Marisa Garcia

329% growth at Muscat International Airport is a mind-blowing increase. This tech will help make visiting our Skift Pick for 2015 easier on travellers.

There's more at stake here than could possibly fit a short Skift take. We'll keep watching and updating readers as this critical battle Open Skies battle progresses.

We’re not in the 1980s anymore. After a great push to initiate it and many trials to stabilize it, globalization has finally taken hold of the aviation industry. Turning back the calendar benefits very few and passengers will ultimately vote on Open Skies with their dollars, or euros, or dinars.

It's lovely to see an airline get into the spirit of local celebrations, especially one as significant as this. Parabéns, Rio de Janeiro! Os melhores desejos para os próximos 450 anos.

So what if British Airways took their sweet time to come up with these suites? Better late for the better than early for naught.

Airlines have a locked-in five minutes that they can appeal to flyers and, if they play it right, broadcast to others. Air New Zealand has played it better than others.

Just being able to use a dedicated lane makes downloading this free app worthwhile.

The projected rate of improvement for many of these categories makes us question just how achievable these goals are, but we welcome airlines and airports trying.

United may deserve consumers' wrath for many reasons. But as much as it pains us to say it, it didn't deserve this.

Given that Hästens beds usually require a mortgage, we're inclined to believe this extra touch will contribute to a first-class nap on SAS Plus. The cabins are modern and loaded with passenger experience enhancements which should make flying on Erik Viking a treat, for the back of the plane too.