Board With Sunwing
Sunwing is partnering with Food Network Canada Celebrity Chef Lynn Crawford for a third consecutive year, with the airline offering a new and improved Sunwing Café menu. Available on all flights, the updated menu features two new dishes inspired by Chef Lynn, including the Tex Mex Grilled Chicken Wrap and a Mac & Cheese dish. To celebrate the continuation of the partnership and new menu, Sunwing has launched the new Foodies Take Flight contest in collaboration with Food Network Canada, where participants can enter for the chance to win a trip for two to Mexico to meet and cook...
The Brits Love To Travel
The Brits love to travel! So much so that the UK's share of worldwide seating capacity on international flights last year was 6.8%. Not bad for a population of some 67 million and exactly the same share enjoyed by the United States with almost five times as many residents. But that's not all. Relatively tiny Britain is a major contributor to the global travel economy, ranking number four among the world's top tourism spenders last year. Fellow European Union countries are the main destinations of choice for British holidaymakers, with Spain leading the way by a large margin but...
Sabre acquiring Farelogix
Sabre Corporation is acquiring Farelogix, saying that the acquisition will allow it to accelerate delivery of its end-to-end NDC-enabled retailing, distribution and fulfillment solutions. Based in Miami, Farelogix provides a suite of SaaS solutions that enables carriers to dynamically create, control, optimize and deliver personalized and differentiated offers across sales channels. These airline-controlled retailing, merchandising and distribution capabilities complement Sabre?s existing retailing and merchandising solutions and future product roadmap. Sean Menke, president &...
IATA Calls For Spirit Of Change
IATA is calling for a spirit of change from governments to capture the social and economic benefits of air connectivity, by enabling a more competitive air transport sector. Today 8.5 million flights touch Europe each year. That activity supports 12.2 million jobs and $823 billion of European GDP. Those benefits have the potential to increase with the expected 50% growth in demand for air connectivity over the next two decades. To fully realize this potential Europe must address deep-rooted issues which hamper the competitiveness of Europe's aviation sector. Chief among the...
Emirates Is Ready For The Holidays
Emirates has launched a new Christmas Collection, featuring custom sweaters, PJ's and gifts for the whole family - inviting travelers to get festive this holiday season. For a limited time only, Emirates' holiday apparel and gifts will be available on Emirates Official Store, https://www.emirates.store/eos-store/collections/christmas-collection/c-24/c-191 For adults, available in all sizes, the Emirates Official store is offering a holiday red unisex sweater with a Dubai twist through its embroidered design of pilots and crew along with camels and palm trees that retails for...
A Look At The New Billy Bishop Lounge
Nieuport Aviation officially celebrated the completion of its terminal upgrades at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport yesterday (Nov. 14) with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Although it means complimentary beverages (so long free cappuccino!) and most snacks (the shortbread cookies reportedly remain) have gone out the window, passengers now have a variety of restaurants and grab-and-go items to choose from including OBISPO, Balzac’s Coffee Roasters and Market@416. “I think what we tried to achieve here is get the right balance with the quiet areas, combined with the workplace areas,...
Air India Launches 3x Weekly JFK-Mumbai Service
Air India will introduce three-times-a-week non-stop service between New York’s JFK International Airport and Mumbai, effective Dec. 7. The flights will depart at 11:05 a.m. from JFK on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays aboard 777-300ER aircraft and arrive in Mumbai at 12:10 p.m. the following day. With the current JFK-Delhi daily service, the new flights bring non-stop JFK-India service to 10 flights a week, while increasing total non-stop service from the US to India to 36 nationwide. To celebrate the launch, Air India is offering special fares on the new route, good for travel...
Lemay Leaving Air Transat
Transat A.T. Inc. has announced that Jean-François Lemay, president and general manager of Air Transat, will be leaving the airline in a few months' time, following more than seven years of dedicated service with the integrated international tourism company, the past five at the helm of Air Transat. Lemay will continue in his current role until the company identifies a successor. Annick Guérard, Transat's chief operating officer, commented: “We respect Jean-François' decision to take on new challenges. I wish to acknowledge his significant contribution to the development and...