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Spirit's Gone, And Now Look What Fares Did On Its Routes
1+ day, 4+ hour ago (742+ words) FLL to Dallas jumped from $39 to $124 within 48 hours of Spirit's May 2 wind-down. Two weeks in, the routes Frontier didn't backfill are still up 20%. Spirit Airlines stopped flying at 3 AM Eastern on May 2, 2026 taking 1. 8 million seats off the May calendar with…...
Europe Just Told Airlines They Owe You Compensation Anyway
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (312+ words) Carriers spent two weeks leaning on "extraordinary circumstances" to dodge EC261. On May 8, the Commission published guidance that said no in writing. That was the airlines" position. It was almost certainly going to end up in litigation at the Court of…...
Emirates Quietly Killed Its 615-Seat Cattle Car A380
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (279+ words) Emirates" 615-seat A380 was the densest jet in commercial service. They just ripped out 46 seats. The premium economy math finally beat yield. The dense A380 was Emirates" yield weapon on price-sensitive leisure routes. Bangkok, Bali, Mauritius, Kuala Lumpur, and a rotating cast…...
Review: Singapore Airlines Silver Kris Lounge Taipei, Where The Garlic Bread Steals The Show
1+ day, 18+ hour ago (500+ words) I really enjoyed my visit to the Singapore Airlines Silver Kris Lounge in Taipei Taoyuan International Airport (TPE) and the reason can be summed up in two words: garlic bread. Actually, this lounge has a lot of excellent food and…...
Delta Air Lines "Mini First Class" Seats Are Coming To New Widebody Jets
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (703+ words) Delta Air Lines has confirmed that it will offer more spacious "mini first class" seating in the bulkhead rows of its new Delta One business class cabins, though the news slipped out in an odd manner. Joe Espsito, Delta's Chief…...
United Airlines Is Bringing The "Death Star" To Domestic First Class
1+ day, 21+ hour ago (177+ words) Look out for Polaris-style salt and pepper globes on your upcoming United Airlines flight in domestic first class, affectionately (or derisively) called the "Death Star" by frequent flyers. A flight attendant sent me a short memo about a recent change…...
United's Oldest 777 Returns To Boeing, Fueling 777 X Speculation
2+ day, 8+ hour ago (1503+ words) United flew N774 UA, the oldest active Boeing 777 in the world, back to Paine Field this week for what has internally been called a "press event." That alone is a fun avgeek story. But whenever United, Boeing, and the 777 are in…...
United And Jet Blue Blue Sky Elite Perks Are Live, But Something Big Is Missing
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (942+ words) United Airlines and Jet Blue have rolled out the next stage of their Blue Sky partnership, with reciprocal elite perks now live. That is good news, but for United flyers there is still one glaring weakness for United flyers: Jet…...
Trump Administration Backs Off $15, 000 Visa Bond For Some Foreign Visitors
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (740+ words) The Trump administration is waiving visa bonds of up to $15, 000 for certain World Cup ticket holders, a sensible carveout that underscores a much broader travel problem: the United States cannot host the world while making it needlessly expensive and intimidating…...
My Delta Boarding Pass Was Purple. I Had No Idea LAX'ATL Was Delta One
2+ day, 20+ hour ago (513+ words) Delta Air Lines has quietly expanded Delta One service to one of its most important domestic routes: Los Angeles " Atlanta. I somehow missed this development when it was first reported months ago, then discovered it by accident when noticing my…...