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Etihad announces 10 new international routes (one is a new US route)

A few weeks ago, Etihad told us that a series of new route announcements were on the way and over the past few days, the airline has been dropping hints as to what these new routes will be. Today, the new routes have been announced with Asia being the main beneficiary but with the US getting a new route too.
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First look: Iberia A321XLR Business Class cabin review

Over the past week and ahead of its debut on the Madrid – Boston route on 14 November, Iberia was meant to be operating its first A321XLRs on orientation flights within Europe, but due to unforeseen delays, the first flights took place yesterday and I managed to catch up with the aircraft in Paris as it made its way back to its home base in Madrid on just its second ever flight with paying passengers.
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Finnair is adding more flights to four US cities in 2025 (Business Class awards...

Finnair has confirmed that it plans to add more flights to a number of its international destinations in 2025 and four of those destinations are cities in the United States. Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Seattle will all be getting more flights from Helsinki than were originally scheduled as the airline looks to feed more passengers into the American Airlines domestic network.
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United Airlines opens up reservations on 8 new transatlantic routes

Around two weeks ago, United Airlines announced a series of new routes for the northern hemisphere summer season next year. At the time of the announcement, the flights had yet to be loaded into the booking system and we didn't have all the details surrounding the flight timings and aircraft that United plans to use on these routes. Now, for eight of the new routes, bookings are open, and the schedules have been published.
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You can now use Qantas Points to book awards on Oman Air

Oman Air may now not be expected to join the Oneworld Alliance before the middle of 2025, but that doesn't appear to be preventing the airline from expanding its partnerships to include more airlines from within the alliance.
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Aer Lingus will add flights to Indianapolis from 2025

In the past month, we've seen Aer Lingus confirm that it's adding more flights to Denver and Minneapolis/St Paul next year and that it will launch a new route to Nashville from April 2025. Now we have confirmation that the Irish flag carrier will add yet another US destination to its route map in 2025 - Indianapolis.
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On which domestic routes does Delta currently offer widebody aircraft?

Generally speaking, widebody aircraft are configured for long-haul international flying, and this means that the cabins you'll find onboard are often more comfortable than the cabins offered on the narrowbody aircraft that we usually find operating domestically on short haul routes.
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Save $175 off select Cathay Pacific bookings with this offer [Targeted]

A day after Cathay Pacific revealed its new Business seat (Aria suite), Amex has launched a new targeted offer for spending with the Hong Kong based carrier in which it's offering a $175 statement credit on bookings made for travel originating in the United States.
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Qatar Airways Americas promotion: Get up to 15% off select Business Class fares

Qatar Airways has launched a new promotion for North America in which its offering flyers up to 15% off Business Class flight bookings for travel to select destinations between now and the end of April 2025.
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Alaska Airlines is now operating four new California routes

Alaska Airlines has recent history of bolstering its presence in California and that presence is soon going to be bolstered even further when the airline introduces three new SoCal routes later this year.
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Two US flights can no longer use the pre-clearance facility in Abu Dhabi (temporarily)

Unfortunately, passengers on two of Etihad's US bound flights are, for a 'transitional period', no longer able to use the US CBP preclearance facility in Abu Dhabi and will have to clear US immigration upon arrival just as passengers on most other flights have to do.
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Everything you need to know about Alaska Airlines Flight Pass

Alaska Airlines Flight Pass is a subscription based service offered by Alaska Airlines for flights covering select cities in California, Nevada, Arizona and Utah (with a very heavy bias in favor of California).
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Aer Lingus will fly to Nashville from April 2025

In the past couple of years, Aer Lingus has been making a concerted effort to boost its transatlantic presence with new routes to the US, more flights to the US, and closer ties to its biggest US airline partner, and now its continuing that trend with the announcement that from April 2025, Nashville will appear on its route map.
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Get up to 20% back on select Alaska Airlines spending with this Amex offer...

Alongside the SLH targeted offer we wrote about earlier, we've also seen American Express launch a new targeted offer for Alaska Airlines spending this morning, and this is an offer in which select cardholders can earn a discount of $40 on just $200 of spending.
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Air France is the latest airline to sign-up for Starlink wifi

Recently, we had Hawaiian Airlines confirm that it now offers a 'fast and free' Starlink wifi service across all of its aircraft and we've seen United Airlines announce that it will start rolling out free Starlink wifi to its customers from next year, and now Air France says that it will be joining in.
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British Airways delays the introduction of Club Suites on its Singapore route

At 6,765 miles, the London - Singapore route is one of BA's longer routes and the schedules have, up until now, told us that the airline was planning to swap out the A380 that currently operates one of this route's two daily flights for a Boeing 777-300ER (complete with the new Club Suites) from the end of March next year.
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SAS makes cuts on select routes to/from the United States

SAS has recently joined the SkyTeam alliance and since then, we've started to see the airline building up a hub in Copenhagen and we've seen it bringing back routes between Europe and the United States that haven't operated for years. It's not, however, all expansion, expansion, expansion, at SAS HQ
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Cathay Pacific will add Dallas Fort Worth its route network next year

Cathay Pacific has announced that it will fly to eight North American cities next year after it adds another US city to its route map in April 2025. 
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These are Delta’s five new summer routes to Europe (+ two route resumptions)

Over the weekend, Delta Air Lines updated its schedules for summer 2025 to include five new routes to four different countries and the resumption of two European routes that the airline hasn't operates since 2016 and 2020 respectively. This is what all of those routes look like (including the newly published schedules).
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SAS will bring back two routes between Europe and the United States

When it comes to its US routes, it looks like SAS is keen to feed traffic to SkyTeam's biggest North American Airline (Delta) as a recent set of schedule updates have seen the Scandinavian carrier bring back two routes that it hasn't operated for years, and both routes are to key Delta hubs.
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The devaluations to benefits JetBlue didn’t mention yesterday

Yesterday, JetBlue made three positive announcements that were welcome news to its frequent flyers and to its premium transatlantic passengers, but as has become normal with press releases nowadays, the airline didn't bother to mention that while on the one hand it's making a few positive moves, it's also making some negative changes that a lot of its customers won't like.
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Aer Lingus is adding more flights on two US routes

A lot of the route expansion that we have been writing about in the past few weeks seems to have mostly centered outside of the United States (although we did write about British Airways adding more flight to the US in 2025), so it's good to be able to report that two US cities will be seeing more service from Aer Lingus in summer 2025.
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JetBlue will introduce airport lounges and some new frequent flyer perks

JetBlue has just announced that in an attempt to offer a more premium offering, it plans to open airport lounges at New York JFK and at Boston Logan, and that alongside a soon-to-be-released new premium credit card, it will also boost some perks that it offers to its more frequent flyers.
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Emirates adds Premium Economy and new Business Class to six US routes

Since August, Emirates has been gradually rolling out its reconfigured 777s on several of its routes, but up until now, its transatlantic routes have missed out. Not, however, for much longer as the airline has now confirmed that it plans to bring the upgraded aircraft to six of its transatlantic routes starting in November.
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Norse Atlantic will bring back its New York – Athens route in 2025

In many ways, Norse Atlantic was created in the image of the Norwegian Airlines that we remember before the pandemic, so it's no surprise to find the airline offering a low-cost transatlantic product out of a variety of European cities.
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Etihad’s expansion continues with 3 more weekly flights to Sydney

Towards the middle of last week, Sydney Airport broke the news that Turkish Airlines is launching a new service to New South Wales (which will go non-stop in 2026), and it has now broken the news that Etihad will be adding more daily flights between Abu Dhabi and Sydney from next year.
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Save up to 15% on EVA Air bookings with this targeted offer

Following on from the offer for ITA Airways spending that we saw launched yesterday, Amex is back today with a new airline offer, and this time it's for Taiwan's EVA Air. The offer appears to be widely available, so if you're making plans head to Asia between now and next November and are happy to pay before the end of the year, this could be an easy way to save a little cash.
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Qatar Airways is the latest Gulf carrier to add more flights to Europe

Last week we read about Etihad bringing back First Class to Paris and adding more flights to the French capital, and we read about Etihad adding two new routes to Europe and increasing flights to Zurich. Now, we're hearing that Qatar Airways is about to add more flights to one of its European routes for winter 2024/25.
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Earn 17,500 bonus Amex points with select ITA Airways bookings [Targeted]

This morning, American Express has launched a new targeted offer which gives select cardholders the opportunity to earn 17,500 Membership Rewards points when booking through ITA Airways in the next ~11 weeks. If you value Amex points at a similar price point to us, that represents a potentially excellent rebate.
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British Airways boosts flights to the US. These are the new schedules

British Airways has announced that it will operate more flights across the Atlantic next summer than it has ever operated before with cities like Miami, Austin, Las Vegas, and Vancouver amongst those getting boosted service. Here's what you need to know about BA's plans for North America in summer 2025.
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United Airlines confirms Starlink will supply its passengers with free inflight wifi

While this has been rumored for some time, we now have official confirmation from United Airlines that it had signed a deal with Elon Musk's SpaceX for the provision of inflight wifi across its entire fleet.
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Etihad brings back First Class to Paris and adds flights

It was only a few days ago that we heard that Air France was suspending its service between Paris and Abu Dhabi from the end of October, and yet we're already seeing Etihad responding to this schedule change and it's responding strongly.
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This is the new Turkish Airlines Sydney service (it will go non-stop from 2026)

Sydney Airport has confirmed that Turkish Airlines will launch a new service between Istanbul and New South Wales from this winter (northern hemisphere) to compliment its existing route between Istanbul and Melbourne. What's a little more interesting, however, is that this new route is expected to operate non-stop from 2026.
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The American Airlines route cuts the airline forgot to mention (check your bookings)

Last week, American Airlines proudly announced that it planned to launch five new seasonal routes to Europe next summer and that it was expanding the season on four of its other European routes 'to give customers more time to see the sights'. What American Airlines failed to mention was that the changes it was making to its schedules weren't all positive, so the news that it was also making cuts to some routes didn't make the press release.
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Etihad adds two new European routes and add flights to Zurich

Compared to what it was (and what it aimed to be) five or six years ago, Etihad is now a much smaller airline, but the past couple of years has seen the airline adding more routes and growing its network and we now know to expect two new routes to Europe from summer 2025.
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Cathay Pacific now offers complimentary wifi in Business Class

Cathay Pacific has offered free wifi to First Class passengers since 2022, but as it doesn't really fly very many First Class passengers any more, that hasn't been much of a concession from the airline. I'm sure its income statement has been able to handle the hit with relative ease.
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American Airlines new routes to Europe are now bookable (schedules added)

Towards the end of last week, American Airlines announced that it would add five new routes to its transatlantic schedule for summer 2025, but the airline didn't let us know what the flight times would look like, and the routes weren't yet open for bookings. Well, now the routes have been loaded to aa.com and we can see what the schedules look like.
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Make sure you make the most of the British Airways ‘Best Price Guarantee’

The fact that most large hotel chains offer some sort of price guarantee is pretty well known. What appears to be less well known is that a number of airlines offer a similar policy, and as I've recently had some luck with the British Airways best price guarantee, I thought it was worth a mention to make sure that readers aren't missing out on easy (albeit small) savings.
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Airfare deal: East Coast – Europe Business Class for $2,200 (Round Trip)

TAP Air Portugal is currently running a 'Multi destination campaign" which given all the emails I'm getting, the airline seems to be particularly excited about. The campaign is valid for most regions of the world to which TAP operates, but I'm just going to focus on the US for the purposes of this article.
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American Airlines schedules a 787 on Los Angeles – Honolulu for the holidays (very...

American Airlines may have had to cut back on a number of routes due to the ongoing delivery issues with a number of Boeing aircraft, but it has managed to dig around its fleet and find a 787-8 Dreamliner to schedule on its Los Angeles - Honolulu route over Christmas and New Year.
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Get a Southwest promotional Companion Pass in just one trip (book by tomorrow!)

It was only a few days ago that Southwest launched a generous set of promotions designed to make it a lot easier for flyers to earn/retain A-List and A-List preferred status. Now the airline is back with another new promotion and this time it's for the very top prize - a Southwest Companion Pass.
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Qantas will fly between Melbourne and Hawaii in 2025

Qantas has announced that it plans to operate a new service between Melbourne and Honolulu from next year which will see the airline adding over 40,000 seats/year to its operations between Australia and Hawaii.
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Flash Sale: Up to 20% off + 10,000 bonus Avios with Qatar Airways...

Today has seen Qatar Airways launch a couple of promotions for departures from Europe which may offer good value if you're prepared to book in the next few days. The promotions cover dates well into next year (one covers travel through the end of June 2025), so there should be scope for quite a few people to make the most of these offers.
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British Airways 777-300ER Business Class (Club Suite) Review

For a recent flight from London Heathrow to Los Angeles, I managed to avoid having to book the British Airways A380 Business Class cabin in which I had traveled on my way over to Europe and, instead, I booked the airline's newest long-haul Business Class seat - the Club Suite.
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JetBlue delays the return of five seasonal transatlantic routes

Back in May, JetBlue's schedule was updated to show that the airline was removing almost a third of its transatlantic capacity for the winter season to allow it to concentrate on routes to the Caribbean and on a few premium domestic routes. In a more recent set of schedule changes, JetBlue has now pushed back the expected re-start date of five of its transatlantic routes, and this means that some routes will now not return until deep into 2025
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British Airways A380 Club World Business Class review (LAX-LHR)

A review of the British Airways A380 Club World (Business Class) seat and cabin as experienced on a flight between Los Angeles and London.
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Qatar Airways 787-8 Dreamliner Business Class review (DOH-BRU)

Leading up to this flight, I had flown in the newest Business Class cabin Qatar Airways operates, the oldest Business Class cabin it operates, and the famed Qsuite cabin, so this was my fourth type of Qatar Airways Business Class cabin in under a week. I think that may be a first for me.
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This is Delta’s timetable for providing free wifi on international routes

In July, Delta Air Lines began to roll out free T-Mobile wi-fi on select long-haul international routes, and it has now confirmed that the rollout is being expanded and it has published an expected timeline for the whole of its international network.
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A look inside the Aer Lingus A321neo (used on select US routes)

Aer Lingus ordered the Airbus A321neo Long Range aircraft specifically to give it an efficient aircraft on which to operate transatlantic routes that don't warrant the use of a wide-body aircraft. Fortunately, Aer Lingus also employs its A321neo aircraft on select short haul routes (usually while they're in between transatlantic trips to maximise their air time), so it was on a flight between London Heathrow and Dublin that I got my first chance to look inside the newest aircraft type in the Aer Lingus fleet.
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Iberia short-haul Economy Class A320neo review (MAD-LHR)

A couple of days ago, I published a review of the Iberia A320 short-haul Business Class cabin, so as my very next flight was on the same aircraft type but in the Economy Class cabin, I thought it would be interesting to review that and to see how the two compare.
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Iberia Premium Lounge Velazquez Madrid Terminal 4S review

After a recent Iberia Business Class flight between London and Madrid, I found myself with time to spare at Madrid's Barajas Airport, and that meant that I could take a look inside the Iberia Premium Lounge Velazquez at Madrid T4S which I knew had been given a small makeover since the last time I had visited.
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Etihad keeps London A380 reductions deep into 2025

At the end of last month, the Etihad schedules were updated to show the A380 dropping from 14 to 12 weekly frequencies on the London route for part of winter 2024/25 and now, following a further schedule update, it looks like Etihad plans to keep that reduction in place for considerably longer.
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Iberia short-haul Business Class A320neo review (LHR-MAD)

Most of my intra-Europe flying is done in Economy Class cabins because I (mostly) don't see the value in paying for short-haul European Business Class cabins, but this flight was part of a larger transatlantic Business Class itinerary and so I found myself sitting 'up front' on an Iberia A320neo flying between London and Madrid.
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ITA Airways cuts winter service to San Francisco

Unfortunately, recent schedule updates have seen ITA trimming some of its routes, and one bit of trimming that may affect West coasters is the complete elimination of the airline's Rome - San Francisco route for winter 2024/25.
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American Airlines 777-200ER Business Class review (transatlantic)

American Airlines offers two different Business Class cabins on its Boeing 777-200ER aircraft. If you're fortunate, you'll find yourself in the newer cabin fitted with the Collins Aerospace Super Diamond seats. If you're less fortunate, you'll find yourself in the older Safran Concept D seats.
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This flight delay from American Airlines was extra annoying

In the past few days, I’ve been reviewing a series of flights that I recently took and some of the lounges that I visited, and in a couple of reviews I touched upon the fact that my flight from Dallas/Ft. Worth to Palm Springs was delayed. What I haven’t mentioned so far is that one aspect of the delay was especially annoying.
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A look at the newest British Airways short-haul cabin

Recently and unexpectedly, I found myself traveling on a new British Airways A320neo aircraft which had been fitted with the airline's new short-haul cabins, so I took the opportunity to take a few pictures and a few notes.
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American Eagle CRJ-700ER First Class review (PSP-PHX)

The last time I flew in a regional jet was, I think, on a flight between Las Vegas and Palm Springs, and it was so long ago that the iPhone hadn't been invented, social media hadn't ruined the world, and you could still switch on the TV without being assaulted by the gormless faces of talentless nobodies participating in 'reality TV'.
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Aer Lingus is adding new routes to Europe and North Africa

This week, we've had some good news from Aer Lingus as we're told that three new routes will launch this coming winter. All three routes are short-haul routes, all three will start in Dublin, and all three are to destinations that should be popular with people connecting from transatlantic flights.
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Delta has changed some of its plans for its European routes in summer 2025

Delta is in the spotlight today as it has pushed through several changes to its European route plans for the summer 2025 season. Some changes appear positive, while others may disappoint, so if you're planning to cross the pond with Delta next year, now would be the time to check your bookings.
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American Airlines A321 domestic First Class review (DFW-PSP)

American Airlines operates several variants of the Airbus A321 and as far as I can tell, it offers these aircraft in at least four different cabin layouts. The A321 that I flew on between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Palm Springs was a 23 year old aircraft that once flew in US Airlines livery.
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American Airlines Flagship Lounge at Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) review

The Flagship Lounges are the best lounges American Airlines operates and are found in just four US airports. One lounge location is in Dallas/Fort Worth and on a recent trip, a long stop over offered me the chance to take a look at what the DFW Flagship Lounge has to offer.
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Where to credit JetBlue transatlantic flights if you don’t use TrueBlue

Historically, most people outside of the US didn't really have much use for JetBlue. It was an airline focused mainly on the northeast of the United States and aside from a few routes to Mexico and the Caribbean from the East Coast, it didn't have an international presence. Today, the airline's routes are still mostly centered around the northeast of the US, but because it now also operates flights across the Atlantic, it has found a broader audience.
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How to access American Airlines Flagship Lounges and Flagship First Dining

American Airlines calls its international First Class/Business Class lounges 'Flagship Lounges', and these are very different spaces to the more commonly found Admirals Club lounges that American operates around the country (and in select international locations).
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American Airlines 777-300ER Business Class review (transatlantic)

A few months ago, I realised that I hadn't flown long-haul with American Airlines since early 2021, and considering I once used American up to ten times a year for my transatlantic travel, that's a long break from the airline's longer flights. The lengthy break wasn't accidental or a coincidence. It was a deliberately taken break. But, as I found myself with a few transatlantic trips that I needed to book and as I was interested to see what things were like at the airline now, I took the plunge and booked some flights. This is a review of the first of those flights.
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Delta will return to flying ex-LATAM A350s on its Los Angeles – Auckland route...

Since the launch of its LA - Auckland route, Delta has been using the A350-900s that it acquired from LATAM to fly between Los Angeles and Auckland but up until recently, the schedules showed Delta's original A350s taking over the route from 20 May and continuing to operate the route through the summer and through the next winter season. This is no longer the case.
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A strange British Airways advert on Instagram

Following a recent flight, I had some spare time on my hands thanks to the fact that someone at Heathrow doesn't appear to understand that scheduled flights require someone to meet them and to operate their assigned jetbridge, so I pulled out my phone and started scrolling through Instagram.
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British Airways free inflight messaging is rolling out at a (seemingly) good pace

At the beginning of March, British Airways confirmed that as part of its £7bn transformation plan, it would begin to roll out free inflight messaging for its Executive Club members (of all tiers) from 3 April and that all its wifi enabled aircraft would offer this service within 2 weeks of the rollout starting.
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Heathrow T5 First Wing security has reopened (liquid restrictions lifted)

In the first week of January, the First Wing security lanes at Heathrow T5 were closed to allow the airport to upgrade the scanners in line with the UK government's requirements and, at the time, it was believed that the upgrades would take 3 to 4 months. Amazingly, however, a little over 10 weeks after the security lanes were closed they're now up and running again complete with all the shiny new equipment that should make life a lot easier for passengers fortunate enough to have access to the First Wing.
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Delta adds more flights to Shanghai from Detroit

A little over a weeks ago we had United Airlines announcing that it would be re-launching its route between Los Angeles and Shanghai and increasing capacity to Hong Kong and now, in a recent schedule update, Delta has added more flights to Shanghai out of Detroit.
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Air France news: More US flights & more US routes to get new Business...

Air France has issued a reminder of its network plans and things are looking good for transatlantic flyers. We have a new route, a restarted route and more flights on the way (all previously announced), and the airline is promising to roll out its newest Business Class product on more North American routes this summer.
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Delta confirms that it will restart its New York – Tel Aviv route (albeit...

All three of the major US carriers suspended their routes Tel Aviv following the horrendous incidents we saw in Israel in October last year, but now these routes are starting to come back.
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Air New Zealand ‘pauses’ its Chicago flights from the end of March

Throughout the winter 2023/24 season, Air New Zealand has been flying between Auckland and Chicago three times per week, and the same thrice weekly service was expected to be offered though the Northern Hemisphere summer. That plan has just gone out of the window.
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United brings back Los Angeles – Shanghai & boosts Los Angeles – Hong Kong

The main route news out of United Airlines yesterday was the announcement that the airline would launch new services to Marrakesh, Cebu, and Medellin, but there was other promising route news too as the airline confirmed its plans to bring back its route between LA and Shanghai and told us that it would boost capacity on its route between LA and Hong Kong.
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Emirates has opened its refreshed Hong Kong lounge

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United Airlines launches new routes to Africa, South America & Asia Pacific

Yesterday, United Airlines used its various social media accounts to tease its audiences about three new routes that the airline is launching in 2023 and in the past hour, we've finally had confirmation of what those new routes will be. 
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British Airways will return to Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok

British Airways has still not quite restored all of the routes it operated before the pandemic (primarily because it still hasn't replaced all of the 747s that it retired), but a recent update from the airline has told us that two of its Asia routes will be returning before the end of the year.
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Something I just learned: New aircraft don’t always come fully equipped with what an...

I've never really paid any attention to what an aircraft has or doesn't have when it's first delivered to an airline as, frankly, I don't really care. As long as it has whatever cabins we've been promised and is airworthy (sadly, not something that's always guaranteed if it has been made by Boeing), that has been good enough for me, and that's probably why the aircraft on one of my more recent flights caught me by surprise.
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Delta has scheduled its new Los Angeles – Brisbane route

United Airlines serves Brisbane from San Francisco, American Airlines has announced a new route to Brisbane that will launch in October, and now we know that Delta will start giving Brisbane a little more attention by launching a new seasonal route between the West Coast and the capital of Queensland.
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Delta is bringing back its 3rd daily flight between Atlanta and London

As things stand, Delta offers a double daily service between Atlanta and London using its Boeing 767-400 aircraft, but once the summer season rolls along, not only will one of these flights be upgraded to a larger aircraft, the route will get back its 3rd daily flight that hasn't operated in seven years.
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New York gets a new route to the heart of Tokyo with American Airlines...

Back in November, both United and American applied to the Department of Transport for the right to use the slot at Tokyo's Haneda Airport that had become vacant after Delta decided that its proposed Portland - Haneda route wasn't viable after all, and after a couple of months of lobbying, American Airlines has won the day.
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United Airlines to resume Tel Aviv service next month

Following the horrific incidents in October of last year, the three major US carriers as well as most European carriers took the decision to suspend their services to Israel. Since then, we've started to see some European carriers resume their Tel Aviv operations, but up until now, we haven't had any solid indication as to when the US carriers will follow suit.
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Qatar Airways 777-300ER Qsuites Business Class review (BKK-DOH)

Having experienced the newest Qatar Airways Business Class product followed by the oldest Qatar Airways Business Class product just a few days before, I was interested to use this flight between Bangkok and Doha to reacquaint myself with the most famous Qatar Airways Business Class cabin - the Qsuite cabin.
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The latest Qantas schedules confirm reduction in US flights from Australia

Back in December Qantas gave an indication that it would be reducing the amount of flying that it planned to do to/from the US for the Northern hemisphere winter, so we already had a heads up that there would be cuts on the routes between Australia and the US. The latest schedules, however, show that the cuts to capacity are going to be slightly deeper than we first thought.
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Delta delays the resumption of its Los Angeles – Shanghai route (again!)

Before the coronavirus pandemic, Delta operated over 300 flights across multiple routes to two cities in China - Beijing and Shanghai - but since the world began getting back to normal, Delta has been taking its time getting its old routes to China back up and running.
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Review: JAL Sakura Lounge Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport

I found myself in the JAL lounge for two reasons. Reason 1 - Qatar Airways (the airline I was flying with) doesn’t allow passengers who are traveling on a ‘Business Lite’ fare to use their lounge in Bangkok. Reason 2 - Because the Cathay Pacific lounge had closed for the day and I had to find somewhere else to do some work before my flight.
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Emirates will finally resume service to Adelaide this year

It's easy to forget that the fallout the airline industry felt from the coronavirus pandemic is, to some degree, still with us, but the fact is that a significant number of routes that were operating before the pandemic have not yet been restarted, so it's always nice to hear when one such route returns.
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American Airlines will offer a new service to Brisbane later this year [Updated for...

American Airlines has announced that it plans to operate a seasonal service between Dallas-Fort Worth and Brisbane from later this year signalling the arrival of a new longest non-stop route for the airline, and over the weekend, the airline added the flights to its schedule.
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Review: Cathay Pacific Lounge Bangkok Suvarnabhumi International Airport

Qatar Airways sends 'Business Lite' passengers with elite status to one of the many 'Miracle' lounges in the airport, but as I knew that Cathay Pacific wouldn't turn me away and would probably offer a considerably better experience, that was the first lounge that I went to (I tried the JAL lounge later).
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British Airways is celebrating the Lunar New Year with surprise upgrades & new menu...

Apparently, 10 February is the Lunar New Year, so in honor of the 'year of the dragon', British Airways is adding a few new things to its menus (for a limited time), and on select long haul routes, some passengers will receive a surprise upgrade into Business Class.
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Qatar Airways 777-300ER Business Class (non-Qsuite) review

The famous Qatar Airways Qsuite is probably the best-known Business Class seat in the world, and it was a seat that was originally introduced on the airline's 777 aircraft a number of years ago. In this article, however, the Qatar Airways 777 that's being reviewed has not had the Qsuite installed so, a little surprisingly, I was given a trip back in time.
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British Airways has pulled its third daily service to/from Newark

Coming up to two years' ago, British Airways announced that it would add a third daily flight to its Heathrow - Newark route and give New York flyers a 'daytime' transatlantic option that doesn't involve JFK.
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Qatar Airways Platinum Lounge Doha International Airport (South) review

If you're flying on a 'Business Lite' fare with Qatar Airways, your ticket will not get you access to the best known Business Class lounge in Doha - the Al Mourjan Lounge. Instead, the airline will relegate you to one of its lesser lounges, and the lounge to which you're relegated will depend on your elite status.
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Aer Lingus has moved in with American Airlines in Chicago

Historically, Aer Lingus has operated out of Terminal 5 at Chicago O'Hare but as of 24 January, the airline has moved out of the international terminal and is now sharing a terminal with American Airlines.
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Do I give American Airlines long-haul Business Class another try? (opinions please)

It wasn't just the American Airlines AAdvantage program that I turned my back on a few years ago, the airline itself started to see a lot less of my business, and in a couple of months' time, it will be four years since I last flew internationally with American Airlines (5 years if you don't count one flight taken during the pandemic).
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Qatar Airways 787-9 Business Class review (Ascent seat)

The best known Qatar Airways Business Class seat is the Qsuite that you'll find on the airline's A350 and 777 aircraft, but because the 787-9 isn't wide enough to accommodate the Qsuite in a 1-2-1 layout, some of the newest aircraft in the Qatar Airways long-haul fleet have an entirely different seat. They have the Ascent seat from Adient Aerospace. and that's the seat that you'll see in this review.
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My day to forget as Qatar Airways service standards hit a new low (a...

I've recently enjoyed a short but very useful trip to Bangkok, and it was Qatar Airways that flew me there from Europe. Reviews of the Business Class cabins that I flew in are on their way (all four were different), but before I move on to those, I'd like to share the experiences that I had with the airline's ground services in Oslo, in the air, and in Doha - they weren't good!
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Two small things that airlines do that I really wish they didn’t

For most people, truly bad experiences with airlines are not a common occurrence, and so while an airline stranding us somewhere overnight, losing our baggage for days, or cancelling our flight at the last moment, are all examples of highly stressful situations, these aren’t the things that annoy me most.
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British Airways A321neo Club Europe (Business Class) review

Club Europe is the name that British Airways gives to its short haul Business Class cabin and on this trip, I was traveling between London and Cyprus which, at over 2,000 miles, is one of the longer routes on which Club Europe is offered. It's also a route on which BA often operates its largest short haul aircraft - the Airbus A321neo - so as we haven't reviewed this aircraft before, this trip gave me chance to put that right.
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Review: Cathay Pacific First Class Lounge Heathrow Terminal 3

Recently, I found myself flying out of Heathrow Terminal 3 for the first time in quite a few years, and this gave me the opportunity to revisit the Cathay Pacific First Class lounge that I haven’t reviewed since 2017.

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