| Japan Airlines and American Airlines Venture Into Joint Business Benefits for Trans-Pacific Consumers |
Air Travel NewsMonday, January 10, 2011
Japan Airlines and American Airlines have announced that they have decided to initiate their joint business from April 1, 2011, based on the anticipated start of revenue-sharing on appropriate trans-Pacific flights.The airlines is utilizing a phased approach to bring additional travel choices and better benefits to customers as quickly as possible.
![]() Customers can hope to profit from improved flight schedules, extended code sharing, additional coordinated services as well as greater access to a wider variety of fares. Japan Airlines will also co-locate in American's Terminal 3 at Chicago O'Hare International Airport effective March 27, when Japan Airlines' summer schedule commences. Additional customer benefits over the approaching months are expected as the cooperation level strengthens between the two airlines. In addition to bringing benefits to clients sooner, Japan Airlines and American Airlines are announcing a jointly-formulated commemorative trans-Pacific economy-class airfare for sale in Japan from the present moment for travel between Feb. 1 and March 31, 2011. Traditionally, routings involving both airlines were normally only available at much higher fare levels. Labels: American Airlines, Japan Airlines, Travel Saturday, October 24, 2009![]() Air Canada, lately became the foremost North American airline to release a free BlackBerry application offering travellers with BlackBerry devices.It provides a suitable and simple real-time access to comprehensive flight information that includes retrieving electronic boarding passes, tracking flight details in real-time, obtaining notification of itinerary changes as well as fetching other details about Air Canada flights. Ben Smith, Executive Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer stated that with the release of this new Blackberry App, Air Canada persists to be an industry leader now providing additional customers innovative mobile and wireless services that supplies real-time details and suitable functions customized for people on the move. This Blackberry App considerably expands these features helping travellers to check-in, board and obtain additional information about Air Canada flights. Air Canada is a founding member of Star Alliance, proffering the world's most wide-ranging air transportation network for Canadian domestic and international travel. Labels: Air Canada, Travel Saturday, July 11, 2009
Air France-KLM plans to continue scaling back its employee headcount as there is no sign of a rebound in business this summer or even this autumn, Chief Executive Pierre-Henri Gourgeon said Thursday.
"We will keep reducing headcount...at a similar rhythm in the years to come," Gourgeon told the annual shareholder meeting here. He was referring to the 2.5% reduction in jobs in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. To reach that headcount reduction target, Gourgeon said,Air France-KLM will use early retirements, sabbaticals, more temporary work contracts and increased mobility of its employees between different activities and regions. The executive also told shareholders the company's fuel bill, after hedging, will rise over the current and following two fiscal years. He said Air France-KLM expects to spend EUR6.8 billion on fuel in fiscal 2010 ending next March 31, then EUR8 billion for fiscal 2011 and EUR8.5 billion in fiscal 2012. He added the company expects to save $1.8 billion this fiscal year due to the recent decline in oil prices. The ultimate size of the savings, however, will depend on the dollar's exchange rate with the euro, he added. Separately, supervisory board chief Jean-Cyril Spinetta said Air France is still studying introducing train passenger services in France in partnership with the big French transport and environmental services group Veolia Environnement SA (VE). But he said the companies haven't yet determined how profitable such a venture would be. Spinetta also said he doesn't expect an improvement in the global economy in the coming months. "This is why we decided not to grant a dividend," he told shareholders. (online.wsj.com) Labels: Air France-KLM, Airfares, Travel |


