2018

With 2018 still in its infancy and the aviation world still reflecting on a year that suffered no commercial airline fatalities, the wretched news emerging from Russia on Sunday morning brought into sharp focus the dangers that are still very real in air travel. At roughly 08:27 UTC on Sunday, Saratov Airlines flight 703, an […]

Air Canada released a new ad, right after flying 750 members of Team Canada’s Olympic team to PyeongChang. This ad celebrates Team Canada and was featured in the broadcast of the Olympic Opening Ceremony. The ad, “Our Time,” features Team Canada athletes and the different values of Canada that makes the country a role model […]

Frontier Airlines announced 6 new routes from Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU) Thursday morning, making it the second largest carrier at the airport in terms of number of destinations served. Frontier’s new destinations include Buffalo, Houston, Milwaukee, New Orleans, San Antonio, and San Juan, PR. The carrier now serves a total of 15 destinations at RDU, […]

There is something about airplanes that keep people wanting more. This was certainly the case when I started what is now called AirlineGeeks five years ago today. A life-long admiration for big metal birds would be the simple, but perhaps the most accurate reason, for why I started the website. What other mode of transportation […]

Starting in June, Aerolíneas Argentinas will add three new frequencies to Madrid-Barajas. The usual daily flight departing from Ezeiza International Airport at 23:55 local time will see another flight departing at 12:10 on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays. The recent cancellation of the Barcelona route triggered doubts about a possible contraction of Aerolíneas Argentinas international offering. Despite […]

AirAsia and GE Aviation have signed a four-year agreement for GE to provide the electronic Flight Operations Quality Assurance (eFOQA) and the FlightPulse pilot application for AirAsia’s fleet of about 355 A320 and A330 aircraft and 4,000 pilots. GE Aviation’s eFOQA service uses flight data generated by the aircraft and its systems and applies proprietary […]

With 15 Boeing 777-300ERs on order, Iran Air expects to receive its first long-haul aircraft this July, if U.S. officials do not interfere with the order. The airline made headlines last April when it almost received its first 777 a year early because of Turkish Airlines deferring one of its ordered 777s. The aircraft, however, […]

As part of Lufthansa’s #ExploreTheNew events in Frankfurt, a select group of four journalists were given a private tour of the most exclusive club in Europe, the Lufthansa First Class Terminal at Frankfurt Airport. Only available to those flying Lufthansa’s 5-star rated first class product and members of HON Circle, Lufthansa’s highest elite status which requires […]

In past years, the cost of oil was significantly low and that was a key factor in several decisions the commercial aviation industry has taken. That relative stability is now gone, and the increasing price of fuel is pushing for airlines to review their acquisition strategy and to update fares. In the last seven months, […]

Blockchain technology, which allows cryptocurrency like Bitcoin to operate, has been taking the world by storm lately. Blockchain technology is a decentralized method of maintaining records, operated on a peer-to-peer network. Currently, most financial institutions use a centralized method, which is more vulnerable to being hacked, can be slower, and results in additional fees. With […]