Ahead of a big announcement next month, Emirates and United Airlines have teased the rekindling of a strategic partnership that could have wide-ranging implications for flyers on both airlines. United Airlines And Emirates To Renew Partenserhsip – What Are The Implications? A cheesy exchange on Twitter clues us to the fact that a big announcement […]
Singapore Drops Strict Mask Rules At Airports And On Airplanes
Singapore will shortly eliminate its mandatory mask rules at airports and onboard airplanes. This is big news from a nation that was amongst the most cautious in addressing the pandemic. Singapore Eliminates Mask Rules At Airports And On Airplanes Citing steadily declining infection numbers and hospitalizations, Singapore announced that indoor masking will no longer be […]
Massive Emirates “Fuel” Surcharges Shows There Is Never A Better Time Than Now To Redeem Miles
I always used to say that miles are like are a depreciating asset like used cars. With the price of used cars still surging, that’s not the case any longer. But points are still a depreciating asset and a string of recent actions by Emirates in raising surcharges demonstrates why it is always better to […]
Icelandair Will Fly Between USA And Cuba
Icelandair has won regulatory approval to begin offering charter flights connecting the United States and Cuba. Icelandair Will Operate Charter Flights Between USA And Cuba Travel restrictions against Cuba returned during the Trump Administration, again restricting tourism in the communist island nation. While commercial flights are still permitted, many carriers abandoned service to Cuba even […]
United Airlines Will Resume Nonstop Singapore Service
On January 5, 2022 United Airlines will resume its nonstop service between San Francisco and Singapore. United Airlines Service To Singapore Relaunches In January 2022 As Singapore bucks the trend of its neighbors and takes a “we must live with it” approach to COVID-19, it has re-opened to foreign tourism from several nations. Singapore Airlines […]
Lufthansa Adds Stop In Dubai For All India Flights
Even with a record number of daily new COVID-19 cases, Lufthansa is continuing service to three Indian cities form it Frankfurt (FRA) hub. But effective immediately, those flights will make technical stops in Dubai (DXB) so that crews do not have to remain overnight in India. Lufthansa Adds Dubai Stop On All India Flights Lufthansa […]
Report: Air Italy To Restart Operations With Russian Jets
Air Italy was an early casualty of the pandemic. But a new report suggests that Air Italy could be resurrected under new investors, this time with a primary fleet of Russian-made passenger jets. Investor Wants To Restart Air Italy With Russian, Airbus Jets In February 2020, Qatar Airways and the Aga Khan Group decided to […]
Review: Turkish Airlines 737-900 Business Class
After a wonderful tour of Cotonou, my driver dropped me off at the airport, officially known as Cardinal Bernadin Gantin de Cotonou International Airport. My journey to Istanbul on Turkish Airlines would be on a 737-900 in business class with a stop in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Turkish Airlines 737-900 Business Class Review Booking I used Turkish […]
Review: Air Burkina Embraer 195 Lomé To Cotonou
While the journey between Lomé, Togo and Cotonou, Benin was only 79 miles, I chose to fly instead of drive. With roads and land borders unpredictable, I figured flying would be the safer option, especially because my return flight departed from Cotonou (COO). Air Bukina, operating a Fifth Freedom route from Lomé (LFW) to COO […]
Lufthansa’s New Longhaul Destinations For 2021
Seeking to improvise during a time of depressed demand on former bread and butter routes, Lufthansa is adding several new leisure destinations in 2021, including a pair of new longhaul flights to North America. Lufthansa Adds New Longhaul Routes From Frankfurt In 2021 Lufthansa will add several exciting new destinations in 2021, several of which […]
European Union Bans Pakistan International Airlines – Is Canada Next?
The European Union has banned Pakistan International Airlines from its airspace for six months, citing safety concerns. Will Canada also ban troubled PIA? European Union Bans PIA Effective now, July 1, 2020, the European Union Air Safety Agency (EASA) has banned PIA from European airspace for six months, through December 31, 2020. PIA finds itself […]
United Airlines Will Route China Flights Via South Korea
Matching Delta, United will also operate its Shanghai flights via Seoul, South Korea. The technical stop will spare crews from overnight stays in Mainland China. United Adds Seoul Technical Stop To China Flights After a multi-month hiatus, United plans to resume flights to Mainland China on July 8, 2020. With the Chinese government permitting only […]
Toothsome Intra-Asia Meals On United Airlines
Each week, my Meal of the Week feature examines an airline meal from my travels over the years. This may be a meal from earlier in the week or it may be a meal served over a decade ago. Earlier this week I wrote about United’s planned resumption of Fifth Freedom service between Hong Kong and Singapore. […]
Delta Should Think Twice Before Dancing On Air Italy’s Grave
You can bet that there was euphoria in the C-Suites of Delta Air Lines over the news of Air Italy’s collapse. But the untimely demise of Air Italy does not excuse Delta of hypocrisy nor validate its longstanding protest against Air Italy. From Air Italy’s inception, Delta cried foul, arguing the market could not support […]
Emirates Denies Interest In Chicago To Athens Service
UPDATE: An Emirates spokesperson reached out to me, stating, “Emirates has no plans to launch services between Athens and Chicago.” Emirates’ Fifth Freedom flights between Newark and Athens have proved so popular the carrier is looking at another Fifth Freedom route between Athens and Chicago. Speaking in Athens, Emirates’ Area Manager of Greece and Albania, Khalid […]
United Airlines Challenges Emirates In Athens
United is challenging Emirates directly with a vastly superior business class seat between Newark and Athens, the only route the two carriers compete directly on. United has long complained that Emirates is unfairly targeting its customers by launching a money-losing Fifth Freedom route from Newark, United’s largest East Coast hub. > Read More: United Airlines […]
Vintage Review: United Airlines 757-200 First Class New York JFK To Los Angeles
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011 that included many first class flights from five Star Alliance carriers. As we enter a new […]
Vintage Review: Lufthansa A340-300 First Class Frankfurt To New York
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011 that included many first class flights from five Star Alliance carriers. As we enter a new […]
Review: Park Hyatt Saigon + Exploring Ho Chi Minh City
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011 that included many first class flights from five Star Alliance carriers. As we enter a new […]
Vintage Review: Thai Airways 747-400 First Class Bangkok To Beijing
This week we are taking a walk down memory lane with a vintage first class trip report. I’m sharing photos and brief commentary from a trip I took in the final days of 2010 and first days of 2011 that included many first class flights from five Star Alliance carriers. As we enter a new […]
