[ad_1] American Airlines plans to cut additional summer service beyond what was announced in December due to what it called Boeing’s continued delays in delivering new 787-8 aircraft, known as the Dreamliner, according to an internal announcement the carrier filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.  American said it had expected Boeing to deliver all 13…

[ad_1] As with other carriers, the Covid-19 omicron variant negatively affected Air Canada’s recovery at the end of last year’s fourth quarter and into the first quarter of 2022, executives said during a fourth-quarter earnings call Friday, but business in February has started to rebound. The company had started to see some improvement in the…

[ad_1] Plans are in the works for a new low-cost carrier to connect U.S. and Asian cities through Anchorage, Alaska. Northern Pacific Airways, which has taken delivery of two Boeing 757-200 aircraft, is awaiting U.S. Department of Transportation approval and hopes to launch its first commercial flight “with 2022 in the date,” CEO Rob McKinney…

[ad_1] Citi’s Curtis and HRS’ Knackstedt discuss: Data benefits of new alliance Role of virtual cards in post-Covid workplace How payment strategy can help reach sustainability goals Corporate lodging platform HRS in recent months announced a global partnership to integrate Citi’s virtual payment product into its travel booking process. The agreement enables HRS to provide audited hotel…

[ad_1] Unlike several peers touting positive earnings for fourth quarter and full year 2021, Hyatt continued to see red—posting a $29 million loss for the fourth quarter and a $203 million loss for the full year. Those numbers compared favorably to 2020, when the fourth quarter and full year cratered to $222 million and $703…

[ad_1] Singapore Airlines, in partnership with the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and global investment company Temasek, has selected ExxonMobil for sustainable aviation fuel as part of a one-year pilot on the use of SAF in Singapore, the organizations announced.  The carrier will purchase from ExxonMobil blended SAF, composed of 1.25 million liters of “neat”…

[ad_1] British Airways on June 6 will launch a new daily flight between Newark Liberty International Airport and London Heathrow “to support the return of business travel in 2022,” the carrier announced Thursday.  The Newark-London leg will at depart at 7:55 a.m. The London-Newark leg will depart at 7:10 p.m. It will be the carrier’s…

[ad_1] Air France-KLM Group’s corporate segment in December 2021 reached about half the volume of 2019, according to a presentation that accompanied the airline’s fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday. Full-year 2021 corporate volume totaled about 30 percent of 2019, according to the carrier. The business recovery trend was driven by long-haul routes after a partial relaxation…

[ad_1] JPMorgan Chase & Co. has reached an agreement to acquire travel management company Frosch, according to a report from BTN sister publication The Beat. The deal was announced in a memo to employees, obtained and verified by The Beat, from Frosch president and CEO Bryan Leibman, in which he said Frosch’s “interest is aligned” with…

[ad_1] Roy Goldschmitt Flight Centre Travel Group has named former Amadeus executive Roy Goldschmitt as global chief technology officer for its corporate brands. Goldschmitt, who has worked in travel technology for about 20 years and most recently as Amadeus’ director of product development, will oversee core shared services behind the customer-facing products offered by both…