Airlines
COMPUTER GLITCH CANCELS PORTER FLIGHTS
Porter Airlines reports that its online services are returning after a computer network glitch caused dozens of delayed flights and cancellations yesterday. Porter’s web site and call centre, as well as passenger check-in, were affected Tuesday evening. Some 40 departures and arrivals were either cancelled or delayed. Porter blamed the problems on outages affecting its system provider. Navitaire handles bookings for a number of smallish carriers around the world. Several others using it are experiencing problems. Porter said late last night that its services were coming back online. However...
SIX WAYS TO OZ WITH ANZ
Air New Zealand and Tourism Australia have launched a million dollar partnership encouraging North Americans to tick Australia off their \"to do\" list. The two partners are making easy to do by offering one low fare to six of Air New Zealand\'s Australia gateways -- Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide and Coolangatta (the Gold Coast.) The campaign will be heavily promoted across multiple digital channels, including a TripAdvisor destination page, and runs from through Oct. 27. The promotion, which also features partnership with blogger community, Go Mighty, highlights the \"only...
TAKING THE LEAD SUSTAINABLY
For the ninth consecutive year, the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) -- the main international index evaluating companies on their performance in terms of sustainable development -- has ranked Air France-KLM leader of the \"Airlines\" industry. And for the fifth year running, Air France-KLM has been ranked leader of the broader \"Transport\" category, covering air, rail, sea and road transport as well as airport activities. Frederic Gagey, chairman and CEO of Air France, said: \"Committed to a comprehensive transformation plan to restore our competitiveness, we intend to continue our...
OUT OF THIS WORLD
Google and Solar Impulse are teaming up for what\'s being described as \"a high level partnership\" that will see the Silicon Valley-based Internet company become Solar Impulse\'s official Internet technology partner. To mark the new deal, Solar Impulse will take their Google+ URL -- http://www.google.com/+solarimpulse to new heights on the side of its Swiss Solar Impulse airplane. The move is an important step in bringing Solar Impulse closer to its ultimate goal of flying around the world using only solar energy (2015). Dr. Bertrand Piccard and Andre Borschberg, Co-Founders of Solar...
PREFERRED BY BUSINESS
Air Canada has been picked as Canada\'s favourite airline for business travel in the Ipsos Reid Business Traveller Survey. AC was preferred by 81% of Canadian frequent business travellers surveyed for 2013, an improvement of 12 percentage points in Air Canada\'s ratings in the national survey over the past five years. Commenting on the survey results, Ben Smith, Air Canada\'s executive vice-president and chief commercial officer, said: \"Air Canada\'s year-over-year increases in ratings underscore our commitment to continued improvements in our products, including new and refurbished...
ROYAL BRUNEI HAS A PLAN
Royal Brunei Airlines (RBA) is eager to move on to the last phase of its new business plan as it becomes the first airline in Southeast Asia to operate Boeing 787s. The airline currently operates a fleet of four 777-200ERs and five A320 family aircraft to 14 destinations, including 10 in Asia. The 777-200ERs are currently used to serve the carrier\'s four long-haul destinations - Dubai, London, Jeddah and Melbourne. RBA is using the 787 to rebrand and usher in a new product offering, as well as build Brunei into a centre of excellence for maintaining new-generation aircraft. June 18 saw the...
YOU CAN FLY WITH CX
Cathay Pacific reports that it\'s now accepting applications for the 3rd iteration of its successful \"I Can Fly\" Toronto program inviting young Canadians with a true passion for aviation on a unique educational adventure. Interested Grade 11 or Grade 12 high school students may apply online at http://www.cathaypacific.ca/icanfly on or before Sept. 23, 2013. The \"I Can Fly\" Toronto 2013 program will run from Oct. 16 until Dec. 11, 2013 and give high school students a comprehensive and \"behind-the-scenes\" look at the aviation industry. Guided entirely by dedicated Cathay Pacific staff...
IT\’S WORKING FOR TRANSAT
Transat A.T. Inc. posted revenues of $927.0 million for the quarter ended July 31, 2013, compared with $909.1 million for the same period of 2012 -- an increase of $17.9 million or 2.0%. The company recorded a margin before amortization and depreciation1 of $53.1 million, compared with $22.1 million in 2012 and net income of $41.1 million ($1.07 per share on a diluted basis), compared with $9.4 million ($0.25 per share on a diluted basis) in 2012. Before non-operating items, amortization and depreciation, and restructuring charges, Transat reported a margin of $54.4 million, compared with...