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IHG InterContinental Ambassador Paid Membership With 10K Bonus Points For 2 Nights By December 31, 2026
IHG yesterday launched an Ambassador renewal promotion (read more here), and there is a second version of it called “Join Ambassador, Stay T...
Business & General Aviation
KLM Amsterdam – Venice & Venice – Barcelona (via AMS) Business Awards Success!
Sometimes it pays to use miles for European short-haul business, however underwhelming the product is, if the mileage requirements are reaso...
Passenger Experience
REMINDER: SAS EuroBonus Worldwide Status Match Now Live (Limited Time Only!)
SAS EuroBonus launched last week a worldwide status match offer, this time for elite members of most Star Alliance, Oneworld, and other sign...
Airlines & Routes
Turkish Airlines Miles&Smiles 30% Off Upgrade Awards Select Routes October 19 – December 12, 2026 (Book By October 31)
Turkish Airlines has launched an upgrade promotion to select destinations for travel between October 19 and December 8, 2026. Miles&Smiles m...
Airlines & Routes
IHG InterContinental Ambassador Renewal Promo With Extra 10K Points For A Stay October 18 – December 31, 2026
IHG has an InterContinental Ambassador paid guest recognition program for stays at this brand that comes with specific benefits such as Plat...
Business & General Aviation
Hilton & Scandic Sign Strategic Agreement: Loyalty Partnership Coming + Scandic Begins Developing Hilton Brands In The Nordics
Hilton and Scandic have found each other again (Hilton owned Scandic in the early 2000s) and have signed a strategic agreement for the Nordi...
Passenger Experience
Thai Airways Is Currently Evaluating Thousands Of Compensation Requests By Meltdown Affected Customers
After the 14-day operations and baggage meltdown Thai Airways experienced due to a shortage of ground-handling labor at the Bangkok BKK Hub,...
Airlines & Routes
Reader Question: Etihad Substitutes One Daily Abu Dhabi – Jakarta Rotation With Inferior Hi Fly (Wet Lease) – Passenger Rights?
Etihad and other airlines occasionally substitute their services with other airlines under a wet lease, which often creates headaches for tr...
Passenger Experience
Compensation Clinic: Cathay Pacific’s Horrible Regional Business Class & Service Failures
This week’s Compensation Clinic covers several service deficiencies at Cathay Pacific, as well as a complaint about the Regional “Business C...
Passenger Experience
Samson Sky Appoints Italian Designer for Switchblade Flying Car Interior
Samson Sky has appointed Italian automotive designer Luigi Memola and his firm, EPTA Design, to develop the interior of its
The post Samson...
Passenger Experience
Accelerating the global roll out of contact-free and seamless travel technologies
Air travellers around the world could see faster, more seamless airport journeys as governments and industry accelerate the use of digital i...
Airports & Air Traffic
Free Flight Training: How Pilot Apprenticeships Work
US airline cadet programs don't pay for your training. They give you a conditional job offer and access to a loan. An apprenticeship is a di...
Pilots & Training
Energy storage systems at airports: From sustainability tool to strategic infrastructure
Airports are increasingly transforming from passive energy consumers into active energy producers and managers. As part of the aviation sect...
Airports & Air Traffic
Etihad’s latest interiors reveals the luxury of weight
Etihad Airways is redefining luxury in aviation with its new A330neo cabins and lounges, introducing a cohesive design language that emphasi...
Passenger Experience
Tecnam Pulls Back Curtain on New Era of Personal Flying
Company managing director Giovanni Pascale walks FLYING through the reveal at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh.
Aircraft & Manufacturing
Emirates gives Premium Economy a great new sense of space and privacy
Although there’s much fanfare about the world’s first electrically powered Premium Economy seat being revealed yesterday, that’s not entirel...
Passenger Experience
From halo aircraft to halo airline: Qantas finds its new design language
Qantas is enhancing its Business Class experience with new Airbus A321XLRs and Boeing 787-9s, featuring direct aisle access, flat beds, and...
Passenger Experience
Why There Can Be a Pilot Shortage Even When CFI Hiring Slows Down
What is going on with airline hiring?
A supply-chain look at the pilot pipeline — written for the instructor watching the market cool, and t...
Pilots & Training
“Make Way for Grandparents!” Greg Brown’s Flying Carpet Podcast #45
Ride along with renowned aviator, writer, and photographer Greg Brown in his light airplane, the Flying Carpet, as he searches behind clouds...
Pilots & Training
Air New Zealand’s new 777 interior reveals aviation’s growing sameness problem
Air New Zealand has chosen a familiar Business Class seat for its refurbished Boeing 777s, utilizing Collins Aerospace’s Elevation platform....
Passenger Experience