Runway Girl Network

3 days ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby

U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy will meet with airlines serving Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) on 14 May to thrash out a plan for reducing flights for “several weeks” to address air traffic control (ATC) problems, as the facility grapples with radar outages, communications failures and staffing shortages which have sparked massive disruption in recent weeks. “In the next several weeks, we’re going to have this reduced capacity at Newark.

4 days ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby

I’ll admit it. I’ve got a bad habit of booking unprotected connections and rolling the dice with multi-leg trips on different airlines. Until recently that practice hadn’t backfired. But there I was, in Montreal (YUL) as a cancellation forced the need to rebook both of my tickets to Seattle at the last minute. The first leg was supposed to get me to Toronto Pearson (YYZ). Booked with Air Canada miles, the original roundtrip YYZ-YUL itinerary had exhausted my stash.

4 days ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Mary Kirby

I’ll admit it. I’ve got a bad habit of booking unprotected connections and rolling the dice with multi-leg trips on different airlines. Until recently that practice hadn’t backfired. But there I was, in Montreal (YUL) as a cancellation forced the need to rebook both of my tickets to Seattle at the last minute. The first leg was supposed to get me to Toronto Pearson (YYZ). Booked with Air Canada miles, the original roundtrip YYZ-YUL itinerary had exhausted my stash.

5 days ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Becca Alkema

LATAM group’s cargo affiliates successfully concluded the high season for flower shipments for Mother’s Day, reaffirming its commitment to the region’s floriculture industry and the connection of these products with major international markets. During the season, which lasted 21 days, the group moved over 25,000 tons of flowers from Colombia and Ecuador, once again demonstrating its leadership in transporting this perishable product.

6 days ago | runwaygirlnetwork.com | Becca Alkema

Lufthansa Systems announced that KLM Royal Dutch Airlines now uses its next-generation Lido Flight 4D Integrated Flight Support (IFS). KLM relied on the Lido Flight 4D legacy system for more than 20 years. With this transition at the beginning of April, the flagship carrier of the Netherlands is taking a major step in modernizing its flight planning. The move signifies a commitment to efficiency and operational excellence – setting a benchmark for the industry.