India’s largest airline, IndiGo, has found a replacement CEO just weeks after Dutch aviation executive Pieter Elbers resigned with immediate effect over his handling of an unprecedented operational meltdown that left nearly 300,000 passengers stranded when the airline was forced to cancel flights due to pilot rostering problems. IndiGo, which...

In recent times, we’ve seen many airlines introduce Starlink Wi-Fi. Starlink has really raised the bar when it comes to inflight connectivity, in terms of the speeds and bandwidth, and also in terms of it being free across airlines.

I’ve been watching the airline industry’s loyalty maneuvers with fascination this year, and every so often, a partnership comes along that makes you pause and read the fine print twice. Canadian Tire’s Triangle Rewards and WestJet Rewards have teamed up with a flashy “spend once, earn twice” proposition. On the...

News and notes from around the interweb: United Airlines adds pre-arrival Godiva chocolates to domestic first class. They used to offer these in premium transcon and long haul business class 30 years ago – but where you’d select out of a box. These are individually wrapped. Unfortunately it’s for April...

In early 2025, Lufthansa Group acquired a 41% stake in Italy’s ITA Airways. Italy is an important market for all major European carriers, and it’s one where SkyTeam has historically been strongest, so Lufthansa Group wanted to change that.

A few weeks ago we learned how IndiGo CEO Pieter Elbers would be resigning. The Dutch national became CEO of India’s largest airline in 2022, but was ultimately pushed out after an operational meltdown that he was largely blamed for. Well, his replacement has now been named, and it’s a...

JetBlue is once again the first U.S. airline to raise checked bag fees, but the bigger story is what that usually signals for everyone else: once one carrier moves, others often follow. But why airlines prefer checked bag fees over fare hikes is sneaky.

Last month, I wrote about a potential change to a Florida airport’s name. Palm…

Lufthansa is currently trying to work on its passenger experience, particularly on long haul flights. We’re seeing the airline progressively roll out its new long haul Allegris cabin concept, which includes a new first class and new business class, among other things.

Etihad Airways seemingly has plans to introduce a higher density layout for one of its newest jets, and I can’t help but find this to be a quirky layout…

Several weeks ago, I wrote about how Florida lawmakers were working on renaming an airport after President Trump. There’s now an update, as this legislation has been signed into law, and the name change will take place in a few months.

Lufthansa has officially launched its new Future Onboard Experience (known as FOX) to upgrade…

It was only a matter of time: JetBlue has raised its checked bag fees. JetBlue has become the first U.S. airline to raise checked bag fees. They say it’s to…

You may have already learned about the significant changes to the United Airlines MileagePlus membership program which will become effective as of Thursday, April 2, 2026 at midnight Central Daylight Time — so here is one last reminder of the details. First, tickets that are...

Florida just renamed Palm Beach airport for Trump. But the new name will not actually take effect for months. The law does not kick in until July 1, and there is still federal approval and a naming agreement to get through first.

This wasn’t a TSA line — it was the crowd waiting to get into Delta’s lounge at LaGuardia. Also a fish on the DFW runway, the King of Thailand flying his own plane, and SiriusXM looking more obsolete by the day.

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