Canada’s Lynx Air readies to launch ULCC operation with 737 MAX
Canadian start-up Lynx Air is vowing to offer “ultra-affordable fares” when it launches no-frills, all-economy Boeing 737 MAX 8 service on d... Continue Reading
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Air Canada excels in case of broken Signature Class seat
Flying on Air Canada from Frankfurt to Toronto, as part of a multi-leg junket, gave me the opportunity to experience the carrier’s Sig... Continue Reading
Press Release: SIA A380 returns to New York
After a nearly two-year absence during Covid, Singapore Airlines announces the return of its Airbus A380 superjumbo aircraft to New York’s J... Continue Reading
ANA updates domestic 787-9 with Safran, Toyota Boshoku seats
A decade into the Boeing 787’s service with Japan’s All Nippon Airways, the airline is expanding the premium cabin and installing new seats ... Continue Reading
Canada Jetlines now eyeing launch from Toronto Pearson with A320s
Given the significant challenges faced by the Canadian aviation industry due to the COVID-19 crisis, the country’s stringent travel requirem... Continue Reading
Despite COVID screening delay and HEL freezing over, Finnair soars
When my SAS flight from Stockholm to Copenhagen canceled and left me without a way to catch my connecting flight to New York, I had to scram... Continue Reading
Cebu’s 459-seater A330neo: density beyond “greige”
When Cebu Pacific announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show how many seats it was putting on its Airbus A330neo, there were gasps of shock. 460 w... Continue Reading
A solid seat but soft product falls short in SAS A350 business
While I started my pandemic-era US domestic flying as soon as the COVID-19 shots were in my arm, I continued to shy away from international ... Continue Reading
Safran places one-third of Zodiac businesses under review
Safran has placed one third of its legacy Zodiac Aerospace businesses under review, the French multinational corporation confirms. The portf... Continue Reading
Flydubai splits fleet between new Eclipse, Vantage and all-economy
Flydubai sees its new HAECO Eclipse staggered-angled business class seat as a key part of its future passenger experience proposition, and p... Continue Reading
AvGeek Log: Flying increasingly elusive 747 never gets old
After a week working in Dubai it was time to fly home to Seattle. Much like my outbound trip, Air Canada offered fares that were head and sh... Continue Reading
SIA MAX poses thoughtful premium narrowbody #PaxEx questions
SilkAir, it feels like we hardly knew ye. Singapore Airlines’ subsidiary single-aisle operations are now reabsorbed back into the mainline c... Continue Reading
Passenger experience on Air Canada 737 MAX is head scratcher
With the aim of visiting family in Vancouver last month, I began searching travel options from my home base of New York City. Roundtrip fare... Continue Reading
Press Release: Bucher provides galleys for Cebu Pacific A330-900neo
Bucher has shipped the first set of fully customized galleys, stowages, doghouses and partition walls to Airbus Toulouse for their integrati... Continue Reading
2021: the year of clean slate startup airlines?
When Virgin America created its award-winning Blah Airlines marketing campaign seven years ago to differentiate itself on the basis of passe... Continue Reading