Norse Atlantic Airways prepares for takeoff in 2022
A new Viking raider is charting a course across the Atlantic. Following in the footsteps of predecessors including Norwegian, Norse Atlantic... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Ultra Low Cost Carrier
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
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
Confident in Reno, aha! CEO Subodh Karnik talks growth prospects
Having launched bare-bones Embraer E145 service from Reno-Tahoe International Airport last week, aha! admits it hasn’t invented anythi... Continue Reading
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
US airline start-up aha! joins the pack
Eighteen months of an ongoing global pandemic has wreaked havoc across the global airline industry. Yet here in the United States, 2021 has ... Continue Reading
US to welcome vaccinated visitors, but questions remain
Airlines, air travelers and passenger experience advocates alike are celebrating the Biden Administration’s plan to enable fully vaccinated ... Continue Reading
Geven reveals first next-gen economy seat Elemento
With its newest seat Elemento, Italian seatmaker Geven is marking two firsts: the first of what it calls the “next generation” of its aircra... Continue Reading
Breeze Airways issues RFP to serve international markets with A220s
US start-up Breeze Airways confirms it has issued a request for proposals on Routes’ community platform, Route Exchange, seeking to se... Continue Reading
One-on-one with WhileFly CEO Yosi Avraham
Portable battery-powered and aircraft-powered Wi-Fi boxes have become — pardon the pun — somewhat of a fixture on LCCs and indeed other oper... Continue Reading
Geven slims down slimlines with new SuperEco economy seat
Italian seatmaker Geven is taking aim at the 28–29-inch pitch ultra-slimline end of the #PaxEx market, where low-cost carrier meets ultra-lo... Continue Reading
How Avelo is delivering on its refreshingly smooth travel promise
Something good is brewing in Burbank. At least that’s my takeaway after spending a recent afternoon with the newest airline in the US,... Continue Reading
Frontier – ULCC, nothing more, nothing less and that’s AOK
Have you tried Frontier Airlines recently? I have, on a recent flight between Denver and Seattle. Prior to that, the last time I flew the ai... Continue Reading
Air Canada and Transat terminate tie-up plans
Air Canada on 2 April announced it has reached mutual agreement with Air Transat parent Transat A.T. Inc. to terminate its proposed acquisit... Continue Reading
Breeze Airways takes first E190; teases PaxEx details
US start-up Breeze Airways has taken delivery of an Embraer E190 — the first of 15 aircraft on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ... Continue Reading