– crazy – tiny Somon Air, which is headquartered in sleepy Dushanbe, Tajikistan has just ordered a 787 (yes just one) and is planning flights to the US! – Italians are the master of the game of waiting it out! We all thought Alitalia will not see the light of 2018 – but the airline […]
– interesting move by Bombardier that basically just ‘gave away’ 50.01% of the equity to Airbus Times must be dire up north and after that tariffs decision (that may now be reversed). – Lufthansa once again swoops in as the uncontested bidder for the assets of an airline and is ready to shell out $590 […]
– united.com once again shows award space on Singapore Airlines after a long hiatus I wish Ethiopian Airlines will come back too – for Ethiopian Airlines flights you still have to call. – Hyatt is having a solid pipeline for new hotels in Africa with half a dozen deals closed – the next one to […]
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– Singapore Airlines Krisflyer has been adding the option to earn when taking Alaska Airlines flights – Lufthansa got the airberlin long-haul routes without even paying a cent Lufthansa plans to launch 5X-weekly Berlin Tegel-New York JFK Airbus A330-300 service; this will be the first time since 2001 the German airline has based long-haul aircraft […]
Alitalia MilleMiglia and Maggiore.it have a rather incredible promotion right now – earn ~15,500 MilleMiglia miles with just one car rental in Italy until October 1st. This might be a typo so I checked the Italian page as well and it shows everywhere. AUTUMN PROMO: 15,000 BONUS MILES UNTIL 31 OCTOBER! These exclusive benefits* are […]
– Ryanair is ready to take over the long-haul feet of Alitalia including staff and existing routes in a surprising twist of the Alitalia saga – it is however not interested in an short haul routes – Ethiopian has submitted a formal bid to buy Arik Air (Review) – if successful Ethiopian would get a […]
– Barclays has improved the offer for the Aviator card to 50,000 AAdvantage miles This was an excellent offer before as the card comes with no minimum spend (but a non-waived $95 fee) – now it is even better! – Chase now offers two Southwest credit cards with a 60,000 bonus points – the 60,000 […]
– there are again great Business Class fares from Dublin to most major US airports starting at $1,345 RT – including San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Honololu and more – United.com has once again (that seems to be a summerly phenomenon) eliminated Ethiopian Airlines from the award search engine This occurs regularly and the […]
– Alitalia has now entered Chapter 11 bankruptcy There is still a chance the airline will survive but it’s not good. If you have Alitalia MilleMiglia points (like me) in your account balance – I would start find a redemption soon. – Air Asia had a solid 2016 and reports good numbers in their core […]