Avianca will increase its operations to the Peruvian capital from its four main bases in Central and South America, from thirteen to thirty weekly flights in the coming months. Since the resumption of its flights to Lima in December 2021, Avianca has transported more than 10 thousand passengers with an occupancy rate of 80%. Continuing with the plan to reactivate tourism and the economy, starting March 27, it will increase its flights from Guayaquil (GYE), Ecuador; Bogota (BOG), Colombia; San Jose (SJO), Costa Rica. Subsequently, as of May 2022, it will have more flights from San Salvador (SAL), El Salvador. Through these destinations, travelers in Lima can access the more than 100 routes that the company offers and that connect the main cities of the American and European continents. In turn, with the alliance with Star Peru, travelers will be able to connect through Lima with Cajamarca, Huánuco, Iquitos, Pucallpa, and Tarapoto.<br/>
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State-controlled flag carrier Croatia Airlines said it pared its consolidated net loss by 20% year-in-year to 288.2m kuna ($42m/E38m) in 2021, as the pandemic continued to weigh on air travel. The last two years were worst in the history of air transportation, the company said in preliminary annual financial report sent to the Zagreb bourse last week. Last year, Croatia Airlines carried 788,000 passengers, up 28% on the year but still far below the 2.179m passengers it carried in 2019. The company's operating revenue rose 12% on the year in 2021, reaching 848.2m kuna. Its operating loss narrowed by 26% to 249.7m kuna. The company's shares last traded on February 18, when they closed flat at 14 kuna.<br/>
ANA Holdings has unveiled the branding for its new medium-haul carrier, which will commence operations a year later than previously planned, amid tepid recovery in international travel. The new carrier, which will operate Boeing 787-8s, is called AirJapan, with service launch expected in the second half of fiscal year 2023, which commences on 1 April 2022. “The exact routes and specific dates of the scheduled first flight is still under consideration as ANA is closely monitoring trends in the recovery of demand for international flights,” says ANA. When it first disclosed plans for a third carrier in October 2020, ANA had stated that the new carrier will be established by fiscal 2022, mainly operating to Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. The rollout of AirJapan was part of a broader “structural business reform” aimed at emerging from the coronavirus pandemic. Under the plan, mainline ANA was to be the flagship full-service operator, while Peach Aviation will remain the low-cost operator. The third carrier sits between the pair on the service/price matrix. ANA in its latest media statement stresses that AirJapan is “neither a full-service nor low cost carrier”. Instead, it says AirJapan aims to “[combine] the best of both worlds while also featuring Japanese-style ideas and quality”, without going into detail. <br/>
Singapore Airlines will resume its full schedule between London Heathrow and Singapore's Changi Airport from June 2, 2022. Using a combination of B777-300ER, A380-800 and A350-900 aircraft, four flights a day will wing their way in both directions between the two cities from the first Thursday in June. Schedules will inevitably change, but here's how Singapore Airlines' London flights are shaping up so far for early June. Departing London Heathrow (LHR) are two flights in the morning and two evening flights. All ex-LHR Singapore Airlines flights will operate as vaccinated travel lane (VTL) flights by June. First up in the day, SQ305 leaves Heathrow's Terminal 2 at 09:25. Operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, SQ305 lands in Singapore (SIN) at 05:30 the next day. Next up, SQ317 departs London Heathrow at 11:25. The flight lands in Singapore at a more civilised 07:30 the next day after 13 hours plus in the air. SQ317 is operated by one of SQ's crackerjack Airbus A380-800s. Fast forward to mid-evening, and SQ319 leaves London at 20:50. Operated by a Boeing 777-300ER, this flight lands in Singapore at 16:55 the following day. The last Singapore Airlines departure out of London is SQ321. Operated by an Airbus A350-900, the 22:05 push back sees the plane arrive in Singapore at 18:10 the next day.<br/>