Farelogix plans to launch a website designed to calculate what a traveler will pay for checking bags and other items, such as sports equipment, on various airlines. The company, best known for developing direct-connect technology for airlines, said the site – iflybags.com – will make its debut around Oct. 1. Farelogix chief executive Jim Davidson is hoping the site will dispel the notion that airlines’ fees for ancillary products and services are “hidden” from consumers.
SkyWork Airlines launched Bern service to Rome Fiumicino (5X-weekly) and Vienna (6X-weekly). Ryanair will cease Dublin service to Kerry and Cork on Sept. 7 and Oct. 30, respectively. Eastern Airways will increase 11X weekly Bristol service to Aberdeen and Leeds Bradford to 16X weekly Oct. 3. Virgin America will launch 5X weekly San Francisco-Puerto Vallarta service Dec. 2.
Hainan Airlines (HU) reported a first-half net profit of CNY669.52 million ($104.7 million), up 20.2% compared to net income of CNY556.83 million in the year-ago period, owing to “robust growth of domestic market demand.”
News from Travel Technology Update: Farelogix plans to launch a website designed to calculate what a traveler will pay for checking bags and other items, such as sports equipment, on various airlines.
Air France-KLM (AF) Group and AF CEO Pierre-Henri Gourgeon met with trade unions Monday to discuss potential new cost savings in light of the uncertain economic outlook, the company confirmed to ATW.
Qantas (QF) won a significant battle Tuesday over the Australian and International Pilots’ Assn. (AIPA) after industrial arbitrator Fair Work Australia (FWA) dismissed a pilots’ claim over pay.
Hainan Airlines (HU) reported a first-half net profit of CNY669.52 million ($104.7 million), up 20.2% compared to net income of CNY556.83 million in the year-ago period, owing to “robust growth of domestic market demand.”
Eastern Airways will launch 3X weekly Glasgow-Stavanger service Sept. 12. American Airlines will launch 4X weekly New York JFK-Antigua Boeing 737 service Nov. 17. Porter Airlines will increase 5X weekly Toronto City-Boston service to 6X weekly Oct. 12. Gulf Air will launch Bahrain service to Rome Fiumicino (4X weekly, Nov. 30), Entebbe (4X weekly, Dec. 5) and Juba (3X weekly, Feb. 7).
FL Technics Ulyanovsk received approval to perform aircraft maintenance within the Ulyanovsk free economic zone from Russia's Minister of Economic Development and Trade. It will build a new three-hangar aircraft complex, designed for short- and medium-range Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, Embraer, Sukhoi and other aircraft. The hangars are estimated for completion in 2013, 2015 and 2017, respectively.
IATA reported that international passenger traffic increased 7.3% year-over-year in July while domestic traffic rose 3.5%. Total system traffic heightened 5.9%.
Saying it is remaining "consistent with the baggage polices of other major carriers," Air Canada (AC) said Friday it will start charging C$25/$25 for a first checked bag on all Canada-US transborder flights.
Boeing confirmed Friday it will deliver the first 747-8 freighter to launch customer Cargolux Sept. 19 at Paine Field in Everett. Production and development issues several times delayed the 747-8F; Cargolux was originally scheduled to get its first aircraft in the third quarter of 2009.
Aircraft leasing giant International Lease Finance Corp. (ILFC) filed a registration statement Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to launch an initial public offering that will pave the way for it to largely break away from troubled parent American International Group.
Copa Airlines inked a codeshare agreement with Tame Ecuador. It will initially include Quito-Panama and Guayaquil-Panama service and will later expand to include flights in Ecuador as well as to the entire Latin American region. QantasLink will launch 12-times-weekly Geraldton-Perth Bombardier Q400 service Nov. 21. It will also introduce the Q400 on Exmouth-Perth service Mondays and Wednesdays; Boeing 717s will operate the route Fridays and Sundays.
The Serbian government is once again trying to sell financially troubled, state-owned Jat Airways—or at least find an investor willing to operate and manage a "new" Belgrade-based airline.
The Romanian government approved a plan to partially privatize Tarom. The airline was not included among a list of state-owned entities the government said earlier this year it would privatize, though the carrier's privatization has been speculated about for some time.
