Icelandic low-cost airline PLAY has reported on its hot Summer season, including an 89% load factor in August, with 185,000 passengers carried and two new aircraft confirmed to make room for more...
https://flightchic.com/2023/09/08/play-reports-sky-high-load-factor-89-stats-you-need-to-know/
Lynx Air, the ultra-affordable airline in Canada, is set to inaugurate its inaugural flight from Toronto Pearson International Airport (YYZ) to Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) today. This...
https://flightchic.com/2023/08/26/lynx-air-takes-off-on-its-first-flight-from-toronto-to-la/
Vegas enthusiasts! Avelo Airlines is about to give you another reason to pack your bags and head to the city that never sleeps. In a bold move, the airline is doubling down on Las Vegas - and we...
https://flightchic.com/2023/06/23/avelo-airlines-flies-from-vegas/
Norwegian reports that it carried almost 2.8 million passengers in September, which is an increase of 14 percent compared to the same month last year. The post Norwegian Reports 14% Passenger G...
This is a unique way to get the message across, highlights series available customers might not already know about, makes the airline very relatable--and saves on actors. The post Nok Air CEO P...
https://flightchic.com/2016/01/11/nok-air-ceo-plane-splains-it-all/
Due to my few posts last month, readers might assume that I took the month of February off to celebrate the birthday of the 747, which just happens to coincide with my own. I did. There was choco...
https://flightchic.com/2015/03/02/httpblog-apex-aero46years-747/
This morning's announcement of codeshare plans between SAS and Etihad Airways has very interesting implications for the Northern European travel market, and for Europe's aviation industry as a wh...
Ryanair has announced an H1 Net Profit increase of 32% to €795m. Traffic grew by 4% to 51.3 million passengers, average air fares increased by 5% and total revenues rose by 9% to €3,537 mil...
Airbus has announced that the final assembly of VietJetAir’s first of up to 100 A320s on order is now underway in Toulouse, France; acquired by the airline under a deal finalised in February th...
https://flightchic.com/2014/10/13/vietjetairs-first-of-100-a320s-enters-final-assembly/
Following a decision by the US Department of Transportation to delay its approval of Norwegian Air International (NAI), the airline has issued a statement that it remains confident it will ulti...
https://flightchic.com/2014/09/03/norwegian-shrugs-off-open-skies-delays/
AirAsia X, the long-haul affiliate of the Skytrax Winning AirAsia (World’s Best and Asia’s Best Low-Cost Carrier as announced today) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbu...
Airbus has made a big issue about wide seating proposing an 18-inch standard for the industry at large in long-haul service. Such a standard would not fit certain aircraft configurations, even s...
Norwegian Air Shuttle ASA, the Oslo-based Low-Cost Carrier has announced that it will launch a new route between Copenhagen and Bangkok, as part of the airline’s global strategy. While Norwegi...
We often discuss why airlines make perplexing decisions in favour of unbundled fares and aircraft configurations. The Peanuts posts are entirely dedicated to the topic of the airlines’ quest...
https://flightchic.com/2014/05/18/forget-paxex-heres-what-the-market-wants-from-airlines/
Social Media strikes again for aviation, this time with passengers filming a Mid-Air party on SpiceJet Airlines celebrating the Indian spring festival of Holi. Those videos went viral on social m...
https://flightchic.com/2014/03/20/spicejet-low-cost-frolic-goes-one-dance-step-too-far/
I hope you’re ready for something completely different. The quandaries I wrote about last week for Virgin America in Love Field continue to get interesting, as the Justice Department squelched ...
https://flightchic.com/2014/03/13/red-why-not-blue-you-could-find-yourselves-in-love/
Airbus recently informed the industry that Asian passengers value comfort. While that might be true, it did raise the question: Doesn’t everybody? Yes. And, clearly no. If everyone did, and...
https://flightchic.com/2014/02/19/will-pax-pay-for-comfort-or-should-comfort-be-free/
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow If I could accurately predict the future, I would not be writing this. I would be sunning myself on the beach of the private island which I would have bough...
https://flightchic.com/2014/01/10/profits-aint-peanuts-part-five-the-seeds-of-tomorrow/
In this third instalment of Profits Ain’t Peanuts we discuss the use of PEDs on board aircraft, inflight connectivity services, and IFE. In today’s world data is vital and content is king. �...
https://flightchic.com/2014/01/04/profits-aint-peanuts-part-three-take-a-byte/
This is the first post in a five-part series comparing and contrasting the approaches of Low-Cost Carriers, Traditional Airlines, and New Airlines as they compete for the travel budgets of increa...
https://flightchic.com/2013/12/27/profits-aint-peanuts-part-one-the-peanut-uprising/