President Trump’s new Qatari 747-8 has entered service as Air Force One, but a sudden switch back to the older presidential 747 after the NATO summit in Turkey has raised fresh questions about safety, transparency, and now press freedom....
Delta Expects Companies To Ban Its New “Basic” First Class Fares
Delta Air Lines is expanding its Basic, Classic, and Extra fare structure across its premium cabins, and the cheapest options may be largely unavailable to corporate travelers. Delta’s New Basic First Class Fares May Be Off-Limits To Business Travelers...
Delta’s New Boeing 787-10 Will Feature More Than 50% Premium Seating
Delta Air Lines has offered its clearest indication yet of how it intends to configure its future Boeing 787-10 Dreamliners, revealing that more than half of the aircraft’s seating will fall into premium cabins. Delta Reveals How Premium Its...
Delta Air Lines Will Launch New Los Angeles–Manila Flights
UPDATE: Delta is moving forward with its new Los Angeles – Manila route and plans to formally announce it next week. The route will operate daily with an Airbus A350-900 and begin in summer 2027. Meanwhile, Philippine Airlines will...
Booked: Qatar A350, 787 Business Class, Air India 777 First Class, Emirates A380, 777 First Class!
A week has opened in my schedule and I’m taking advantage of it with a good old fashioned review trip, this time to India with a chance to review two of my favorite Gulf carriers and give Air India...
United Pilot’s Retirement Flight Becomes A Beautiful Father-Son Tribute After ALS Diagnosis
A United Airlines captain whose flying career was cut short by ALS was able to take one final retirement flight, with his own son in the cockpit. It is a beautiful story, and a sad one too. United Pilot...
Terrifying: Ryanair Passenger Partially Sucked Out Of Boeing 737-800 Window After Takeoff
Reports out of Greece describe a terrifying incident onboard a Ryanair flight to Germany: a cabin window failed after takeoff, oxygen masks dropped, and a passenger seated by the window was partially sucked out and had to be pulled...
Palm Beach Airport Officially Renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport
Palm Beach International Airport has officially been renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport, though passengers should continue using the familiar PBI airport code for now. Palm Beach Airport Officially Renamed President Donald J. Trump International Airport Effective July...
United Airlines Passenger Shames Flight Attendant For Eating During Boarding, Says The “Warthog” Should “Go On Ozempic”
A passenger publicly shamed a United Airlines flight attendant for eating during boarding, calling her a “warthog” and telling her to go on Ozempic. Even if you think crew members should not eat in view of passengers, the assumptions...
Review: Delta Air Lines A220-100 Economy Class
For our short connection to Burbank I was pleased that instead of a regional jet we were booked on an Airbus A220-100, which is a spacious and comfortable aircraft that is nicely-sized for lower-volume routes. Delta Air Lines A220-100...
Delta Brings Basic Economy Logic To Business Class, And Calls It Choice
Delta Air Lines has expanded “Basic” fares into premium cabins, including Delta First, Delta Premium Select, and even Delta One. The airline frames this as more choice, but I see it as the next stage of premium cabin unbundling,...
British Airways Flight Canceled After Crew Got Drunk At All-Inclusive Resort
British Airways was forced to cancel a London-bound flight from Barbados after several crew members allegedly drank so much during their layover at an all-inclusive resort that they were deemed unfit to work. If the reports are accurate, this...
Do Genuine Service Dogs Get Restless And Start Pacing The Aisle?
A “service” dog on my Delta flight from Chicago to Salt Lake City seemed to find economy class just as tedious as the rest of us, spending part of the flight in the aisle rather than at the feet...
Air Canada’s New CEO Pick Raises Bigger Questions Than French
Air Canada has named SAS CEO Anko van der Werff as its next President and Chief Executive Officer, choosing an outside airline executive at a moment when the carrier has made real progress but still faces an important question:...
A Fresh Sandwich On SWISS (And Chocolate!)
For all the complaining we used to do about the free snacks and meals that airlines served in economy class, there are some things I certainly miss, like the sandwiches on SWISS shorthaul flights. Delicious Sandwich On SWSS Sometimes...
Boeing 737 Missing After Rapid Plunge Into Arabian Sea
A K2 Airways Boeing 737-400 freighter operating from Sharjah to Karachi has disappeared over the Arabian Sea after reporting a navigation problem, then making a series of violent altitude changes before radar contact was lost. Five crew members were...
Review: Delta Air Lines 737-800 Economy Class
Our Saturday afternoon journey from Chicago to Salt Lake City on a Delta Air Lines 737-800 in economy class was smooth and productive, with the kids really enjoying the seatback screens and Biscoff cookies and me enjoying the free...
American Airlines’ Chicago-Tokyo Return Has A Big Catch, Highlighting Its Strategic Dilemma
American Airlines is returning to Chicago-Tokyo flying, but there is a catch: it is not really adding service so much as replacing Japan Airlines on the route. That may help AAdvantage members looking to use systemwide upgrades, but for...
Southwest Airlines Calls Sheriff On Musician In Acoustic Guitar Carry-On Dispute
A Sacramento musician says Southwest Airlines forced her off a flight and later called sheriff’s deputies after she tried to travel with her acoustic guitar as a carry-on item. Once again, musical instruments prove to be the most difficult...
Uh Oh: End Of Free Starlink Wi-Fi On Airplanes?
Copa Airlines is rolling out Starlink Wi-Fi, but unlike every other airline implementation we have seen so far, it appears that it will not be free for most passengers. if true, that’s not a great development. Is Free Starlink...
