Flight radar reveals how Europe’s skies are getting BUSIER with hundreds of flights jetting across the continent
New satellite images reveal the boom in air travel over Europe today as hundreds of planes take to the skies in response to loosening coronavirus restrictions. Live data recorded more than a thousand planes over the continent this afternoon – compared with just a few hundred at the height of the pandemic in April. It […]
United Airlines to add fees for economy seats near front of the plane
United Airlines plans to start charging passengers to reserve select seats near the front of the plane, a practice already in place at rivals American and Delta. There’s nothing special about the so-called «preferred» seats, no extra legroom or other perks as are offered to passengers buying premium seats in airlines’ coach cabins, such as […]
Alaska Airlines is joining Delta, American, and United and launching a basic-economy class "” but the cheap tickets come with a catch (ALK)
Alaska Airlines announced on Monday at that it is going to begin selling discount no-frills tickets called Saver Fares. The low-priced tickets are not changeable or cancellable and will not be eligible for upgrades, Alaska Airlines chief commercial officer, Andrew Harrison announced on the company’s Q1 2018 earnings call. Those traveling on Saver Fare tickets […]
A Massive Influx of Airline Passengers Is Coming
A study from industry trade group Airlines for America (A4A) revealed a record number of passengers are expected to fly globally on United States airlines between March 1 and April 30. The record-breaking number of 150.7 million would be a four-percent increase from the 145 million passengers who flew in the spring of 2017. Airlines […]
Russian plane crashes near Moscow, killing all 71 aboard
A Russian passenger jet crashed several minutes after takeoff from Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport on Sunday, killing all 71 people on board, Russia’s Air Transport Agency confirmed. «Fragments of the An-148 and several bodies have been found near the village of Stepanovskoye,» the agency said in a statement released by the state-run TASS news agency. A […]
Airbus has just announced its biggest commercial plane order ever – worth $50bn
Aerospace giant Airbus has today announced a deal worth nearly $50bn (£37.bn) with private equity firm Indigo Partners, which it hailed as its largest single announcement ever. Airbus shares rose nearly four per cent in early trading on news of the hefty order spanning four airlines. Indigo’s four portfolio airlines, Hungarian carrier Wizz Air, US-based […]
Southwest Airline’s new 737 Max lags in on-time flights in first month
Southwest Airlines Co.’s new 737 Max jets will offer the latest and greatest in flying efficiency from Boeing Co. — at least once all the kinks are worked out. In its first month of flying, the 10 Max planes in Southwest’s fleet ranked behind its more seasoned aircraft for on-time performance. While the hiccups weren’t […]
Boeing seals $15.1 billion Emirates Airlines deal
Emirates Airline on Sunday renewed its aircraft buying spree, committing to purchase $15.1 billion worth of Boeing Co. 787 Dreamliners. Boeing bested Airbus in the competition to sell Emirates Airline, the world’s largest carrier by international traffic, new twin-engine long-haul planes. Emirates will buy 40 of Boeing’s new 787-10, the largest model in the family […]
Delta says it did not play a role in Airbus-Bombardier deal
Delta Air Lines Inc"™s (DAL.N) chief executive on Wednesday said the carrier did not play a role in pushing an industry-changing deal between planemakers Airbus (AIR.PA) and Bombardier Inc (BBDb.TO), as a regulatory spat between the United States and Canada threatened the future of a Bombardier plane program. Delta CEO Ed Bastian praised the deal […]
Lufthansa"™s Munich "˜SmartDepart": Fast access to your departing flight
Lufthansa now offers a service to passengers flying from Munich to Düsseldorf, Berlin/Tegel, Frankfurt and Hamburg, allowing them to get to their flight in a quick manner. "SmartDepart", the name of the complimentary service, will be available to all Lufthansa passengers in Terminal 2 until October 31, 2017. Every day, from 06:00am to 08:30am and […]
