This week in the air spot, Cathay Pacific expects a strong resumption of its flights by the end of 2023, ITA Airways confirms its growth commitments, Air France is threatened by a strike for the end of the year celebrations and Toulouse airport- Blagnac announces the implementation of an energy sobriety plan this winter.
Cathay Pacific hopes to reach its pre-pandemic capacity by the end of 2024 and expects 70% of its passenger flights to resume by the end of 2023. To meet its goals, the company will add around 3,000 flights to its schedule by the end of 2022.” This represents a doubling of the capacity compared to last August and represents about eight times the average capacity managed by the company in the first half of 2022. As the COVID-19 situation eases, airlines around the world have been rebuilding their networks. This requires the global aviation ecosystem, including airports, suppliers and our own airlines, to undertake substantial preparation regarding crew and ground workers, aircraft reactivation and recruitment.” said Augustus Tang, managing director.
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ITA Airways confirms its growth commitments for 2023 and signs to increase its fleet with the entry of 39 new generation aircraft, of which 9 are wide-body (A330-900). This fleet renewal will be decisive in increasing its capacity by 73% in terms of seats. New destinations are also expected to be served, including San Francisco and Washington from Rome.
At Air France, the UNAC and SNGAF unions presented a strike notice from 22 December to 2 January. The flight crew denounces the absence of a contract that extends the collective agreement beyond its period of validity during the social negotiations and punishes a “pure and simple forced pass” for one “director’s note”. The union states that: “This notice should serve as a warning to our management.” For its part, the airline said it did “read the strike notice” et “he marvels at this notice when new negotiations have been underway since the end of September for the renewal of the Pnc agreement with the unions representing the Pnc and must continue beyond January 2023”.
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Finally, Toulouse-Blagnac airport unveils its binding energy sobriety plan for the winter comprising 18 main actions. The goal: a 3% reduction in electricity and 20% for heating. Among these 18 commitments, the acceleration of the LED makeover of all the lighting, the extinction of billboards and signs between 11 pm and yet another eco-gesture and awareness campaign aimed at staff and members. “In addition to the development of the production and distribution of renewable energies largely initiated on its site, Toulouse-Blagnac airport has been accelerating its transformation for several years in the service of an effective decarbonisation of its activities as part of the trajectory of the sector towards carbon neutrality in 2050”, indicates direction through a statement.
