LONDON – Alitalia (AZ), the largest Italian airline bought by NEWCO, has decided to apply drastic cuts: starting with 5,000 workers, there will also be a review on long-haul routes and on European cities. Five of the many long-haul routes remain active, that is, only the legacy and profitable ones.
The draft of the industrial plan of Italia Trasporti Aereo SPA (ITA), provides for the choice of an international partner, when the market begins to show signs of recovery: one between Lufthansa (LH) and the triad Delta Air Lines (DL), Air France (AF) and KLM (KL).
Alitalia Boeing 777-243 EI-FNI Landing on Runway 16R in Rome Fiumicino Intl’ Airport (FCO).
MIAMI – Today in Aviation, the Boeing 787 Dreamliner prototype completed its maiden flight in 2009 after encountering numerous delays. The Dreamliner is considered innovative and revolutionary because it pushed the envelopes and boundaries in a number of developmental stages, increasing environmental aircraft efficiency while greatly improving the passenger experience.
Boeing unveiled its plans for the groundbreaking 787 wide-body jet airliner on January 29, 2003, after the company axed its Sonic Cruiser concept. With a focus on efficiency, on April 26, 2004, the manufacturer launched the program with an order for 50 aircraft from All Nippon Airways (ANA) and a targeted introduction penned for 2008.
On July 8, 2007, the prototype was rolled out without major systems. The type certification was obtained in August 2011 and the first Boeing 787-8 was delivered to ANA in September 2011, prior to entering commercial service on October 26, 2011.
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Star Alliance, a consortium of 26 carriers including United Airlines, Lufthansa, Singapore Airlines, Air Canada, and All Nippon Airways, completed last week its move of its applications to AWS (Amazon Web Services), a cloud computing vendor, with an initial goal of taming costs.
“We’re pretty clean when it comes to moving to the AWS cloud environment,” said Jeremy Drury, head of digital and technology at Star Alliance. “The move was deliberate. One [goal] was to reduce our costs as we go to 2021. [The second was] to be ready for the scale that we are expecting as traffic increases.”
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“What should I do about my trip?” It’s a question we are hearing often. In the short term, for international travel the State Department and most countries have answered the question for you: stay home. Even with the global travel ban lifted, the vast majority of the globe is under a travel warning or will not allow Americans to enter.
For domestic travel, the answers aren’t crystal clear. The best you can do is be sure you’re making decisions based on the best available information. Unfortunately, finding the best available information is challenging because the situation on the ground changes by the day. TSA recently crossed the 1 million passenger per day threshold but airline travel is still down 65% year over year.
Results of Wines on the Wing Airline Wine Competition Released
Share Article YARDLEY, Pa. (PRWEB) December 14, 2020 Global Traveler, the only AAM-audited magazine for luxury business and leisure travelers, releases the results of its 17th annual Wines on the Wing Airline Wine Competition.
The competition, held Sept. 29, took place at Odd Logic Brewery in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Judges participated in a blind tasting of airlines’ white, red and sparkling wines.
Airlines are required to submit five different wines two red wines, two white wines and one sparkling wine/Champagne to be eligible for the overall Best International First-Class Wines on the Wing award or Best International Business-Class Wines on the Wing award. This year, the winner for Best International First-Class Wines on the Wing was American Airlines, and the winner for Best International Business-Class Wines on the Wing was LATAM Airlines.