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Ryanair LPA-NCL trip report: cheap but not very cheerful

Travelers flying Ryanair have relatively low expectations. After all, the largest airline in Europe has long based its product on the “... Continue Reading

Lauda Europe aircraft ready for boarding. The aircraft is mostly white with a red stripe on the tail and red lettering spelling LAUDA

Loving Lauda simplicity on STN-HAM after chaotic start

Ryanair, Europe’s largest airline and its most infamous no-frills advocate, also owns Lauda Europe, a wet-lease airline that operates certai... Continue Reading

Three LATAM fabric bag amenity kits by Kaelis Group sit on a stone podium with tropical leaves around them.

Airlines outline progress on eliminating single-use plastics

Airlines that have made commitments over the last five years to reduce or eliminate single-use plastics from their operations will soon be j... Continue Reading

Ryanair aircraft in flight on a clear day over a large open body of water.

Press Release: Ryanair to power Amsterdam flights with 40% SAF blend

Neste and Ryanair have expanded their collaboration to enable Ryanair to power its full schedule of flights from Amsterdam Airport Schiphol ... Continue Reading

Bonza 737 aircraft in all white with a purple tail and engines. The work "Bonza" is displayed along the side of the plane and is also in purple.

When a 186-plus seat 737 MAX is a bonza #PaxEx improvement

The title of Donald Horne’s 1964 pop-sociology bestseller The Lucky Country became a synonym for Australia, and that’s true in terms of airl... Continue Reading

Rendering of a PLAY A320 aircraft is pictured here on an all-white background. The aircraft itself is entirely bright red with large white lettering that reads "PLAY"

Icelandic LCC Play adds New York Stewart to lineup of US destinations

Play, a recently launched Icelandic low-cost carrier founded by former directors of WOW Air, is preparing to inaugurate service from Europe ... Continue Reading

Aircraft flying overhead with green trees in view

Airlines team with green groups to demand ambitious EU SAF goals

Calls for a faster transition to cleaner jet fuels in Europe grew louder this week with airlines and environmental groups uniting for the fi... Continue Reading

Airbus A330-300 P2F freighter at the airport.

The future of the passenger-to-freighter conversion market

It seems like every other week there’s another announcement of middle-aged passenger aircraft being converted into freighters, whether that’... Continue Reading

The first Breeze A220-300 in the carrier's signature blue livery

Breeze wafts 36 seriously nice Safran business seats into its A220s

David Neeleman’s Breeze Airways has unveiled the first of its 80 Airbus A220-300 (né Bombardier C Series CS300) aircraft, featuring a surpri... Continue Reading

An image of Sydney Airport from the runway. A blue sky serves as a backdrop to the terminal

COVID highlights how airlines need to focus on the whole journey

In a normal year, and at a normal time, we’d be talking about the importance of the whole passenger journey in terms of lengthening airlines... Continue Reading

A gloved hand wipes down a seatback IFE screen

Hygiene expectations post-COVID: a generation of Naomi Campbells?

“I love travelling.” Naomi Campbell proclaimed aboard a Qatar Airways Airbus A380 in Nice during July of 2019, as she proceeded to don prote... Continue Reading

A woman makes a credit card payment via a point of sale device aboard TUI Airlines

Retail inMotion CCO Jan Blanchard on the evolution of onboard retail

During the COVID-19 crisis, onboard retailing specialist Retail inMotion (RiM) has focused on finding cost-efficient and quick-to-implement ... Continue Reading

Slimline seats on Vueling are greyish beige with yellow headrest covers

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Developing a growing appreciation for Vueling’s proposition

Europe’s low-cost carriers are a fascinating breed, from cheap-and-sometimes-nasty Ryanair to cheap-and-cheerful easyJet, “friendly low fare... Continue Reading

slimeline seats on board an easyJet aircraft

What the Euro-LCC model can tell us about the future of aviation

“The future’s bright. The future’s orange.” That iconic UK advertising strapline — for the 1990s’ UK mobile phone network Orange — may ring ... Continue Reading

With the backdrop of a blue sky, a Jet2 aircraft sits parked with bright orange letters as part of its livery

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When Jet2’s cheap and cheerful budget airline brought big smiles

Friendly low fares. That’s what UK holiday airline Jet2 promises — and what, on a recent flight from Gran Canaria to Birmingham before coron... Continue Reading