Category: Airlines
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Routes Digest – Asia continues to be popular
At Hotel Fox Fox, we previously observed a return to the popularity of long-haul international routes to Asia. The past week seems to confirm this trend. After years of uncertainty and challenges in the wake of the global pandemic, several key tourism destinations in East Asia are now witnessing a significant increase in travel demand,…
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Lufthansa’s Free Baggage Trick: Generous Gesture or Marketing Shenanigan?
Flying is full of little surprises, isn’t it? Whether it’s the delight of discovering your seat is right next to the bathroom (lucky you!) or the joy of being offered a complimentary drink on a two-hour flight, the airline experience is a mixed bag of thrills. But Lufthansa recently pulled a move that even I—a…
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Europe and Asia are back in demand
In this week’s latest route developments, American Airlines has unveiled its summer schedule for 2025, encompassing new European destinations. On the other side of the Atlantic, Air France made waves with the announcement of its inaugural route to Manila, Philippines. Let’s take a deep dive. Europe is back in popularity with American travelers. Four years…
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Oh, this is possible now? Air Asia asks passengers to check-in 14 days before flight
Airlines sometimes suffer of the “we always done it this way” and also of technical debt limiting what is possible and what is not. One of my pet peeves is the whole idea of “checking-in”. From the moment I buy a ticket and a seat, why is it then necessary to check-in? And there is…
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Is this the longest safety video ever?
British Airways just presented their new safety video and, dear, is it lengthy… There is a link at the end of this post, but as it lasts for 5 minutes and 23 seconds, we don’t want you to leave this page for too long. As a reference, the Emirates safety video for the Airbus 380…
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Best aircraft livery ever… or not?
Saturday is the perfect moment for a lighter post, even if this could start some discussions… Let us talk aircraft liveries, and especially changing them. Let’s start with a little experiment. Do you know the current Lufthansa livery? White and dark blue… right. Do you remember the previous one? Pretty similar but with yellow and…