Overnight accommodation and sleep options at airports continue to grow and now include everything from traditional hotels to cabins and sleep pods, writes Joe Bates.
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Emirates launches world's most comprehensive travel insurance
Emirates has become the first airline in the world to offer Comprehensive Travel Cover, an industry-first travel insurance product that handles it all, including medical cover for conflict-related incidents, backed by airline-managed hotel…
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Airport Hotels are back - but they aren’t an autopilot investment
The category that was considered one of hospitality’s most predictable asset classes behaves a little differently in a post-pandemic world. You can’t blame it. Work culture and travel patterns have changed, and the powers of technology have somewhat…
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United Airlines Can’t Find Hotels Willing To Take Its Flight Attendants – Here’s Why
United Airlines is reportedly struggling to find hotels that will take its flight attendants during layovers, according to the Association of Flight Attendants (AFA-CWA) which represents more than 25,000 crew members at the Chicago-based carrier…
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Eurowings Expands Its Scandinavian Flight Offerings
In response to growing demand, Eurowings nearly doubles its flight portfolio to Scandinavia in 2024, offering 24 routes to destinations in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and Finland from Germany.
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ETIHAD REPORTS JANUARY 2024 TRAFFIC STATISTICS
Etihad Airways, the national airline of the United Arab Emirates, has published its preliminary traffic statistics for January 2024…
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Qatar Airways Wins Dual Honors at 2024 International Brilliance Awards for HR Excellence
Qatar Airways has won two Human Resources (HR) accolades: “Brilliance Award for Employee Engagement” and “Gold Award for Use of Technology in Internal Communications” at the 2024 International Brilliance Awards in London…
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Airline starts weighing passengers at the gate
We all know what it’s like to have our baggage weighed at an airport check-in…
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Norwegian soars: 1.3M December passengers, expansion In 2024
During December, Norwegian experienced a surge in passenger numbers, exceeding 1.3 million travelers with a robust load factor of 83.6%, marking a significant 6 percentage point rise from December 2022…
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So-called affordable luxury is what best defines the current demand for global travel.
ASAP Tickets has released the findings of its recent consumer travel habits survey, revealing the most popular in-flight amenities and main factors that influence travelers’ flight preferences. Despite the overall increase in travel costs, 93% of…
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Norwegian has chosen Paxport’s services to enhance their charter business
Norwegian enters commercial partnership with Paxport to optimise the airline’s charter management processes and increase ancillary conversions…
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SAS Exits Star Alliance To Become SkyTeam Member After Air France – KLM Takes A Stake
SAS, Scandinavian Airlines System, filed for bankruptcy protection in the US in 2022 (read more here) and has now mapped its way out with the help of Air France – KLM and other partners…
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Widerøe Appoints APG as Online GSA in United Kingdom
Widerøe, a Norwegian airline, has appointed APG as its online General Sales Agent (GSA) in the United Kingdom…
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Norwegian welcomed 2.1 million passengers in August
Norwegian had 2.1 million passengers and a load factor of 85.2 percent in August. Regularity was particularly high with 99.6 percent of all scheduled flights taking place…
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Ryanair Expands in Denmark with New 2-Aircraft Base in Copenhagen, Offering Increased Connectivity
Ryanair, Europe’s no.1 airline, announced it will open a 2 aircraft base in Copenhagen from Dec 2023, creating up to 100 direct jobs for pilots, cabin crew & engineers in a $200m new aircraft investment…
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One passenger forcibly removed from overbooked Wizz Air flight in Norway
An overbooked Wizz Air flight W4 3216 from Oslo Torp Sandefjord (TRF) to Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) faced a tense situation when three passengers were left without seats after boarding was completed…
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Are Airport Hotels Still Popular for Meetings?
Despite the current chaos surrounding air travel, airport hotels are recovering from low pandemic occupancies at a faster pace than urban hotels…
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Finnair launches new long-haul premium economy and business class dining concepts
Finnair has launched new premium long-haul dining concepts, to coincide with the recent launch of the carrier’s new business and premium economy seats.
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