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A "Letter of Intent" making the rounds online last week suggested that Avatar wants to buy thirty 747-8i planes from Boeing. Despite being shared as a credible potential... Read More
A former American Airlines flight attendant who was sacked after failing an alcohol breathalyzer test is fighting for his job back, claiming that going on the... Read More
British Airways will lose both its Chief Operations Officer and Director of People in a management shakeup that follows last year’s expensive and embarrassing... Read More
Cathay Pacific announced it has slashed overall passenger capacity by a further 10 per cent for the months of February and March after facing a “substantial”... Read More
Air Astana has announced a new flight between Mumbai and Almaty which will go live on June 1, 2020, onwards. There is a transit visa for free involved as well. Here are... Read More
A group of South Korean celebrities are appearing in the second series of a wildly popular reality show that sees them become fully-fledged members of cabin crew. The... Read More
Samsonite is one of the most recognised luggage brand names in the world – which probably shouldn’t come as a surprise considering the company is the... Read More
The global airline industry stands to lose between four to five billion U.S. dollars in the first three months of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak... Read More
British Airways has allegedly stopped its hot towel service on all flights in response to fears over the COVID-19 Coronavirus outbreak. According to an airline insider,... Read More
Ed Bastain, the chief executive of Delta Air Lines waded into the debate on whether to recline or not to recline your airplane seat when he appeared in a segment on... Read More
Delta Air Lines has gone on an all-out offensive to woo its employees, unveiling a special aircraft livery with the words ‘Thank You’ emblazoned across the... Read More
The UK’s Air Accident Investigation Branch (AAIB) has just released a report into a freak accident on board a Virgin Atlantic flight from New Dehli to London... Read More
Alaska Airlines and American Airlines have issued a joint statement in which they have announced a new "West Coast International Alliance" under which Alaska's West... Read More
American Airlines and Alaska Airlines are longtime partners. That relationship is set to get a lot deeper as the two establish a "west coast international alliance" with... Read More
American has recently been trying to make up for the collapse of its partnership with LATAM (and the exit of that partner from the oneworld alliance) by partnering with... Read More
Australian flag-carrier Qantas has allegedly threatened to hire a new lower-cost group of pilots to operate so-called ‘Project Sunrise’ flights –... Read More
Low-cost long-haul carrier Norwegian has recorded a loss of NOK 1,609 million in 2019 – Nearly 10 per cent more than the NOK 1,454 million loss reported the... Read More
Wendi Williams, a teacher from Charlotte, North Carolina could never have imagined attending a teaching conference in New Orleans would end up in her becoming the center... Read More
Subscription-based services are all the rage at the moment – from weekly meal kits and vegetable boxes to toothbrush heads, shavers and even underwear. And now you... Read More
British Airways will join a growing list of airlines that have significantly reduced or cancelled flights altogether to Hong Kong due to a massive slump in demand. The... Read More
The pan-Scandinavian airline SAS has been forced to pull a brand new commercial less than 24-hours after it was first released, saying the campaign has been... Read More
If you’ve travelled with Southwest Airlines over the last few weeks then you may have noticed an interesting change to the usual announcements that flight... Read More
The embattled Sardinia-based carrier Air Italy has announced it will be going into voluntary liquidation after racking up losses of €330 million in 2019 – a... Read More
Breeze Airways is ready to take flight. Or at least it is very close. The new carrier hopes to launch service later this year. And we now know (a tiny bit) more about... Read More
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) claims it will lose its title as Europe’s leading hub airport within two years if it doesn’t get the go-ahead to build a third... Read More
It’s time to get your CV updated and there’s not a minute to spare – Qantas has just opened up applications for new cabin crew to join its... Read More
Italian media reports suggest the fate of Air Italy could be decided on Tuesday with the possibility of liquidating the venture a real possibility according to sources... Read More
Bringing a new class of service online is a major effort for any airline. LATAM Airlines' new premium economy deployment is staggered, but rolling it out across the... Read More
Sara Nelson, often referred to America’s most powerful flight attendant, has said wildcat strikes could hit airlines if workers are pushed too far. Nelson, who as... Read More
Australian flag-carrier Qantas suspended a groundworker who raised concerns about cleaning a Boeing 747 used to rescue 241 Australian nationals from Wuhan, the epicentre... Read More
The serial airline entrepreneur David Neeleman’s new carrier is set to start operations later this year and we finally have a name and more details about the... Read More
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