Airline News

These are the aviation trends we were talking about this week.

American's Philly-Tel Aviv flights faced competition from El Al and United from JFK.

Hate Selling: It's not just for your grandma's legacy airline anymore. Super-lux Etihad has joined the unbundling party.

Despite its historic hitches, the Dreamliner has plenty for airlines and passengers to like. Its manageable size is a distinct advantage.

Reduced airfares are great for consumers, but it's still unclear how much travelers are seeing in the lower fares that the Bureau of Labor Statistics' data suggest are out there.

Don't you hate those times when you need a rare blue diamond in a rush, but it turns out that you're stuck on a plane being pampered by a butler whose only fault is lack of connections to a diamond dealer? Problem solved.

It's good to at least see some airlines have made up their minds in favor of aircraft tracking systems.

Lufthansa Group is standing pat as booking sites move in opposition to its planned surcharge. But consumers will be the ones hurt by the surcharge if booking sites end up passing the extra cost down to fliers.

Some airlines are getting very aggressive in their upselling tactics. It is apparently working financially for them at the moment although they are taking big risks in turning off their customers.

This was an epic franchise branding move by ANA.