American Airlines Introduces New Flagship Suite® Seats

American Airlines is giving customers a suite new ride. With new deliveries of its Airbus A321XLR and Boeing 787-9 aircraft, beginning in 2024, the airline will unveil new Flagship Suite® premium seating and a reimagined aircraft interior for its long-haul fleet. Flagship Suite® seats will offer customers a private premium experience with a privacy door, […]

GOL discloses preliminary traffic figures for April 2018

GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A., (NYSE:GOL), announces today preliminary air traffic figures for the month of April, 2018. Comparisons refer to the same period of 2017. Highlights The total volume of GOL departures increased by 0.6% and the number of seats was up 1.0% in April, resulting in an increase in total supply (ASKs) of […]

Jet2.com named Airline of the Year at Glasgow Airport

Jet2.com has won Airline of the Year 2018 at the Annual Glasgow Airport Awards. We beat a number of other airlines to win this coveted prize, which the Jet2.com team at Glasgow Airport richly deserve for all their hard work and dedication to ensure that our customers depart for a lovely holiday. This is the […]

Online Hotel Reservations Grow In Costa Rica

The leading platform for hotel reservations in the cloud, SiteMinder, revealed during its participation in the WTM Latin America 2018 in São Paulo, Brazil, the growth and opportunities that Costa Rica has in terms of hotel reservations. In the last five years alone, online reservations have grown by 46%, and by 2022 it is estimated […]

10 things airlines are doing to make flying economy more comfortable

Modern air travel has become increasingly unpleasant as airlines continue to shrink seat sizes to fit more passengers on board "” and this is especially true in economy class. But not all airlines are heading in this direction. In fact, many of them are working to increase passenger comfort through new innovations. From coach seats […]

Southwest raises fee for last-minute priority boarding

Southwest Airlines has quietly increased the fee to nab a prime boarding position at the last minute on some flights. The airline, which famously does not assign seats, will now charge up to $50 one way to board in the first group of travelers. Upgraded boarding was introduced in 2013. Southwest started out charging $40 […]

Las Vegas to Welcome Nonstop Service from Brazil with LATAM Airlines Group

LATAM Airlines Group, the leading airline group in South America, on Dec. 18, announced that its Brazilian affiliate, LATAM Airlines Brazil, will begin nonstop seasonal service to Las Vegas in June 2018, marking the first scheduled nonstop flight to Las Vegas from Brazil. Beginning June 21, the route will depart Sao Paulo every Monday, Thursday […]

American Airlines seasonal service from DFW Airport to Rio de Janeiro launches Friday

North Texas travelers looking for a winter getaway will have another nonstop option with American Airlines set to launch seasonal service from DFW International Airport to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this Friday. The service will run from Dec. 15 through Feb. 11, with flights departing from DFW on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays. "We wanted to […]

Singapore Airlines Q2 net profit nearly triples

Singapore Airlines Ltd said on Tuesday second-quarter net profit nearly tripled on the back of stronger operating results. The carrier, a benchmark for Asia’s full-service airline industry, earned S$190 million ($139.26 million) in the three months to Sept. 30, up from S$65 million a year before, it said in a stock exchange filing. UOB Kay […]