Air News: Aeromexico, easyjet, Delta, Primera Air, Air Canada, Volotea, Cathay Pacific, Qantas, etc.

Air Canada unveiled its brand new Maple Leaf Lounge at Saskatoon John G. Diefenbaker International Airport (Skyxe) in Canada. This spacious lounge, which can accommodate up to 40 passengers, showcases Canadian art and design through the work of two Saskatchewan artists, Shawn Evans and Holly Friesen.

Aeromexico announced that from November 4, 2018 to March 31, 2019, the company will operate two new frequencies on its Paris – Mexico City route, offering nine flights per week between these two capitals. This increase will allow us to offer more choice of schedules and connections to meet customer demand.
These flights are operated by the Boeing B787-8/B787-9 Dreamliner, which are among the most modern aircraft in the world. With a capacity of 274 seats, including 36 in the Affaires & Clase Premier cabin, the Boeing 787-9 offers great advantages to « Clase Premier » passengers, such as: 180° reclining bed seats, Wi-Fi connection, Sky Interiors lighting, a touch screen entertainment system, as well as a new Espacio Premier, a buffet that offers the best brands of drinks and unlimited snacks, not to mention menus designed by a starred Mexican chef.
Finally, Aeromexico offers its customers in First Class (Business Class) the free transfer between Paris and Charles Gaulle airport.
With nine weekly flights, Aeromexico offers more than 4,400 seats per week.

Delta Delta One’s award-winning Delta One suites will take off for the first time from Paris in December. While Delta Air Lines continues to renovate its fleet of Boeing 777-200ER and 777-200LR aircraft, customers travelling between the French capital and the United States will also have a choice between the new Delta Premium Select cabin and comfortable Main Cabin seats, the largest in Delta’s international fleet.
As of December 14, 2018, customers will enjoy more luxury, comfort and choice on their flights between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Minneapolis, and on some flights to Atlanta. The new cabins will also be available on the Delta flight non-stop Paris-Los Angeles by summer 2019.

More than 163,000 flights are now on sale on easyJet.com to and from more than 1,000 destinations in Europe, offering more than 28,000,000 discounted seats. easyJet has launched its flight schedule for the spring 2019 season, which means that thousands of flights across Europe are now on sale until 23 June 2019. More than 163,000 flights are scheduled on the easyJet network between 20 September 2018 and 23 June 2019, with more than 28 million seats propose´es for passengers to enjoy their summer holidays.

Launched in France in May 2018, Primera Air, the low-cost airline from the Nordic countries, announces that it has already carried more than 79,825 passengers between France and the United States/Canada with 400 flights operated. The fleet, which currently consists of two Airbus A321neo aircraft for its Paris base, is expected to expand in 2019. After New York, Boston and Toronto in May, Primera Air quickly launched new destinations for Montreal, Canada with 4 weekly flights and Tel Aviv, Israel with 1 daily flight, starting in late October 2018. The company also announces a new route to Washington D.C. and more flights to New York from spring 2019.

Last February, Volotea, celebrated its 15 millionth passenger carried since it began operations in 2012. The lucky winner – Julie Besson, was awarded for the occasion: a year of free flights from Nantes and a week-long tailor-made stay in one of Palermo’s most beautiful hotels. A special gift made possible thanks to the partnership between Volotea and the Sicilian company ITCompany.

Cathay Pacific and Qantas have signed a code-share agreement to bring Australia and Asia closer together. The agreement covers 25 routes across the Asia-Pacific region, and will allow passengers of both airlines to earn more points. The code-share agreement will allow Cathay Pacific to place its code on 13 links in Qantas’ domestic network in Australia.
In return, Qantas will add its code to Cathay Pacific and Cathay Dragon flights in Asia, from Hong Kong to 10 cities in India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Vietnam, as well as Cathay Pacific flights from Hong Kong to Perth and Cairns.
To cope with the growth in Easyjet traffic, all flights of which take off from Terminal 2-1 and awaiting the future Terminal 2-3 will start construction in 2019, the Société des Aéroports de la Côte d’Azur is launching the extension of the Terminal 2-1 boarding lounge on the city and runway sides. Work begins in November and will be completed in May 2019. Easyjet is recruiting 15 people for its Nice base (5 aircraft and 130 people). In October the company opens Porto (3 times a week) its 40th destination from Nice and will announce on September 19 other routes for 2019.

The company of the Airports of the French Riviera has launched a call for applications from companies specialized in the implementation of artificial intelligence. The system should make it possible to manage and optimise passenger flows in certain areas such as in front of check-in banks or at cross-border check-ins where queues can be long. The winning company will be required to provide a wait time measurement tool using « intelligent » 3D vision sensors to reduce these queues. The sensors will locate the size of the number of passengers (without identifying the persons), automatically track them, in order to determine their movements and waiting time in selected areas. An interface with the airport’s resource allocation software will reduce the always stressful waiting times for these passengers. The smooth flow of traffic inside the terminals is one of the airport company’s priorities, as illustrated at the beginning of the summer by the installation of facial control booths via passport at the entrance to the boarding area. A first for a provincial airport.