Airlines

United Launches Enhanced Carbon Offset Program in Celebration of Earth Day

April 23, 2012

United Continental announced its enhanced carbon offset program in celebration of Earth Day, providing customers the opportunity to calculate and offset the carbon footprint associated with their air travel and cargo shipments. While United and Continental each had a similar initiative, this new program focuses on offset projects that go beyond climate change and provide [...]

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SAS named favorite airline by US LGBT travelers

April 19, 2012

Scandinavian Airlines was named Favorite airline at the EDGE Awards after 70,000 online votes had been cast. The annual competition features a number of categories within travel, lifestyle and entertainment, and is organized by one of the leading LGBT media houses in the US, Edge Media. SAS edged out other LGBT-friendly airlines such as Air [...]

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Hawaiian Launches Honolulu-Fukuoka Flights

April 18, 2012

Hawaiian Airlines today opened its newest route into Asia with the launch of daily nonstop service between Honolulu and Fukuoka, Japan. Today’s inaugural flight from Honolulu followed pre-boarding festivities featuring Hawaiian music and hula, a performance honoring the Japanese culture, a traditional Hawaiian blessing, and the presenting of fresh flower lei to all passengers. Fukuoka [...]

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Finnair and TAP Portugal announce code-share agreement

April 18, 2012

The companies will start code-share cooperation on flights between Portugal and Finland. Cooperation begins on April 20, 2012, and customers can immediately make reservations on these new flights. With this code-share agreement, Finnair’s code will be added to TAP’s direct flights between Lisbon and Helsinki. This is an attractive additional destination for Finnair customers, including [...]

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Southwest Airlines Reports March Traffic

April 13, 2012

Southwest Airlines  reported March 2012 combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran.  AirTran became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Southwest Airlines Co. on May 2, 2011.  For purposes of comparability, the Company is providing combined traffic results for Southwest Airlines and AirTran for periods prior to the acquisition date.  See the accompanying tables for combined [...]

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Finnair selects SR Technics as its partner for engine and component services

April 12, 2012

Finnair and Swiss based SR Technics have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, according to which Finnair will in the future source engine and component services for its aircraft from SR Technics. Finnair expects the cooperation to result in significant cost savings for the company. “SR Technics is one of the industry leaders in aircraft maintenance, [...]

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Finnair starts consultations with personnel on discontinuing its own engine services

April 11, 2012

Finnair has today announced it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Swiss SR Technics on the sourcing of engine and component services. This cooperation would result in adjusting Finnair’s own component services and discontinuing the company’s engine services operations. Finnair now starts consultations with personnel representatives. These operations currently employ approximately 350 people [...]

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Traffic Performance March 2012 For Finnair

April 11, 2012

In March, Finnair traffic measured in Revenue Passenger Kilometres rose by 11.6 per cent and the overall capacity grew by 3.6 per cent year-on-year. Passenger load factor improved by 5.6 percentage points and was 78.0 per cent. The total traffic figures were impacted by the good development in both Asian and European traffic.  In March, [...]

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