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  • Killer whale punts a sea lion 20 feet in the air to show calf how it’s done

    Killer whale punts a sea lion 20 feet in the air to show calf how it’s done

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    While many families spent Thanksgiving watching football in their living rooms, some lucky few spent it watching killer whales punt a sea lion 20 feet into the air in Monterey Bay.

    About 120 people aboard a Monterey Bay Whale Watch boat Thanksgiving morning witnessed a rare sighting of a pod of killer whales hunting sea lions in the bay. A few minutes into the encounter, one whale punted a sea lion almost 20 feet into the air, a common hunting tactic used by killer whales to slow down and exhaust its prey, marine biologist Colleen Talty said.

    Although many people on the boat were excited to lay eyes on the killer whales, some raised concern about the well-being of the sea lions, according to a photographer on the boat who called the scene “bittersweet” but a necessary part of nature.

    “Of course you feel bad for the sea lion, but you have to remember it’s nature and without sea lions, the pod wouldn’t survive without the food,” photographer Morgan Quimby said.

    Talty, who has seen a sea lion punt “multiple times” in her six years of working at Monterey Bay Whale Watch, said witnessing such a moment is quite rare.

    “You have to be at the right place at the right time,” Talty said. “You could even get the hunt when they’ve already punted the sea lion, because oftentimes that’s done in the beginning of the hunt when they’re first trying to get the sea lion exhausted, separate it if it’s in a group.”

    Based on the behavior of the four whales, Talty said it was a training session for the new calf in the pod that was learning how to hunt with its mother, grandmother and aunt.

    “Once they successfully killed a sea lion, the members of the pod took turns displaying attack maneuvers and behaviors to further instruct their newest pod member on how to hunt,” Monterey Bay Whale Watch said Friday on Facebook.

    Monterey Bay Whale Watch has seen this particular family of killer whales, known as the CA51As, in the bay for over 30 years and across four generations of whales, Talty said.

    A killer whale punts a sea lion almost 20 feet into the air, a common hunting tactic used by killer whales to slow down and exhaust its prey.

    (Morgan Quimby Photography)

    Quimby was on the boat Thursday morning and caught the rare sighting on camera. The erratic movements of the whales made it challenging for her to photograph them, so she decided to focus her lens on one of the four or five different groups of sea lions in the water. The pack of sea lions she had her camera focused on happened to be the one the killer whales went after.

    “Any time there are killer whales in the area, I’m constantly ready, following them, tracking them with my camera, trying to make sure I don’t miss any of the shots, any of their behavior,” she said.

    The hunting session began around 10:30 a.m. and went on for almost two hours before the whales’ movements slowed down and they finished feasting, Quimby said.

    “They’re so family driven and intelligent, so to be able to watch them teaching this several-month-old calf how to hunt and how to survive is just such a special and intimate moment that we were lucky to witness,” she said.

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  • Turkish Airlines to Launch Low-Cost Subsidiary

    Turkish Airlines to Launch Low-Cost Subsidiary

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    AJet, a new low-cost subsidiary launched by Turkish Airlines, will begin operations to and from the United Kingdom in March 2024 “with a new summer schedule,” the carrier announced Monday. AJet will replace the former AnadoluJet. 

    The new airline will include a single economy-class cabin and “was created to strengthen Turkish Airlines’ position in an increasingly competitive market and will continue its operations based at Istanbul Sabiha Gökçen and Ankara Esenboga airports.”

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  • American Asks DOT to Dismiss ASTA NDC Complaint

    American Asks DOT to Dismiss ASTA NDC Complaint

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    American Airlines in a new filing with the U.S. Department of Transportation called the American Society of Travel Advisors complaint against the carrier over its distribution strategy “a frivolous compilation of rhetoric and unsupported allegations that have little, if anything, to do with the alleged basis for the complaint.” American also asked the agency to dismiss the complaint, according to its filing, dated Tuesday. 

    ASTA had requested that DOT require American to restore all its content to EDIFACT distribution channels after the carrier in April began to remove up to 40 percent of that content and make it available only through direct or New Distribution Capability-enabled channels.

    In its complaint, ASTA said that removal of that content caused significant price disparities between EDIFACT and the newer NDC-based channels, “with the established channel almost invariably being the higher-priced option.”

    The carrier in its response argued that “ASTA’s complaint is not an effort to protect consumers: it is an effort to protect certain agencies” and it would “slow the pace of innovation for those agencies that have not invested in new technologies or adjusted old ways of doing business.”

    It also noted that “NDC is not new anymore” and that “NDC makes it possible for American to offer more options to consumers at lower prices and with better service—an increase in competition that is driving other U.S. airlines to also adopt NDC-based technologies.”

    Several international airlines this year have expanded their NDC offerings, as did United Airlines—which also pulled Basic Economy fares from EDIFACT in September. Delta Air Lines has said that it is aiming to introduce a NDC solution at some point in 2024.

    “There simply is no colorable, consumer-centric basis for ASTA’s complaints,” American said. “Absent was any credible evidence that consumers are being harmed—that they are somehow facing increased fares or reduced capacity as a result of NDC. Rather, ASTA admits, as it must, that all fares remain available to all consumers and that every fare is viewable and comparable in every channel. And contrary to ASTA’s allegations, no agency is being forced to use NDC. Agencies are free to choose between investing in new technology that allows them to consume the richer, more complex NDC dataset or to remain fixed within the EDIFACT environment.”

    ASTA declined immediate comment on American’s filing.

    RELATED: ASTA Asks DOT to Require AA to Return Fares to EDIFACT

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  • FCM Projects Growing Demand, Stabilizing Prices for 2024

    FCM Projects Growing Demand, Stabilizing Prices for 2024

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    Global travel costs have stabilized, and business travel volumes and budgets are poised to increase in 2024, according to FCM Consulting’s Global Quarterly Trend Report published on Wednesday.

    The report, based on FCM’s corporate booking data from July through September, indicates “that North America is leading the globe in many key areas including airline seat growth, passenger load factors and general travel heading into 2024,” according to FCM Consulting director for the Americas Ashley Gutermuth. U.S. travel demand particularly stands out in load factors as reported by the International Air Transport Association, with the U.S. domestic load factor at 84.5 percent in the third quarter, above the global domestic average of 83.5 percent, and North America’s international load factor at 87.7 percent, above the global average of 85.4 percent.

    North America also is trending higher for airline seat capacity next year, according to FCM. Available seats in the first quarter of 2024 are expected to be 8 percent higher than 2019 levels, compared to a 5.3 percent increase globally, the report indicated.

    FCM projects global airfares will increase between 3 percent and 7 percent next year compared with this year, driven in part by inflation.

    In lodging, FCM reports that corporate average room rates have “plateaued” over the past six months. In North America, corporate rates declined 4 percent in the third quarter compared with the previous quarter, with some of the largest declines in New York (down 6 percent) and Chicago (down 3 percent).

    Car rental rates this year are up 4 percent globally compared with 2022, though rates in the U.S. are down 1 percent, according to FCM’s report. Next year, those increases should moderate to a 2 percent to 3 percent increase year over year, FCM said.

    With overall travel demand growing, albeit at a more moderate pace than the earlier stages of the post-pandemic recovery, and prices stabilizing, “the data suggests that travel budgets and business travel will again increase in 2024, pending economic conditions and geopolitical issues,” according to FCM.

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  • American Flight Attendants Request Release to Strike

    American Flight Attendants Request Release to Strike

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    The Association of Professional Flight Attendants, which represents about 26,000 American Airlines flight attendants, submitted a request to the National Mediation Board to be released from federal mediation, the union announced on Monday. 

    Should the request be granted, it would “start the clock on a 30-day cooling-off period,” after which the flight attendants would be free to strike against American. 

    In August, 99.5 percent of APFA members voted to authorize a strike, with 93 percent participation, according to the union, adding that flight attendants at American have been working under a contract negotiated in 2014 and have not had a raise since 2019. 

    In recent months, the union had “made it clear” during negotiation sessions mediated by the NMB that a “ratifiable deal needed to be presented” no later than the week of Nov. 13. “Having passed that deadline without the change flight attendants need to see, APFA today submitted its official request to the NMB for release from mediation,” the union said in a statement.

    American refutes APFA’s assertion that negotiations have reached an impasse. 

    “Since resuming negotiations in 2021, the company has routinely met with APFA and presented proposals that maintain our commitment to paying our team members well and competitively,” American wrote in an email statement. “For months now, we’ve had an industry-leading economic proposal on the table, and we continue to make progress on other items, including as recently as last week. We stand ready to continue working with APFA and with the support of the National Mediation Board to reach an agreement that our flight attendants have earned.”

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  • Alaska Airlines Partners with Chooose for SAF Credits

    Alaska Airlines Partners with Chooose for SAF Credits

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    Alaska Airlines has partnered with climate-tech company Chooose to provide options for customers to purchase sustainable aviation fuel credits or support “nature-based” climate projects, the airline announced Friday.

    Via a banner on the reservation confirmation page, customers can learn more about the carbon emissions generated by their own travel—with emissions calculations based on the International Air Transport Association’s methodology. They also will be given the option to purchase SAF credits or contribute to projects in geographies where the carrier flies, such as the Doyon Native Community Forest Project, Freres Biochar or the Guatemalan Conservation Coast, according to Alaska.

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  • Delta Among Founders of New Aviation Fuel Coalition

    Delta Among Founders of New Aviation Fuel Coalition

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    Delta Air Lines is among a group of organizations and industries that has launched a new coalition to promote the need and drive demand for alternative aviation fuels, the carrier and organization announced Thursday.

    Dubbed Americans for Clean Aviation Fuels, the additional founding members include Airbus, ExxonMobil, Growth Energy, Corteva Agriscience, National Business Aviation Association, Indiana Soybean Alliance, Iowa Soybean Association, Missouri Soybeans and the Ohio Soybean Council.

    Clean aviation fuels provide an alternative to conventional jet fuel “by significantly reducing lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions and encompass the universe of sustainable aviation fuels—biofuels or synthetic fuels derived from renewable biomass feedstocks, waste resources and renewable energy resources, as well as captured carbon and hydrogen,” according to ACAF.

    “Building up the market for SAF and other clean aviation fuels has benefits that reach far beyond their important climate and environmental footprint,” Delta VP of government affairs and sustainability Cherie Wilson said in a statement. “Widescale SAF production can become the fuel that helps power American’s economic engine by creating good-paying jobs in the agriculture, feedstock production, energy generation, construction and manufacturing sectors.”

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  • Carriers Place Significant Aircraft Orders at Dubai Airshow

    Carriers Place Significant Aircraft Orders at Dubai Airshow

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    During the Dubai Airshow 2023 this week, multiple airlines made commitments to update or expand their fleets through aircraft purchases. 

    Emirates placed orders with both Boeing and Airbus. The carrier on Monday agreed to a $52 billion order with Boeing for 95 additional widebody aircraft, bringing its total order book to 295 aircraft. The additional models include 55 Boeing 777-9s, 35 777-8s and five 787 Dreamliners. The first 777-9 is expected to join Emirates’ fleet in 2025, with additional aircraft to be delivered through 2035. The first 777-8s are expected in 2030.

    On Thursday, Emirates announced an order for 15 additional Airbus A350-900s, worth $6 billion. The first of the planes already on order is scheduled to join Emirates’ fleet in August 2024. With the additional aircraft, the carrier now expects A350 deliveries to continue until early 2028.

    Emirates’ Flydubai subsidiary agreed to purchase 30 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners “as the airline diversifies its fleet with the introduction of widebody aircraft,” the carrier announced Monday. The value of the order is $11 billion. Flydubai’s current fleet is composed of Boeing 737 aircraft. 

    Ethiopian Airlines on Tuesday agreed to order 11 Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner and 20 Boeing 737-8 Max aircraft, with an option for 15 and 21 additional planes, respectively. The order of up to 67 aircraft “represents the largest-ever purchase of Boeing airplanes in African history,” according to Ethiopian Airlines.

    Boeing and Ethiopian Airlines also agreed to cabin modifications for the carrier’s existing 787 Dreamliners to feature new seats, including lie-flat business-class seats.

    The largest potential order buzzed about during the week, however, was between Turkish Airlines and Airbus. The carrier confirmed on Monday that it is in “ongoing” discussions with the aircraft producer to purchase 355 aircraft—240 firm and 115 optional—to be delivered between 2026 and 2036. The deal is awaiting board of directors approval, according to Turkish Airlines.

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  • Alaska Airlines Launches Two U.S. Nonstops

    Alaska Airlines Launches Two U.S. Nonstops

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    Alaska Airlines has launched two new daily, year-round nonstop routes, the carrier announced Friday. One is between Honolulu and Paine Field Airport in Everett, Wash., located about 25 miles north of downtown Seattle. The other is between Portland, Ore., and Miami. 

    With the new Miami service, Alaska now flies to 52 nonstop destinations from Portland, and Miami is the fourth Florida city served nonstop from there, joining Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa, according to the carrier.

    Commenting on the new Hawaii route, “with this new flight, we’ll fly a combined six nonstops a day to the two Seattle area airports from Oahu, providing our leisure and business travelers with a variety of flight times that work best for them,” Alaska director of sales, community and public relations in Hawaii Daniel Chun said in a statement.

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  • Wheels Up Receives Additional $40M Investment

    Wheels Up Receives Additional $40M Investment

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    Private aviation company Wheels Up has received an additional $40 million in the form of a term loan from Kore Capital and Whitebox Advisors, the company announced Thursday. The funds are in addition to the $500 million received in August from investors that included Delta Air Lines, Certares and Knighthead. The company on Nov. 9 reported a third-quarter net loss of $144.8 million on revenue of $320 million.

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  • ARC: October U.S. Air Ticket Sales Continue to Dip

    ARC: October U.S. Air Ticket Sales Continue to Dip

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    Following September’s seasonal decline, total October 2023 U.S. air ticket sales fell 2 percent year over year and 5 percent month over month to $7.2 billion, according to Airlines Reporting Corp.’s latest report.

    Total passenger trips were up 4 percent year over year to 21.7 million but were down about 2 percent from September 2023. U.S. domestic trips increased 5 percent compared with a year prior to 14.2 million but were down 1 percent sequentially. International trips increased 2 percent from last year to 7.5 million but dropped 3 percent month over month.

    “October’s air travel data looked similar to 2022 with a slight decrease in sales and passenger trips from the prior month,” ARC chief commercial officer Steve Solomon said in a statement. “Despite month-over-month declines, the growth in passenger trips compared to last October reflects sustained demand for domestic and international travel.”

    The average price of a U.S. domestic roundtrip ticket in October declined 4 percent year over year to $557 but was up 4 percent compared with September 2023, according to ARC.

    October electronic miscellaneous document sales, which include fees for such ancillary products as upgraded seats and checked bags, increased 26 percent year over year to more than $21.1 million, but were down about 1.2 percent month over month. Ancillary transactions increased 28 percent versus October 2022 to nearly 364,700. They also were up about 1 percent month over month.

    RELATED: ARC: September Air Sales Show Seasonal Declines

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  • Dutch Government Drops Plans for More Schiphol Flight Reductions

    Dutch Government Drops Plans for More Schiphol Flight Reductions

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    The Dutch government on Tuesday suspended its plan to further reduce its flight cap at Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport for the summer 2024 season in an effort to reduce noise pollution. The decision comes after U.S. and European Union representatives met on Monday to discuss the issue, according to Reuters. 

    It also follows JetBlue’s September complaint to the U.S. Department of Transportation in which it warned that it could lose its summer 2024 Amsterdam slots—after just launching service to the city in August—and urged the U.S. to take retaliatory measures against the Netherlands flag carrier KLM, calling the cuts a violation of the Open Skies agreement. Earlier this month, JetBlue’s concerns appeared to have come to fruition when it was reported that the carrier would lose its slots come next summer.

    It was not immediately clear whether JetBlue now will be able to retain its Schiphol slots for summer 2024, and the carrier did not immediately respond to a request for comment. But during a Wednesday U.S. Travel Association event in Washington, D.C., JetBlue president and COO Joanna Geraghty said that Tuesday’s decision was a “favorable outcome.”

    The Dutch government’s announcement was “welcomed news,” the industry group Airlines for America said in a statement. “We are grateful to the U.S. government, particularly the Department of Transportation, for listening to the aviation industry’s concerns and issuing a very strong order outlining the violations of the U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement.”

    KLM was “satisfied that the Dutch government has decided to suspend the experimental rule for next year,” the carrier said in a statement. “It is an important step to prevent retaliation and to continue flying to the U.S.” 

    The carrier added that “the European Commission has sent a clear signal to go through a careful legal process according to the balanced approach. We have agreed to a number of announced measures, such as the cleaner, quieter and more economical plan, to accelerate the reduction of noise pollution. KLM shares the government’s environmental concerns and is fully committed to reducing its environmental footprint.”

    In a letter to the Dutch parliament, however, Dutch infrastructure minister Mark Harbers said that “the cabinet is still committed to restoring the balance between Schiphol and its environment,” and that the cabinet would continue to pursue the plan, according to Reuters.

    RELATED: Report: JetBlue to Lose Amsterdam Slots in Summer

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  • United to Invest Nearly $2B in Houston’s Terminal B

    United to Invest Nearly $2B in Houston’s Terminal B

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    United Airlines plans to invest more than $1.9 billion in United’s hub in Terminal B at George Bush Intercontinental Airport, and the Houston Airport System will invest $624 million, the carrier announced Wednesday. 

    The Terminal B Transformation Program will include the construction of 40 new gates for United’s domestic and international use, expanded curbside and roadway capability, an expanded ticketing lobby, a streamlined security processing area and two new passenger concourses. 

    One concourse will be 765,000 square feet spanning three levels and house 22 narrowbody gates and a United Club on the mezzanine level, set to become the largest club in the United system. The other concourse will convert 30 gates that currently house smaller, 50-seat regional jets to accommodate larger, two-class regional jets. 

    Additional planned features include a sensory room, a United-branded “park,” comfort zones, two concession hubs composed of 115,000 square feet of food and retail space, and an expanded baggage handling system.

    Developers aim to achieve LEED Silver certification for the new buildings, according to United. The carrier did not provide any timeline dates for the start or planned completion of the project.

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  • Alaska Airlines Lowers 2024 Loyalty Redemption Levels

    Alaska Airlines Lowers 2024 Loyalty Redemption Levels

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    Alaska Airlines beginning in March 2024 will offer new options for Mileage Plan loyalty members, along with redemptions starting at a lower level, the carrier announced Wednesday. 

    With its new distance-based structure, 60 percent of partner nonstop routes in economy class and 64 percent of routes in business class will start at a lower price point, according to Alaska. Short-haul awards will start at 4,500 miles each way, down from 7,500, and many shorter-distance flights within continents will start at up to half the current level.

    Alaska also is expanding access to premium-economy awards with more partners, including American Airlines and Japan Airlines. Awards will start at 6,000 miles one-way in premium economy, down from 12,500, according to the carrier. Business class will be available starting at 9,000 miles each way, down from 20,000. 

    The carrier also will add new awards between and within regions outside of North America, such as Madrid to London, Paris to Sydney or Tokyo to Singapore.

    In the future, members will be able to redeem award tickets with a combination of miles and money, according to Alaska. The carrier also will offer mileage redemption when combining two partner airlines in a single itinerary on a one-way trip, as well as redemptions for car rentals. 

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  • Delta, AirBaltic to Launch Codeshare

    Delta, AirBaltic to Launch Codeshare

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    Delta Air Lines and AirBaltic, Latvia’s national carrier, on Nov. 22 will launch a codeshare partnership, the U.S. carrier announced Wednesday. The new agreement will allow Delta to place its code on 20 AirBaltic-operated routes to three of the Latvian carrier’s main cities: Riga, Latvia; Tallinn, Estonia; and Vilnius, Lithuania. 

    AirBaltic operates more than 100 routes from Riga, Tallinn and Vilnius as well as Tampere, Finland, with connections to routes in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and the Caucasus region, according to Delta.

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  • ANA’s AirJapan Names Seoul its Second Route

    ANA’s AirJapan Names Seoul its Second Route

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    AirJapan, the new All Nippon Airways brand for medium-haul international routes, on Feb. 22 will launch service between Tokyo’s Narita International Airport and Seoul’s Incheon International Airport, ANA announced Wednesday. It is the second announced route for the new carrier, following its service between Narita and Bangkok, scheduled to begin Feb. 9. The Seoul flights will operate five days weekly, each Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

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  • Sabre Now Offers Lot Polish Airlines NDC Content

    Sabre Now Offers Lot Polish Airlines NDC Content

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    Sabre-connected travel agencies now have access to Lot Polish Airlines’ New Distribution Capability offers through Sabre’s global distribution system, the technology company announced Wednesday. The NDC content is bookable through the Sabre Offer and Order APIs, the Sabre Red 360 agency booking solution and the company’s GetThere online booking tool.

    The announcement comes a day after Airlines Reporting Corp. announced it had integrated Lot’s NDC offerings into its ARC Direct Connect program.

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  • ARC Integrates Lot NDC into Direct Connect

    ARC Integrates Lot NDC into Direct Connect

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    Airlines Reporting Corp. has integrated Lot Polish Airlines’ New Distribution Capability offering into its ARC Direct Connect program, enabling Lot to offer “richer content and detailed information through its bookings platforms while providing a consistent settlement experience for travel buyers,” ARC announced Tuesday.

    “ARC Direct Connect enables us to offer a consistent shopping experience across channels while leading to more personalized travel bookings,” Lot head of sales Dawid Karaś said in a statement. 

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  • Air Canada to 'Boost' Asia-Pacific Capacity

    Air Canada to 'Boost' Asia-Pacific Capacity

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    Air Canada beginning mid-December will “strategically
    boost” its Asia-Pacific network capacity for its winter and summer 2024
    seasons, the carrier announced Tuesday. This winter, Air Canada will offer 57
    flights per week between Canada and Asia, and will offer 64 weekly flights for
    the summer.

    Capacity to Japan will increase 96 percent this winter
    compared with last winter, and seasonal flights between Vancouver and Osaka
    will resume sooner, on May 1, operating three times weekly until June 17, when they
    will increase to four times weekly, according to the carrier. Air Canada also
    will have up to double daily flights to Hong Kong, and its new
    Vancouver-Singapore route will launch April 3 and operate four times weekly. 

    The carrier also is upgauging several of its routes
    including between Vancouver and each Shanghai, Seoul and Tokyo’s Narita
    International Airport; between Montreal and Narita; between Toronto and Narita;
    and between Toronto and Tokyo’s Haneda International Airport. In addition, Air
    Canada will extend its winter seasonal service between Vancouver and Bangkok
    from Dec. 1 to May 5. Flights will operate daily from Jan. 8 to Feb. 28, and
    four time weekly all other times.

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  • Emirates, Condor Begin Reciprocal Interline Agreement

    Emirates, Condor Begin Reciprocal Interline Agreement

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    Emirates and Condor airlines activated their reciprocal
    interline agreement, which will include connectivity for customers to 70 routes
    operated by both airlines via a single ticket fare and “hassle-free
    baggage policy,” Emirates announced Tuesday. 

    Emirates passengers will have access to European and
    Caribbean destinations operated by Condor including 24 regional points via
    Frankfurt, 12 via Dusseldorf, nine via Hamburg and 12 via Munich. Condor
    passengers will have access to Emirates-operated flights between Frankfurt and
    Dubai, as well as to 12 points across Asia, Australasia, Africa and the Middle
    East, according to Emirates.

    The two carriers also signed a frequent-flyer program
    agreement enabling Emirates Skywards members to earn and redeem miles on all
    Condor-operated flights, according to Emirates.

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