AirlinesA Russian Airline Is Delivering Its Meals to Grounded Travelers Nostalgic for In-Flight Food We’re travel obsessives, but we don’t miss airplane food. That said, we congratulate Ural Airlines on finding a way to make a few people smile with this marketing gimmick.
Ural Airlines has begun delivering in-flight meals to travel-deprived Russians who miss the thrill of a catering cart rolling down the aisle because of coronavirus lockdowns.
LinkAmerican’s Pandemic Reality: We Will Be a Much Smaller Airline, Says CEO To keep cash coming in, American Airlines needs passengers to buy tickets for late this year and early next. But there’s a problem. American doesn’t know what flights it will fly that far in advance.
LinkSun Country And Allegiant Receive Minimum Service Waivers Allegiant Air and Sun Country Airlines received rare minimum service exemptions late last month after receiving federal aid from the US government. Both ultra-low-cost carriers operate under different parameters than full-service airlines.
LinkWhich Airlines Allow Female Cabin Crew To Wear Trousers? Over the past few weeks, we’ve been looking at developments in airline cabin crew. We’ve examined why cabin crew are predominantly female and also sailed back in time to look at uniforms over the last 100 years. Even though we like to think that our society is quite progressive, some gender battles are still being fought within the airline industry. For one, a few carriers have only just allowed their female flight attendants to wear trousers.
LinkWarren Buffett Sells All His Airline Stocks – What Does This Mean For The Industry? During yesterday’s annual shareholder meeting of Berkshire Hathaway, world-famous investor Warren Buffett discussed a great variety of topics ranging from American history to negative interest rates. Of particular interest to us, however, were the changes in Berkshire’s portfolio, which occurred in April.
LinkKorean Air Considers Selling Its Loyalty Program As the global health crisis continues to rock the aviation industry, Korean Air is planning to sell its air loyalty program. Over the last week, it has been studying the sale of core aspects of the business to raise crucial funds.
LinkHow Emirates Is Preserving Their Planes In The Desert With the United Arab Emirates holding fairly firm on its travel restrictions, much of Emirates airline’s 269 aircraft are grounded. The Dubai-based airline says that it is “busy protecting and readying the world’s largest all wide-body fleet to take to the skies.” Here is what the airline’s massive engineering division is doing during this crisis to preserve its fleet of large jets.
LinkSingapore Airlines Considers Selling Aircraft Singapore Airlines is examining its option to sell and leaseback some aircraft in a bid to raise some cash. A recent report in Forbes indicates that the airline is seeking some flexibility with its fleet. With most of its aircraft owned outright, this move would give Singapore Airlines much needed cash without adding too much to overall long-term costs.
LinkPhotos: How AirAsia Is Looking After Over 280 Planes In Hibernation Since the end of March, most of AirAsia’s 282-strong fleet is in hibernation at a variety of Southeast Asian airports. But even parked planes need to be cared for. Here is an inside look at how AirAsia is keeping its planes in good working order.
LinkAmerican Airlines Moves Full Steam Ahead With 737 And A321 Retrofits American Airlines is pushing ahead with retrofits on parked aircraft. In an April 30th earnings call, executives indicated that the airline had budgeted and planned for additional fleet simplification by reconfiguring 737-800s and A321s into a standardized, denser configuration.
LinkSouth Africa Moves Forward With New National Airline The decision for South Africa to get a new national carrier was made official on 1st May by the country’s Department of Public Enterprises. The goal is to have a financially viable and competitive airline for the country, post-COVID-19.
LinkLufthansa Pilots To Have Pay Cut By 45% For 2 Years This week, Lufthansa’s pilots offered to sacrifice up to 45 percent of their salaries over the next two years. In return, the staff members are seeking the securement of their positions as the carrier fights for its own survival during the global health crisis.
LinkThe Story Of Cape Air - The US Airline That Operates Tiny Planes While Cape Air sounds as though it should be a South African airline, it is, in fact, an American commercial airline. Born on Cape Cod, a hook-shaped peninsula belonging to the state of Massachusetts, the airline operates a fleet of tiny planes serving destinations not served by larger airlines.
LinkUnited Airlines Reworks Cancellation Definition To Avoid Refunds Following a passenger complaint regarding a refund, United Airlines has shared details on its cancellation policy. Despite the Department of Transportation’s (DOT) firm stance on the topic, the Chicago-based carrier interprets its ruling differently.
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