AirlinesAir Senegal to fly to New York and Washington Air Senegal will connect Washington via New York at a rate of two frequencies per week from September 2, 2021.
On this date, Air Senegal will be the only African airline to fly regular direct flights between the United States and Senegal.
The flights will be operated by Airbus A330neo aircraft, with a capacity of 290 passengers, including 32 seats in Business, 21 in Premium and 237 seats in Economy Class.
LinkBamboo Airways to launch flights to Los Angeles and San Francisco Bamboo Airways is moving ahead to launch flights from Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon) to Los Angeles and San Francisco on September 1, 2021.
Bamboo announced it had been granted the final approvals.
LinkAer Lingus will probably “right size” its assets due to a lack of an Irish restart plan and continued losses Aer Lingus reported an operating loss of €103 million in the first quarter. This followed a loss of €361 million in 2020.
The airline is currently dealing with COVID-19 restrictions on travel in Ireland.
LinkAir Dolomiti offers new flights to Sweden from Frankfurt Air Dolomiti, the Italian airline of the Lufthansa Group, has announced new destinations departing from its Frankfurt hub.
Starting on September 19, 2021, five weekly frequencies will be operative, connecting the German city with Sweden with a flight to Ronneby Airport and from there continuing to the city of Kalmar, capital of the county of the same name.
LinkRyanair announces a new base at Stockholm Arlanda Ryanair has announced a new base opening in Stockholm Arlanda with two based aircraft, 89 departing flights per week, and 21 new routes to a host of international destinations across Europe from October 2021.
LinkSwiss plans restructuring in response to structural market change, fleet to shrink, jobs at stake In view of the continuing global coronavirus pandemic and the resulting structural changes in its markets, SWISS has concluded that a restructuring of the company now seems unavoidable. In the medium-term future, the company expects to see a structural decline of 20 per cent in overall demand. In response to this, the SWISS aircraft fleet should now be downsized from its 2019 extent by a projected 15 per cent.
LinkSAS sees only a 2% increase in traffic in April In April, nearly 320,000 passengers flew with SAS, an increase of about 2% compared with March. While traffic and demand remain far below normal levels, they improved substantially compared with April last year when traffic was essentially at a standstill at the start of the pandemic.
LinkAlaska Airlines to replace regular plastic water bottles with carton boxes Alaska Airlines prepares to provide First Class passengers with boxed water instead of regular plastic bottles. The move would be part of the airline’s effort to reduce plastic waste on board.
LinkIAG bets on contactless technologies to speed up recovery International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG), the owner of British Airways, continues to make losses, attributing them to the government restrictions for air travel and quarantine requirements. However, the company still expects to see light recovery signs in July 2021 and craves for the implementation of contactless technology and digital passports arguing that such measures could speed up the recovery.
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