El Al’s London King David Lounge Has Closed And Is Now A Priority Pass Art And Lounge; Is Paris Next?
El Al's King David Lounges are one of their competitive advantages. In Tel Aviv the only other lounge option are the Dan Lounges, which...
End Of The Road For Sde Dov Airport, El Al’s First Class, And El Al’s 747s; Video Of El Al’s Queen Of The Skies...
It's been an eventful week for Israeli aviation.
Tel Aviv's Sde Dov Airport (SDV) closed for good on Monday. Ynet has a good history of the...
Ukraine Airlines: There’s No Religious Discrimination As We Treated All Passengers Very Poorly; What Was Your Experience?
I've read several articles on various sites that passengers that flew on Ukraine Airlines yesterday from Tel Aviv to Kiev were singled out if...
JetBlue Devaluing Beverage Service
Airlines have found a way to devalue everything, but Coke dominates the soft drinks served onboard. Now you may find your next flight attendant...
United Will Launch Seasonal Nonstop Service Between Newark And Cape Town!
Nonstop flights between the US and South Africa can be quite pricey. That's due to lack of competition, currently SAA flies nonstop between JFK...
My Thoughts On JetBlue’s Exciting Announcement That They Will Fly Across The Pond!
JetBlue announced that they will fly from Boston and JFK to London, starting in 2021.
They will fly narrow-body A321LRs with a redesigned and expanded...
This Is Why United’s Elimination Of Close-In Award Booking Fees Is Devastating News #UnitedUnfriendly #MileageMinus
United dropped the heartbreaking news on Friday afternoon that they will move MileagePlus from an award chart based redemption system to dynamically priced awards.
Like...
United Copying Delta Again: Goodbye Award Charts And Close-In Fees #UnitedUnfriendly
Update: United has just published these changes on their website.
Overall, United MileagePlus is the best mileage program that exists today.
So naturally, United has decided...
It’s Like Deja Vu All Over Again: Delta Is Killing Its Daytime JFK-Tel Aviv Flight
Delta originally flew from Atlanta to Tel Aviv, but quickly realized that flying from JFK would be more profitable and they shifted the route...
WOW It’s All Over: WOW Air Shuts Down Overnight Leaving Thousands Stranded, Icelandair Makes A Special Offer To Fly Them Home
WOW Air took the ultra low-cost carrier market by storm with round-trip fares between North America and Europe via Iceland for as low as...
El Al Announces Their First 787-8 Routes And Plane Configuration
Last week El Al confirmed that they will fly nonstop between Chicago and Tel Aviv. I've long said that the route seems tailor made...
No, United Isn’t Flying The 737 MAX, They Just Have A 777 Identifying As A 737 MAX
The 737 MAX is grounded across the world, but if you search for a flight on United.com, such as Los Angeles to Maui, you...
British Airways Is Launching A Business Class Suite That’s Better Than Their First Class Seat
British Airways currently operates a subpar business class and a subpar first class product.
They announced today that they'll be taking a giant leap forward...
The 737 MAX Is Now Grounded Worldwide
Previous posts:
The 737 MAX Is Being Grounded Around The World, Except For North America; Here’s What You Need To Know
Canada Grounds The...
Canada Grounds The 737 MAX, Leaving Only American, Southwest, And United Flying The Plane; Which Airlines Will Let You Change Your Flight For Free
Previous posts:
The 737 MAX Is Being Grounded Around The World, Except For North America; Here’s What You Need To Know
Thoughts On Today’s...
The 737 MAX Is Being Grounded Around The World, Except For North America; Here’s What You Need To Know
While we don't yet know the cause of the Ethiopian flight 302 tragedy, airlines across the world are grounding their 737 MAX fleets until...
Thoughts On Today’s Ethiopian Flight 302 Tragedy
Tragedy struck this morning when a brand new Boeing 737 MAX 8 flying as Ethiopian flight 302 from Addis Ababa to Nairobi crashed shortly...
Are We Headed To A World Where A Regional Jet Is The Most Comfortable Way To Fly?
20 years ago, Continental Airlines opened Concourse D at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, displacing the rental car facility to a location far offsite. It...
Goodbye To The A380 And Thanks For The Memories
While I was traveling yesterday to the awesome LA Kosher Food & Wine event, the news broke that A380 production will end in just...
Roundup Of Airline Travel Weather Waivers For This Weekend: AA, Air Canada, Alaska, Delta, Frontier, JetBlue, Southwest, Spirit, And United
Update: 1/18: American has finally added NYC to their weather waiver.
United Leaks Interesting Data On Their Largest West Coast Corporate Accounts
Most companies are ultra-secretive when it comes to prized internal metrics and customer data. That's for good reason, why would you want to tip...
Queen Of The Hangar: A United Express Embraer 170 Has Diverted 6 Times In The Past 2 Weeks And 13 Times In 3 Months
Airplane diversions, where an aircraft has to change its destination airport after takeoff due to mechanical, weather, or health reasons, are exceedingly rare.
I've been...
American And Singapore Announce Upcoming Award Chart Changes
American will be making changes to their award charts effective 1/16/19.
Notable changes include:
Business class saver award rate between the US and Hawaii will...
Thanks To The DoT, I Finally Got My Iberia Avios Back! Don’t Forget To Redeem Or Transfer Your Promo Iberia Avios Now!
When things go wrong with the airlines I’ve turned to the DoT to complain and have had good results. They have a convenient online complaint...
United Will Upgauge Their Afternoon Flight Between Newark And Tel Aviv From A 777 To A 787 With Polaris And Premium Plus Seating!
United currently operates their afternoon flight 84/85 between Newark And Tel Aviv on a pre-merger Continental 777-200. Their red-eye flight 90/91 between Newark And...
Delta And American Will Preboard Passengers With Nut Allergies
Delta currently has a policy that allows passengers with nut allergies to preboard in order to clean their seat area from traces of nuts....
Icelandair Will Buy Wow Air For $18 Million
Icelandair has agreed to buy Wow Air, its chief competitor, for $18 million.
Icelandair has been under intense pressure from Wow, an ultra low-cost carrier....
Goodbye To United International First Class; Which Airline Will Be The Next To Axe First Class?
United quietly killed off their international first class cabin last week.
Planes that still have the old first class seats are being converted to have...
United Will Fly To Tahiti Year-Round!
United flew their inaugural flight to Tahiti yesterday.
When the route was announced last year it was supposed to run for the winter season only. That...
AAmerican’s Horrendous New Irregular Operations Policy And AAnother Trip In Vain To NYC For My Grandfather’s 90th
In September 2015 Delta and American ended their interline agreement. Delta wanted more money to accommodate American's passengers as Delta's operational performance is much...
United Strikes Back Against El Al In San Francisco: Round 2!
United started flying between San Francisco and Tel Aviv on 3/30/16 with 3 weekly 787-8 (788) flights. The flight was so successful that it was...
Southwest Is Killing Service Between 2 Major East Coast Airports And Fort Lauderdale
The hits keep coming for Fort Lauderdale service.
Southwest will discontinue service from Newark-Fort Lauderdale and Washington DC/IAD-Fort Lauderdale. Their final flight on those routes...
JetBlue Is Killing Service To Several Cities In January, Roundup Of New And Ending Routes
Effective 1/8, JetBlue will be ending service to:
Washington-Dulles (IAD) will lose all service.
Daytona Beach (DAB) will lose all service.
S. Croix (STX) will lose...
Swiss Will Fly You To Tel Aviv, But Remains “Neutral” By Replacing Tel Aviv With Esh Sheikh Muwannis On Their Inflight Map
Swiss flies 2 widebodies every day between Zurich and Tel Aviv and is one of the few airlines with lie-flat business class seats between...
If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them: JetBlue Will Launch Basic Economy Next Year
Basic Economy was created by Delta to respond to ultra low cost carriers like Frontier and Spirit. United quickly matched and made it even...
American Matches Baggage Fee Increase
JetBlue kicked off the latest round of baggage fee hikes by raising the cost of the 1st checked bag to $30 and the 2nd checked...
Delta Matches Baggage Fee Increase
JetBlue kicked off the latest round of baggage fee hikes by raising the cost of the 1st checked bag to $30 and the 2nd checked...
It’s Time For Religious Jews To Rethink Taking Flights That Are Too Close To Shabbos
Thursday night's El Al flight 26 from Newark to Tel Aviv was delayed from 9:10pm until 1:07am. Its arrival into Tel Aviv was delayed...
United Will Invest $200MM In Hawaii Airports And Change When They Fly To Hawaii
I've flown to Hawaii 8 times since my first trip out there when I posted and grabbed a deal paying just $87 for airfare and...
Free Sample Of GoGo In-Flight WiFi Today; My In-Flight WiFi “Hacks”
T-Mobile One plans always offer an hour of free GoGo in-flight WiFi for their customers in addition to unlimited free texting in-flight. T-Mobile One Plus...
