Flying Into Skardu: My First-Hand Experience At One Of The Himalayas’ Most Spectacular Airports
This year I flew through three dramatic airports in the greater Himalayan region: Skardu in the Pakistani-controlled north, Paro in Bhutan (read my review of the airport), and Lhasa in…
“All My Flight Attendants Have Headaches”: 4 Of 5 Frontier Crew Fall Ill On Airbus A321
A Frontier Airlines flight from Cleveland Hopkins International Airport (CLE) to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) declared a medical emergency on Thursday morning after four of the five flight attendants…
5 Things Business Class Passengers Do Onboard That Economy Passengers Don’t Even Know About
A widebody airliner typically contains both cabins, but flying business class is almost nothing like traveling in economy. An economy ticket essentially provides the basics for travel: a seat with…
Pilots File Lawsuit Alleging Delta Air Lines Denied Paid Leave Amid Military Deployments
A class action lawsuit against Delta Air Lines has been cleared by a federal judge, which has been brought by current and former pilots who have alleged that the Atlanta-based…
4 Days Later: Airservices Australia & The ATSB Disagree Over Sydney Runway Incursion Incident
The Commonwealth-owned Airservices Australia, which manages the Australian skies, has continued to defend its position of not reporting a fresh safety incident that occurred at Australia’s busiest airport last week,…
Why United Airlines Is Deliberately Removing 35 Seats From Its Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner On Houston Long-Hauls
Reducing the number of seats on a widebody airliner is an unusual strategy at a time when airlines are trying to maximize revenue from every departure. Yet that is exactly…
5 Things Passengers Don’t Know About Takeoffs From The World’s Highest Airports
There are thousands of airports around the world. They play a key role in connecting cities, transporting millions of passengers, and moving thousands of tons of cargo every day. The…
Premium Expansions: Delta Air Lines’ Boeing 737 MAX 10s Will Have 24 First Class Seats
Delta Air Lines is planning a notably premium-heavy cabin for its incoming Boeing 737 MAX 10 fleet, with First Class seats forming a substantial portion of the aircraft’s forward cabin.…
Why Airbus Is Building A350s Faster Than Airlines Can Actually Take Them
On paper, the global widebody market is in the midst of an unprecedented golden age of demand, with order books stretching deep into the next decade. Inside European assembly halls,…
The Hub Delta Air Lines Threw Away After Merging With Northwest
The 2008 merger between Delta Air Lines and Northwest Airlines was the first to create one of the US’s current ‘mega legacy carriers.’ Delta Air Lines and its contemporaries today…















