[ad_1] Warning that it expects “challenges in the operating environment this summer” due to air traffic controller shortages, JetBlue will reduce capacity for the peak summer period, the carrier’s executives said Tuesday during JetBlue’s quarterly earnings call. JetBlue is one of multiple carriers to take advantage of the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration’s voluntary 10 percent slot…

[ad_1] Virgin Atlantic and technology provider Amadeus have renewed and expanded their distribution agreement to include the future distribution of the carrier’s New Distribution Capability offerings, Amadeus announced Monday.  No date for turning on the NDC content was announced, but the companies “have embarked on a close collaboration to build the integration of the Virgin…

[ad_1] Event booking platform Hubli has launched a service for booking internal meeting space called Office Connect, the company announced Tuesday. The tool allows users to list their internal meeting space in Hubli’s platform alongside external space in hotels and other venues, according to the company.  Office Connect is available now, and users can include it…

[ad_1] Chauffeured ride-hailing provider Blacklane has expanded its city-to-city service in the United States with 28 new routes, the company announced Tuesday.  Some of the city pairs include Austin-San Antonio, Chicago-Milwaukee, Los Angeles and each Las Vegas and San Diego, Miami-Orlando, and New York and each Boston, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. All rides have a…

[ad_1] Internal carbon pricing mechanisms, setting public emission reduction targets and sustainability clauses in supplier contracts are among the “leading” sustainability practices identified in a benchmarking study published on Monday by the Global Business Travel Association Foundation. The report, based on interviews with 12 “sustainability leaders from global companies that rely on business travel to…

[ad_1] When American Airlines on April 3 removed some fares from EDIFACT-connected channels, key questions included which content would be available only through the carrier’s New Distribution Capability channels and what difference in price, if any, would the fares in each channel carry. Travel management company AmTrav has begun tracking those fares and analyzing the…

[ad_1] Emirates on July 5 will launch daily service between Dubai and Montreal, the carrier announced Monday. The route will operate with Boeing 777-300ER aircraft with a three-class configuration with eight first-class suites, 42 lie-flat seats in business class and 304 economy seats. The new route complements the carrier’s daily Airbus A380 service to Toronto,…

[ad_1] Beginning Dec. 21, 2023, American Airlines will launch a new daily seasonal route between Los Angeles and Auckland, New Zealand, the carrier announced Monday. The flight will operate until March 3, 2024, and use Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft. This route will be the second to Auckland for American, adding to service from Dallas/Fort Worth,…

[ad_1] InterContinental Hotels Group has signed a deal to debut its Vignette Collection in the United Kingdom upon the opening later this year of The Halyard at Ropewalks Liverpool, IHG announced Thursday.  The new hotel is expected to open this year under a franchise agreement with U.K.-based Molo Hotels, the company said.  The expansion follows…

[ad_1] Air Canada has purchased 9.5 million liters—about 2.5 million gallons—of sustainable aviation fuel from producer Neste for flights that depart from San Francisco International Airport, the carrier announced Friday.  The carrier has been purchasing SAF from Neste since February 2022, and this purchase represents a five-fold increase year over year in the airline’s SAF…