Airline News

As airline integrations go, Southwest-AirTran has been relatively smooth. United-Continental is a nightmare in comparison.

With five American Express airport lounges either operational or in the works, the company will still be hard-pressed to replace all of those American Airlines and US Airways lounges that used to feature free access for Platinum cardholders across the U.S.

Finnair respected the best features of the A350XWB by choosing to keep it simple, and roomy. We can only hope other airlines which will fly the A350 will be inspired by this approach.

As travel to and throughout Asia grows, the global hub of the tourism and aviation industries will move east impacting all international industry stakeholders.

The airline has yet to reveal its cabin interiors selections, but Skift has requested a peek. Based on the extensive branding effort we’ve seen so far, we expect very good things.

Sometimes, going off-line is a good move.

It’s a holiday, after all. Passengers should expect more comfort and a little entertainment. As for the alcohol thing: There’s plenty of that at their destination, and more to buy at the Duty-Free shops.

Call it a pilot shortage, attrition, a wage-rate problem, or a structural defect -- it all amounts to basically the same thing. Pilot recruitment is under stress, and will remain so until there are reforms.

People don’t want calls in-flight in the U.S., but they want their in-flight connectivity and free use of their personal electronic devices.  You can sometimes get what you want, and it’s not what you want.

We're waiting for the flight attendant caught on tape warning a customer that he can easily be replace with a quiet block of much more valuable cargo.