UK carrier Loganair on May 24th announced it had "celebrated the carriage of its 350,000th customer hrough Southampton Airport." The airline offered a free "surprise flight" to Glasgow-bound soldier Rachel Emmerson, the passenger. “I wasn’t expecting the call that I...
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Frontier opens crew base in Dallas
Frontier Airlines has opened a crew base at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. “We are thrilled to celebrate this historic occasion for Frontier and DFW,” said Barry Biffle, president and chief executive of, Frontier Airlines. The site is expected to host up to...
United expands at Denver International
United Airlines is adding 35 flights, six routes ,12 new gates and three clubs to its Denver International Airport operations. The new routes include Dayton, Greensboro, Lexington and San Juan, Puerto Rico, four destinations that are not served out of Denver by other...
Korean and JFK’s new T1 announce tie-up
John F. Kennedy International Airport's New Terminal One (NTO) has announced a partnership with Korean Air. The deal will allow Korean Air give passengers "a transformed premium in-terminal experience to match its award-winning in-flight service", according to NTO....
Condor to launch direct flights to Sphinx International Airport
Condor is all set to launch direct flights connecting Frankfurt to Sphinx International Airport, twice weekly. The newly built Sphinx International Airport (SPX) is located on the western edge of cairo and makes it easier and convenient for tourists to visit the...
Raya Airways takes delivery of its first A321 P2F
Raya Airways took delivery of a leased Airbus A321 passenger-to-freighter aircraft (A321P2F), the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. “The aircraft will allow it to cater to wider customer base and expand its network reach and improve its cargo handling capacity”,...
United passengers get app-free access to flight details on iPhone
United Airlines passengers from May 22 no longer need to open the carrier's app to view details of their boarding pass, gate, seat number and countdown clock to departure time on Apple's iPhone 14. The addition of the Live Activities feature "makes it even easier...
Italy’s on-off airport strikes leading to flight cancellations
Air Serbia has cancelled a May 19 Belgrade-Rome flight and postponed a Catania flight to the next day due to scheduled strikes by Italian airport workers. Flights to Naples are to go ahead as scheduled, the flag carrier announced, apologising to affected passengers....
Ryanair and Amadeus announce cost-cutting tie-up for corporate travellers
Ryanair said on May 18 that it would be expanding its low-fare corporate travel offering to the Amadeus Travel Platform, The tie-up, the Dublin-headquartered airline claimed, would put "an unrivalled network of over 3,000 daily flights to over 235 destinations across...
Norse Atlantic and RWS laud language and website deal
Norse Atlantic Airways has commissioned RWS to broaden its international reach with websites and information in four languages. RWS said it has been providing Norse Atlantic customers with "next generation, multilingual online experiences" since September 2022. The...
Breeze Airways points to Pratt & Whitney engines as vital to longest route
Breeze Airways has praised the Pratt & Whitney engines that powered the carrier's newly-launched longest non-stop route. "GTF engine technology for the A220 has been foundational to the growth and success of Breeze over the past two years," said Breeze founder and...
Flair Airlines reports flying almost 400,000 passengers in April
Flair Airlines reported almost 394,500 passenger bookings in April 2023, when 74.1% of its flights landed within 15 minutes of their scheduled arrival time. The Canadian budget carrier said its load factor for the month topped 90%, proof "that at the right combination...