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Qantas Group expands Neighbour Free programme to select international routes

23 October, 2023

Qantas Group expanded a trial of its Neighbour Free programme to the following international routes (Travel News Asia/Business Traveller, 19/20-Oct-2023):

  • Singapore-Brisbane;
  • Singapore-Melbourne;
  • Singapore-Perth;
  • Brisbane-Auckland;
  • Brisbane-Christchurch;
  • Brisbane-Los Angeles;
  • Brisbane-Wellington from 29-Oct-2023;
  • Melbourne-Auckland;
  • Melbourne-Christchurch;
  • Melbourne-Dallas;
  • Melbourne-Los Angeles;
  • Melbourne-Wellington;
  • Sydney-Auckland;
  • Sydney-Christchurch;
  • Sydney-Dallas;
  • Sydney-Honolulu;
  • Sydney-Los Angeles;
  • Sydney-San Francisco;
  • Sydney-Wellington.

The programme enables passengers to reserve the seat next to them when travelling economy. The option will start from AUD45 (USD28.43) on trans-Tasman flights, AUD100 (USD63.18) between Australia and Singapore, and AUD225 (USD142.15) between Australia and the US. Chief customer and digital officer Catriona Larritt stated: "We've had a really positive reaction from customers who've opted to travel Neighbour Free on our domestic network and customers have told us they want the option on our international flights too". Ms Larritt added: "The data shows its most popular with customers on our longer flights between the east and west coasts, so rolling it out to our international flights makes a lot of sense".

British Airways confirms changes to Avios system for Executive Club members

19 October, 2023

British Airways announced (18-Oct-2023) Executive Club members booking flights will collect Avios based on the cost of their ticket rather than the distance of their flight, effective 18-Oct-2023. Members will receive up to nine Avios per GBP1 spent on flights, as well as collecting on eligible ancillary purchases, including pre-paid selection, upgrades and excess baggage. The carrier projected the change will result in a 20% increase in the number of Avios issued. The new model will also apply to flights marketed by Iberia and American Airlines. [more - original PR]

avianca unveils new brand identity

19 October, 2023

avianca unveiled (18-Oct-2023) a new brand identity, including the shift to a lowercase "a". CEO Adrian Neuhauser said the airline's recent restructuring was "perhaps the greatest reinvention of an airline in the history of aviation", adding: "That's why today we say hello to avianca in lowercase and goodbye to the uppercase 'A' of the past. This is a brand that honours our history and at the same time represents what we are today, a renewed avianca: friendly, agile, accessible, attentive and cheerful". [more - original PR]

Air Greenland signs new interline agreements with SAS and Icelandair

18 October, 2023

Air Greenland signed (16-Oct-2023) new interline agreements with SAS and Icelandair for 2024. As a result, several new international routes can be booked directly on Air Greenland's website, effective immediately. The routes are all offered in cooperation with either SAS or Icelandair's route network, which are served via either Keflavik or Copenhagen. The new destinations include:

  • Aarhus;
  • Amsterdam;
  • Anchorage
  • Bergen
  • Berlin;
  • Boston;
  • Brussels;
  • Chicago;
  • Denver;
  • Düsseldorf;
  • Frankfurt;
  • Gothenburg;
  • Halifax;
  • Hamburg;
  • Hanover;
  • London;
  • Luxembourg;
  • Kandersteg;
  • Manchester;
  • Milan;
  • Minneapolis;
  • Munich;
  • New York;
  • Oslo;
  • Paris;
  • Seattle;
  • Stockholm;
  • Stuttgart;
  • Toronto;
  • Trondheim;
  • Vancouver;
  • Washington DC. [more - original PR]

Southwest Airlines unveils new Southwest Business Meetings platform

18 October, 2023

Southwest Airlines unveiled (17-Oct-2023) its new Southwest Business Meetings platform, enabling meeting planners to better manage travel on Southwest Airlines. The platform features tools including automated proposal requests, streamlined proposal management and tracking, complimentary name change requests up until 24 hours before departure, and improved reporting, facilitating easier business travel management for meetings with 25 or more travellers. [more - original PR]

AirAsia, Batik, ANA, VietJet, Scoot, JAL, Malaysia Airlines, Beond, HKIA to speak at CAPA KL Summit

17 October, 2023

CAPA - Centre for Aviation confirmed (17-Oct-2023) AirAsia Malaysia CEO Riad Asmat, AirAsia Group chief revenue & network officer Paul Carroll, AirAsia X CEO Benyamin Ismail, All Nippon Airways EVP GM Asia & Oceania & Singapore Shinya Kanda, Atlas Air SVP sales & marketing Asia Pacific Alvin Tay, Batik Air group strategy director Chandran Rama Muthy, Beond CEO & chairman Tero Taskila, Capital A Digital president investments & ventures Aireen Omar, Japan Airlines senior research fellow, industry-academia research and cooperations Yoguchi Akihide, Malaysia Airlines Group MD Izham Ismail, Malaysia Airlines head group sustainability Rahimah Ali, Scoot CEO Leslie Thng, Teleport CEO Pete Chareonwongsak, Turkish Airlines SVP cargo marketing Fatih Cığal, VietJet Air member of board of directors Chu Viet Cuong, Air Control Tower managing director Neil Glynn, Airbus Malaysia head of technology Kan-Ern Liew, Airbus head of marketing APAC Bence Szabo, Air Transport World editor in chief Karen Walker, APAC Network chief strategy officer Oriel Morrison, Aviation Week senior air transport editor Adrian Schofield, Aviation Week Network MD Asia Paul Burton, CAE head of sales (Asia) Vivian Dsouza, Envest executive director David Wills, FLYR general manager APAC Clayton Grant, Hitit technical sales director Cemil Agagil, Hong Kong International Airport COO Vivian Cheung, IBS Software SVP for APAC & Middle East Gautam Shekar, Malaysia Airports chairman Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Zainun Ali, Malaysia Airports COO Gordon Stewart, Malaysia's Minister of Transport the Honourable Loke Siew Fook, Oliver Wyman partner, head of transportation & services Asia Pacific region Douglas Carlucci, SITA vice president airports, borders, communications & data exchange Sanjeev K, Skyscanner vice president strategic relations & development Hugh Aitken and Textron Aviation director Lachlan Cullen as speakers at the CAPA Asia Aviation Summit & Sustainability Awards in Kuala Lumpur on 02/03-Nov-2023.

American Airlines unveils AAdvantage Business loyalty programme

17 October, 2023

American Airlines unveiled (16-Oct-2023) its new AAdvantage Business loyalty programme for corporate travellers, allowing business travellers to earn additional loyalty points and accelerate their path to AAdvantage status. For every USD1 spent on eligible business travel, businesses may earn one AAdvantage mile, while eligible individual travellers may earn one loyalty point counting towards AAdvantage member status. Additionally, corporate CitiBusiness/AAdvantage Platinum Select Mastercard cardmembers may earn twice the miles and an additional loyalty point for every USD1 spent. Rewards are in addition to regular AAdvantage programme offerings. American Airlines is the only US carrier to offer a dedicated business loyalty programme. [more - original PR]

Star Alliance opens new lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport

14 October, 2023

Star Alliance inaugurated (12-Oct-2023) its second lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport on 12-Oct-2023. The new lounge will serve first and business class passengers and Star Alliance Gold status customers on member airline flights departing from gates 10 to 38 in Terminal 1. Eligible United Club and Air Canada Maple Leaf Club members may also access the lounge. The new 1300sqm lounge was designed by Gensler and can accommodate over 300 guests. The first Star Alliance lounge, which is located prior to security on level 10 in Terminal 1, will now serve passengers departing on intra-Schengen flights from gates 50 to 78 and guests from various lounge access programmes departing from all gates. [more - original PR]

Air New Zealand introduces Multiseat upgrade on New York-Auckland sector

12 October, 2023

Air New Zealand introduced (12-Oct-2023) a Multiseat upgrade option on southbound service from New York to Auckland. The Multiseat upgrade enables a passenger to secure three economy seats together in a row. Multiseat will be available for sale effective immediately for travel from 15-Jan-2024 and is offered as a seat selection in the GDS. [more - original PR]

EUROCONTROL: Intra European traffic at 94% of 2019 levels in early Oct-2023

12 October, 2023

EUROCONTROL reported (12-Oct-2023) the following highlights for European aviation, for the period between 02-Oct-2023 and 08-Oct-2023:

  • The network recorded 31,099 average daily flights, -2.5% week-on-week, +8% year-on-year and at 94% of 2019 levels;
  • Intra Europe: 24,439 daily flights, -3% week-on-week and 95% of 2019 levels;
  • Intercontinental: 5871 daily flights, -1% week-on-week and 90% of 2019 levels;
  • On the intercontinental network, the main regional flow was Europe-Middle East (1515 average daily flights, 4% above 2019 levels);
  • Flows with other Europe (including Russia) remain "massively reduced" at -66% compared to 2019 (401 average daily flights);
  • The Europe-North Africa is recording the highest growth compared to 2019 (+13%, 1175 average daily flights);
  • UK-US was the top long haul country pair, with 343 average daily flights, +3% week-on-week and +6% compared with 2019;
  • Mainline (+22% compared to 2022), non scheduled (+6%), low cost (+6%) and regional (+3%) sectors are recording growth since the pandemic;
  • Business (+2%) has increased especially in Italy, Spain and France, owing to special events such as the Rugby World Cup in France, political summit in Andalusia and closing parties in Ibiza;
  • All cargo (-5%) is levelling off with no more rebound effect from 2022 events such as Omicron or the start of the Russia/Ukraine war. [more - original PR]
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