MIAMI – Air Canada (AC) seeks more non-stop options to the state of Hawaii as it prepares its network planning for the winter 2022 season.
Three of these routes will be offered by the airline for the first time: Montreal-Honolulu, Toronto-Maui, and Calgary-Honolulu. These routes, along with resumed service for Toronto-Honolulu, Calgary-Maui, Vancouver-Honolulu, Vancouver-Maui, and Vancouver-Kona, will commence in December 2021.
An Air Canada Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner taxiing. The Dreamliner will service many of Air Canada’s new and resuming flights to Hawaii. Photo: Liam Funnell/Airways
MIAMI – In a press release, Air Canada (AC) confirmed its major commitment to supporting climate change resilience across the sector.
The airline has set lofty climate goals, aiming to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) across its entire global operations by 2050.
To achieve this, AC has set total midterm GHG net reduction goals for its air and ground operations by 2030, relative to its 2019 baseline, and has planned to invest US$50m in Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF), as well as emission reductions and deletions. Michael Rousseau, President, and Chief Executive Officer at AC said the following:
“Economic growth and sustainability are equally important, and we have a strong track record for both. Despite the severe impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, we remain deeply committed to long-term sustainability. Climate change is critical, and we believe we can and must do more to address this for the future of our environment.”
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MIAMI – Air France (AF) is one of the world’s largest Boeing 777 operators. The type has been the backbone of AF’s long-haul operations. The airline used the aircraft type mostly on destinations across Africa, Asia, and the Americas.
However, the Boeing 777 fleet is aging, especially the 777-200ERs. The first aircraft of this type delivered to AF back in 1998 and by now the Boeing 777-200ER fleet has an average age of 14.2 years. As a result, the French flag carrier announced the retirement of the type in the next three (3) months.
The first triple seven, out of a total of four (4) Boeing 777-200ERs to be retired, made its final flight yesterday morning, heading for Tarbes Airport (LDE). However, the retirement was expected, as the airline has grounded fifteen (15) out of its twenty-five (25) B777-200ERs for more than a year.
MIAMI – On January 29, a Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A330 finished its landing run in deep snow without leaving the runway at New Chitose Airport (CTS) in Japan. The incident caused no injuries or damage.
The aircraft apparently got stuck at the beginning of a taxiway not yet cleared of snow. After unsuccessfully trying to move out on its own power, the snow was cleared in front of the nose landing gear and the aircraft towed to the gate.
Japan Airlines E-170 Involved in Snow Incident
Earlier the same day, a similar incident occurred to Japan Airlines Embraer E-170 (reg. JA216J), operating flight JL2903 from Sendai (SDJ). No damage or injuries were reported.