ATR congratulates US carrier Silver Airways on its five-year anniversary of ATR operations. With its fleet of 8 46-seater ATR 42-600 and 6 70 seat ATR 72s, Silver has been transforming regional air travel over the past five years by offering reliable direct flights with superior passenger experience to short and medium-haul leisure and business destinations for the people of Southeastern US, the Bahamas and the Caribbean.  The state-of-the art ATR-600 series has been transformational for Silver Airways providing passengers with an aircraft specifically desi ..read more

Delta Air Lines has announced plans to raise its minimum starting wage to $19 an hour for employees and provide a 5% pay raise to eligible employees worldwide ..read more

JetBlue Airways Corporation has reported its financial results for the first quarter of 2024. “Thanks to our incredible crewmembers and our reinvigorated focus on improving reliability, our operation performed above plan in the first quarter, resulting in revenue and costs coming in better than expectations,” said Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue’s chief executive officer. “As we look to the full year, significant elevated capacity in our Latin region, which represents a large portion of JetBlue’s network, will likely continue to pressure revenue and we expect a setback in our expectations for the ful ..read more

Farewell to a Indian Queen. Ex Air India VT-EVA is headed to the graveyard at Roswell as N940AS. It passed through its birthplace of Paine Field. Air India Boeing 747-437 N940AS (VT-EVA) (msn 28094) PAE (Royal S. King). Image: 962974. Copyright Photo: Air India Boeing 747-437 N940AS (VT-EVA) (msn 28094) PAE (Royal S. King). Image: 962974 ..read more

Just Published: Volume 6 in the Great Airlines Series of books by Brian Worthington – available in softcover and as an ebook from Amazon: Sample page: Available from Amazon ..read more

Beginning May 17, 2024, WestJet guests will gain access to six additional cities across four Asian countries from Incheon International Airport (ICN) through an expansion of WestJet’s codeshare agreement with Korean Air, one of the world’s only 5-star airlines as awarded by Skytrax. Seoul (WestJet) Through the agreement, guests will have more opportunity to explore unique transpacific Asian destinations beyond Seoul with a seamless single connection at ICN and the convenience of booking their entire journey with one ticket, baggage transfers, and earning WestJet Dollars througho ..read more

A message at an altitude of over ten kilometers and spread across the entire continent! With the clear statement “Yes to Europe”, several Lufthansa Group aircraft will be flying across their European home from this week on. A total of four Airbus A320 will serve as ambassadors of the European idea shortly before the European elections. The eye-catching message can be read on the fuselage and is framed by the European star wreath. European stars in the European sky Lufthansa and Eurowings, which even has its connection to Europe at the heart of its brand name, will be the first to do so, each ..read more

airBaltic has announced that it will operate additional special pop-up flights this summer season, serving the increased passenger demand to selected destinations for a specific period of time. The new pop-up flights will include a domestic service between airBaltic’s home base in Riga, Latvia and the coastal city of Liepaja. Furthermore, the airline will operate pop-up flights from Tallinn, Estonia to Palma de Mallorca, Spain at the end of summer. Riga-Liepaja flights are scheduled from July 11 to July 22, and from August 1 to August 5, operating twice a week. One-way ticket prices ..read more

Ethiopian Airlines has announced the launch of new four times weekly passenger services to Warsaw, Poland via Athens. The inaugural flight is scheduled as of June 16, 2024, expanding the airline’s European destinations to 24.  The new route, ET 764 from Addis Ababa to Warsaw via Athens, will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Return flight ET 765 from Warsaw to Addis Ababa via Athens will operate on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. Ethiopian Airlines aircraft photo gallery:  ..read more

Air Canada customers have a wide range of exciting options across Europe and Asiathis summer, along with a choice of 120 destinations in North America, to fulfill their summer travel plans. Alongside new and enhanced international routes to Singapore, Madrid, Stockholm, Osaka and Seoul, the carrier’s Summer 2024 international capacity is growing by 30 percent into Asia-Pacific and 25 percent to key leisure destinations in Southern Europe compared to last Summer. Air Canada’s Atlantic schedule will provide the most ..read more