If you’re looking for some additional comfort and privacy on your next flight, you might be considering splurging for a first-class upgrade. Perhaps you’re wondering whether you should redeem miles or should cash in a hard-earned upgrade voucher in exchange for a seat assignment in the pointy end of the plane. While the seats and services in first class…
Most International Air Transport Association-designated airport codes, which are three-letter combinations commonly called IATA codes, are quite logical. Fly into Denver International Airport, and your luggage tag will be marked with “DEN.” Look at the departures board for your flight to Miami International Airport, and you’ll see it listed under “MIA.” However, other codes, like “ORD” for Chicago‘s O’Hare…
Cruise ships won’t be visiting Grand Turk for at least the next week due to damage to the island’s cruise pier. In a statement sent to TPG late Friday, Carnival Cruise Line said all remaining cruise calls scheduled for the Grand Turk Cruise Center in September had been canceled. “Due to Hurricane Fiona, the pier structure in Grand Turk…
Britain will bring back sales tax-free shopping for overseas visitors to boost the country’s flagging retail sector, finance minister Kwasi Kwarteng said on Friday.
Emirates has taken home three awards at the Skytrax World Airline Awards 2022, including World’s Best Economy Class, World’s Best Economy Class Catering, and for the 17th consecutive time, World’s Best Inflight Entertainment.
As the airline proudly celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2022, Qatar Airways has been named “Airline of the Year” by the international air transport rating organisation, Skytrax, for an unprecedented seventh time.
Prince Albert II, His Serene Highness of Monaco, will announce Friday at New York’s Explorers Club first details of the World Sky Race—a race around the world by airships (blimps, dirigibles, and zeppelins). Winner’s prize: $5 million.
United Airlines today named Jonathan Ireland senior vice president of finance, overseeing the carrier’s $40 billion operating cost structure and $5 billion capital budget, managing the business planning functions, and leading enterprise financial goal setting. Ireland will also assume responsibility for the airline’s procurement function.
Schiphol airport is to pay airlines €350 for every passenger whose trip is cancelled over the next few days. The measure is aimed at encouraging airlines to start cancelling flights and reducing passenger numbers as part of the airport authority’s plans to cut down on queues for security checks and baggage problems.
A consortium led by Ethiopian Airlines is the preferred bidder for shares in new Nigerian airline Nigeria Air, the country’s aviation minister said on Friday. The airline was one of President Muhammadu Buhari’s 2015 election campaign promises.
