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Alaska Announces Specifics on New Premium Class

Alaska Airlines announced more details on their new Premium Class Thursday, which includes four inches of extra legroom, a free snack and drink, and early boarding. The product, akin to American’s Main Cabin Extra or Delta’s Comfort+, was announced in December 2015 at Delta’s investor conference. The airline said on their website those seated in […]

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Emirates To Operate An All A380 and 777 Fleet

Emirates has been incrementally streamlining their fleet for a few years and now it comes to a conclusion. The airline has retired their last Airbus A330 aircraft (registered as A6-EAK) from operational service, which was the last of 29 Airbus A330 aircraft that the airline had been operating since the early 2000s. A6-EAK had been […]

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TBT (Throwback Thursday) in Aviation History: World Airways

World Airways was founded in 1948 by Benjamin Pepper. At the time, he used former Pan Am Boeing 314 flying boats. However, just two years later, the airline was purchased by Edward Daly for $50,000. At the time, the Boeing 314s were already considered to be obsolete so Daly began adding the Douglas DC-4 to […]

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Wizz Air Announces Liverpool Portfolio Expansion

Hungarian-based airline Wizz Air has announced another service that is to be launched from Liverpool’s John Lennon Airport to the southern Romanian city of Craiova from the end of March 2017. This is the carrier’s second route announcement for Liverpool this Fall. Mark Povall, Liverpool Airport’s Director of Air Service Development, commented on the further […]

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Air Berlin Engages The Community With Sustainable Flight Ideas

Air Berlin is looking for students to write in with their best sustainability ideas. A competition where individuals or groups can hand in their ideas, lending a fresh perspective that help them develop sustainable ways to make aviation more environmentally friendly. When thinking about sustainability, many things come to mind: environmentally friendly solutions, using less […]

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WOW! Pittsburgh Receives New Service to Iceland

Despite being very young, WOW Air continues to find success and it has started to turn its attention to smaller markets, the newest of which is Pittsburgh. The “Steel City” will receive four times weekly service starting on June 16, 2017 to Reykjavik-Keflavik. Flights will run on Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Friday and will be […]

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DOT Tentatively Approves American for Los Angeles to Beijing Route

On March 14, Delta began petitioning the DOT for a daily flight from Los Angeles to Beijing. A mere two weeks later, American requested the same seven weekly slots. Both carriers said in their applications that the route would be operated by a Boeing 777-200 aircraft. They both said their services would begin the same […]

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Flight Crate: A New AvGeek Favorite

For us AvGeeks, it’s tempting to get our hands on every little piece of memorabilia we see, from model airplanes to posters. However, some items tend to be pricey and difficult to obtain. If you’re looking for a fun way to get your monthly dosage of AvGeek collectables at a reasonable price, look no further […]

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