»»American Airlines To Increase Flights to Brasil

American Airlines will increase flights to Brasil starting June 14.

Sao Paulo

The number of AA weekly flights between Dallas/Fort Worth and Sao Paulo will be increased from seven times a week to 12 beginning June 14. AA will use the new Boeing 777-300ER on the route.

Also, beginning the same day, AA will expand its service between Miami and Brasilia (from five weekly flights to daily) and between Miami and Belo Horizonte (from five weekly flights to daily).

The carrier will also begin in June new service between Miami and Manaus, using the 160-seat Boeing 737-800.


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January 27, 2012 - in: Airline  in: Airports and Routes

 

»»Air Canada To Increase Toronto – New York Flights

Beginning May 3, 2012, Air Canada will fly three times a day between Toronto Pearson and New York JFK.

Air Canada Express will operate the new service using a 50-seat CRJ regional jet.

By adding JFK service, Air Canada will be the only carrier that operates to all three major New York City area airports.
Also, the carrier announced that it will increase to hourly its flights to LaGuardia Airport (LGA).

Air Canada will operate a total of up to 38 non-stop return flights a day between Canada — from Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, Ottawa, Calgary — and New York City.


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January 26, 2012 - in: Airline  in: Airports and Routes

 

»»Global Hotel Performance Data for 2011

STR Global released hotel performance data for 2011.

The three key performance metrics by region in 2011 (year-on-year
measurements) are as follow.

  Occupancy ADR RevPAR
Asia Pacific +0.2% (to 66.8%) +9.5% (to US$140.44) +9.8% (to US$93.84)
Americas +4.2% (to 60.2%) +3.8% (to US$104.26) +8.2% (to US$62.79)
Europe +2.2% (to 53.9%) +1.2% (to EUR95.76) +5.3% (to EUR51.63)
Middle East/Africa -6.8% (to 57.1%) +5.3% (to US$162.81) +1.8% (to US$92.99)

 
The following are highlights of key market performers for 2011 (year-on-year
comparisons).

- Asia Pacific
The largest occupancy increase was recorded in Bangkok, Thailand, +17.6% (to
63.2%) and Shanghai, China, +14.2% (to 65.9%). The largest decrease was reported by Shanghai, China, -11.6% (to 56.6%).

- Americas
Santiago, Chile, reported the largest growth in occupancy with a +9.4% (to 71.5%), followed by Mexico City, Mexico which recorded a +7.9% (to 62.5%). The largest occupancy decrease was in Vancouver, Canada, which reported a -1.9% (to 66.6%).

- Europe
Venice posted the largest — the only double-digit — occupancy increase, +13.8% (to 68.1%); Malmo, Sweden, recorded the largest occupancy decrease, with -7% (to 59.0%), followed by Istanbul, Turkey which posted a -4% (to 70.1%).

- Middle East/Africa
The largest increase in occupancy was recorded by Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, with a 9.9% (to 64.8%), followed by Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with a 7% increase (to 75.4%).
Cairo, Egypt, which fell 44.9% (to 36.1%), and Beirut, Lebanon (-12.9% to 56.2%) reported the largest occupancy decreasesin the region.


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January 25, 2012 - in: Hotels

 

»»British Airways To Resume Libya Flights

Beginning May 1st, 2012, British Airways will resume service to Tripoli, Libya.

The airline said in a press release that it will fly three times a week between London Heathrow and Tripoli.

BA chief executive Keith Williams said: “We are delighted to be returning to Libya. Our flights to Tripoli have provided a vital economic link for many years, and it is good news for everyone that we can now restart operations.

British Airways had suspended its service to Tripoli in February 2011.


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January 24, 2012 - in: Airline  in: Airports and Routes

 

»»Best On-time Airlines and Airports

All Nippon Airways (ANA) is the on-time performance winner for 2011 — in the Major International Airlines category — according to the FlightStats’s annual list of airlines delivering the best on-time performance.
The list, released today by FlightStats, is based on the percentage of an airline’s flights that arrive at their gates within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time.

ANA had an on-time performance of 90.18% in 2011.

Among the airports, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA), Seattle, with an on-time performance of 86.28%, was the winner.
For airports, “On time” is defined by the percentage of departures from the gate less than 15 minutes after the scheduled departure.

Below are lists of winner airlines and airports according to FlightStats.

2011 Airline OPS Winners:
- Major International Airlines: All Nippon Airways (ANA)
- Major North American Airlines: Alaska Airlines
- Major European Airlines: SAS (Scandinavan Airlines)
- Major Asian Airlines: All Nippon Airways (ANA)
- Regional North American Airlines: Hawaiian Airlines
- Regional European Airlines: NAYSA
- Regional Asian Airlines: JAC
- Major International Airlines Operated and Codeshare Flights: Japan Airlines (JAL)

2011 Airport OPS Winners:
- Major International Airports: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- Major North American Airports: Salt Lake City International Airport (SLC)
- Major European Airports: Oslo (OSL)
- Major Asian Airports: Haneda Airport (HND)
- Regional North American Airports: Keahole Airport (KOA)
- Regional European Airports: Aeroport de Bordeaux (BOD)
- Regional Asian Airports: Osaka International Airport (ITM).


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January 23, 2012 - in: Airline  in: Airports and Routes

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