Geneva – 2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — The International Air Transport Association (IATA) announced global traffic results for September showing a continued slowdown in the rate of traffic growth. Demand for passenger traffic was 4.1% above the level of September 2011. For air cargo, demand growth was even weaker at 0.6%. The growth trend in air travel… Read the full press release
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ACSA regrets 1Time’s decision to suspend all its flights
2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) has, with concern, noted confirmation by 1Time of its decision to suspend all its flights, effective immediately. We have been working very closely with 1Time over the years and this a very sad time for everyone involved. ACSA had an agreement with 1Time to put the airline… Read the full press release
JAL SKY SUITE 777 Ready for Launch on January 9, 2013
“Welcome! JAL New Sky” takes off with the launch of the newly-furnished 777-300ER TOKYO, 2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Japan Airlines (JAL) will deploy the first JAL SKY SUITE 777 between Tokyo (Narita) and London Heathrow from January 9, 2013. Eligible customers can from today, select their preferred seats on flights operated with the JAL SKY SUITE… Read the full press release
Cape Town International Airport continues to support communities in its vicinity
2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Airports Company South Africa (ACSA) Cape Town International Airport (CTIA) hosted its annual Corporate Social Investment event at the Granger Bay Hotel School yesterday, where eight organisations each received a portion of just under R2, 5m. The airport contributed roughly R1.1m with the remaining funds of the R2.5m being invested in various… Read the full press release
Horizon Air and its Pilots Tentatively Agree on Six-Year Contract Extension
SEATTLE — 2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Horizon Air and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced today they have reached tentative agreement to extend the current contract for the carrier’s 610 pilots for six years. “I’m very proud of both negotiating teams for crafting additional improvements to an already excellent existing agreement,” said Gene Hahn, Horizon Air’s… Read the full press release
Children to travel for free on Heathrow Express
Two children travel free with each paying adult New value ticket deals also announced for couples and groups 2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Heathrow Express today announced that families and groups can travel for less today as it introduced new online deals between Heathrow and Paddington. The news comes as Heathrow is awarded its highest ever result… Read the full press release
MPs Vote for APD Review as Eight in Ten Agree APD May be Pricing People out of Flying
2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — ABTA welcomes the outcome of a three hour debate in the House of Commons on the future structure and level of Air Passenger Duty [APD], which saw MPs vote in favour of the Treasury undertaking an economic assessment of the impacts of APD on the UK economy. The debate was brought about by… Read the full press release
Cathay Pacific resumes services to New York
2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it has resumed its New York service today and it plans to add capacity in the coming days to bring passengers whose travel plans have been disrupted to their destinations. The airline will communicate details to its passengers once the arrangements are finalised. “Though we have resumed… Read the full press release
JAL Group Announces Consolidated Financial Results for First Half of Fiscal Year 2012
TOKYO, 2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — The JAL Group (JAL) announced today, the consolidated financial results for the first half of fiscal year 2012 (year ending March 31, 2013). During this reporting period of April 1 to September 30, 2012, risks from downward pressure on the economy caused by the European debt crisis, deflation, and recent territorial… Read the full press release
EMERGENCY SIMULATION AT BELFAST CITY AIRPORT
2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — On Saturday 3 November and Sunday 4 November 2012 a major emergency will be simulated at Belfast City Airport involving the emergency services and other support agencies. The exercise will simulate a serious incident at the airport. This type of exercise is run on a regular basis and will happen alongside the… Read the full press release
George Airport Launches a Learnership Programme for People with Disabilities
2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — George Airport launched a Learnership Programme aimed at training People with Disabilities on Tuesday, 30 October 2012 at the George Airport Fire Station.The Programme, which is aligned to Airports Company South Africa’s maxim of ‘moving people and changing lives’, aims to provide 12 young individuals from George Airport’s neighbouring communities with a… Read the full press release
Top Airport CEOs to speak at Airports Going Green Roundtable
CHICAGO, 2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — The 5th Annual Airports Going Green Conference will kick-off on Sunday, November 4 with the Airport CEO Roundtable, open to all conference registrants. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to learn about airport sustainability vision from the highest level! Roundtable speakers include: Jeffrey Fegan, A.A.E., C.E.O., Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport Mark Gale,… Read the full press release
Alaska Airlines Announces Twice-Daily Service Between Seattle and Salt Lake City
Introductory one-way fares available for as low as $99* for travel through May 31, 2013 SEATTLE — 2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Alaska Airlines today announced new twice-daily service between Seattle and Salt Lake City. Year-round flights to the “Crossroads of the West” are scheduled to begin April 4, 2013, and are available for purchase today at www.alaskaair.com or… Read the full press release
Southwest Airlines Gives Back To The Brave Who Safeguard Our Country With Third Annual Military Heroes Month In November
DALLAS – 2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) is demonstrating how deep patriotism runs in the Company and Employees’ hearts with its third annual month-long celebration dubbed “Military Heroes Month.” To show support for Veterans, service members, and their families across the nation, Southwest will host an array of activities with nonprofit organizations focused on… Read the full press release
Cathay Pacific offers special discounts to senior citizens
2012-11-03 — /travelprnews.com/ — Cathay Pacific Airways is once again offering senior citizens in Hong Kong and Macau a special discount of 20 per cent on tickets to a number of popular destinations in celebration of Senior Citizens’ Day, which this year falls on 18 November. This is the 13th consecutive year for the airline to… Read the full press release
Spirit Airlines Reports Third Quarter Adjusted Net Income of $25.2 million And Delivers on the Promise of Low Fares at $71.85 per Flight Segment Average
MIRAMAR, FLORIDA, 2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — Spirit Airlines, Inc. (NASDAQ: SAVE) today reported third quarter 2012 financial results. Net income, excluding special items, for the third quarter 2012 was $25.2 million, or $0.35 per diluted share1. GAAP net income for the third quarter 2012 was $30.9 million, or $0.43 per diluted share. Operating margin, excluding special items,… Read the full press release
Southwest Airlines Announces Service At San Juan’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport With $99 One-Way Fares, Bringing Customers More Value, Flights, And Destinations
Southwest Expands Footprint Beyond the 48 Contiguous States as the Carrier Continues to Integrate with AirTran Airways DALLAS, 2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — Southwest Airlines (NYSE: LUV) now offers for sale nonstop service from San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Orlando and Tampa Bay, for travel beginning on Sunday, April 14, 2013. Beginning in April, Southwest will operate three… Read the full press release
Dragonair Celebrates Senior Citizens’ Day with Special Fares
HONG KONG, 2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ —To celebrate Senior Citizens’ Day on 18 November, Dragonair will once again offer senior citizens in Hong Kong and Macau a special 20 per cent discount on Economy Class and Business Class tickets to a number of popular destinations, including Kaohsiung, Hanoi and Kota Kinabalu, etc. This is the sixth consecutive… Read the full press release
Cathay Pacific plans to resume New York service on Thursday
2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — Cathay Pacific Airways announced that it plans to resume its scheduled service to New York starting 1 November with the expected reopening of the John F Kennedy International Airport. However, the following flight today (31 October) has been cancelled in addition to the previously announced cancellations of CX830 from Hong Kong and… Read the full press release
airberlin celebrates 1,000,000 check-ins via its iPhone app
2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — airberlin is delighted that a total of one million check-ins have now been made via its iPhone app. More than 500,000 passengers have already installed the airberlin iPhone app on their Smartphone. Daniel Haisch, Vice President e-commerce at airberlin, said: “We offer the option of online check-in via app from up to… Read the full press release
Frontier Airlines Supports Boulder-based Make A Hero
Carrier raises funds; shows The Movement on board in November DENVER, 2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — Frontier Airlines today announced it is launching a month-long fundraising and awareness campaign for Boulder, Colo.-based Make A Hero, an organization founded by Kurt Miller with a mission of helping individuals with disabilities and local adaptive sports groups gain recognition and… Read the full press release
Blue1 becomes production company for SAS. Check out the changes!
Effective 1 November 2012, Blue1 will become a production company for SAS. Consequently, Blue1’s main responsibility will be to operate routes on behalf of SAS. SAS will take over sales and marketing of flights operated by Blue1. 2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — What will change and what will remain the same? All flight tickets purchased of Blue1… Read the full press release
Singapore Airlines significantly expanding services to Copenhagen
2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — Travelling from Copenhagen to the growth markets and popular holiday destinations in South-East Asia and Australia will now become even easier. Singapore Airlines is increasing its non-stop flights from Copenhagen to Singapore from three to five per week. Copenhagen Airport’s position as the key transport hub of northern Europe will be strengthened,… Read the full press release
Automated runway surface condition reporting takes a big leap forward
2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — After months of testing, discussion, feedback, revision and finalization, Winnipeg Airports Authority, NAV CANADA and Team Eagle celebrated the successful ‘go-live’ of the much-anticipated automated runway surface condition reporting system ‘SNOWiz’. SNOWiz is an innovative web-based infrastructure capable of handling incoming electronic runway surface condition reports in common formats such as NOTAMJ… Read the full press release
RYANAIR EXTENDS SUCCESSFUL RESERVED SEATING TO 6 ROWS
ESERVE YOUR SEATS ON ALL RYANAIR ROUTES FROM JUST €10/£10 2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost airline, today (1 Nov) announced that it will extend its popular reserved seat service from 4 to 6 rows by adding rows 5 & 15 on all aircraft from today, which will allow even more passengers to… Read the full press release
Heathrow unveils new technology to make journeys better
Innovative check-in technology to streamline passenger journeys was unveiled last night by Heathrow and Qantas in a joint trial at Terminal 3. 2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — The ‘self-service bag drop’ process enables passengers to check in at the kiosk, generate and attach their own bag tags before placing their luggage onto the automated bag drop… Read the full press release
Heathrow Airport Career takeoff for class of 2012
2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — Heathrow Airport is celebrating the Class of 2012, after holding its 7th annual Retail Academy graduation ceremony. The event brings together candidates who have completed retail or customer service apprenticeships at Heathrow with the employers that have help make the programme a success and so far this year 300 candidates have been placed… Read the full press release
Scottish airports call for immediate action on damaging aviation tax
2012-11-02 — /travelprnews.com/ — Scotland’s largest airports have demanded the UK Government takes immediate action on air passenger duty (APD) following the publication of a report warning it could cost Scotland more than two million passengers per year by 2016. The managing directors of Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow airports have come together to once again urge… Read the full press release
CPH: New strategy generating international growth
Copenhagen Airports A/S (CPH) generated 3.1% growth in passenger numbers in the first nine months of 2012. This improvement was primarily driven by international traffic, confirming the success of CPH’s strategy of strengthening Copenhagen Airport’s position as the northern European transport hub. In addition, revenue from the shopping centre continued to grow thanks to a… Read the full press release
RYANAIR ADDS 2 NEW ROUTES AT LIVERPOOL FOR 2013
39 ROUTES (2 NEW ROUTES TO LUBLIN & ZADAR), 2.1M PAX P.A. & 2,100 JOBS 100,000 SEAT SALE FROM JUST £15.99 2012-10-31 — /travelprnews.com/ — Ryanair, Europe’s only ultra-low cost airline, today (31 Oct) launched its summer 2013 Liverpool schedule which will see Ryanair operate 39 routes, including 2 new routes to Lublin & Zadar, and… Read the full press release