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Alaska Airlines is adding more variety to its onboard food offerings, doubling the number of pre-order options for economy passengers and increasing the number of entrée choices for first class customers. The Seattle-based carrier recently announced that it was introducing new menu items and expanding its food selection. New and Expanded First Class Entrée Options […]

South African Airways (SAA) has been in the midst of a semi-privatization process, with the Takatso consortium poised to acquire a majority stake. However, the Competition Commission has recommended that two companies, Syranix and Global Aviation, who co-own low-cost airline LIFT, leave the consortium before it acquires SAA. The commission stated that their presence in […]

Internal sources have revealed to the website MoneyControl that Indian budget airline GoFirst plans to resume flights on May 24. The airline filed for bankruptcy protection at the start of May due to engine problems on its aircraft. GoFirst will return with a smaller operation, operating four fewer aircraft than it currently has. The airline […]

Local Kenmore, Washington-based airline Kenmore Air, announced through an email with its customers that they would begin partnering with the Seattle-based airline. Kenmore Air is the largest floatplane operator in the United States, flying over 80,000 passengers a year including their land-based operations which fly under their ‘Kenmore Air Express’ banner on board the Cessna […]

Qatar Airways will be resuming daily nonstop service to Auckland from Doha starting in September 2023. The route was first introduced in 2017, when at the time it was the world’s longest flight. It unfortunately was a victim of the pandemic and the flight was cut since New Zealand had closed its borders for a […]

A few days ago, the Emirates Group released its annual report for 2022-23, which turned out to be its best ever, with a new record profit. Following the lifting of almost all pandemic-related restrictions worldwide, there was a complete turnaround from last year’s loss. Emirates Group posted a record profit of AED 10.9 billion ($3.0 […]

Flying on flight SQ24 has been ot the top of my aviation bucket list for a while now. The opportunity to fly on the world’s longest flight isn’t something you can do every day but I wanted to see what it would be like to survive on an airplane for nearly a full day. Check-in […]

There’s a growing push towards sustainability within the aviation industry. We’re starting to see greater investments in sustainable aviation fuels. The European Union is pushing for it through legislation and some airlines are exploring it on their own. There are a lot of differing opinions on this, some say it’s not ever going to be […]

The aviation industry continues to exhibit positive signs of post-pandemic growth as the northern summer schedule gets underway. A number of airlines are approaching or have surpassed 2019 planned capacity levels though this does differ by region. The North American and European markets were unhindered by travel restrictions last year but some countries in South […]

On Thursday, Alaska Airlines unveiled a new special livery in Anchorage, Alaska. The ETOPS-certified Boeing 737-800 registered as N559AS, previously known as “Salmon Thirty Salmon II,” has been repainted into a livery encompassing Native Alaskan heritage in a new salmon-themed livery.  In April, the aircraft operated its last flight in its previous livery leaving the […]