Low-cost carrier easyJet has rejected a £4.7 billion ($6.2 billion) takeover bid by US investment firm Castlelake, with this latest offer being the third proposed by the company. The orangeairline called the bid ‘opportunistic’ and argued that even the revised offer, which represented an increase of £0.25 per share price (£0.33), still undervalued it and […]
Unilode Aviation Solutions (Unilode) has has signed a partnership agreement with Vietnamese low-cost airline Vietjet Air to provide a fully integrated unit load device (ULD) management solution, combining global pooling, digital asset tracking and maintenance support. The agreement is designed to support Vietjet Air’s expanding operations by improving ULD availability, operational efficiency and asset visibility […]
![Qatar Airways Axes Airbus A380 Flights On These 2 Major Long-Haul Routes [Map]](https://static0.simpleflyingimages.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/qatar-airways-a380-singapore-mock-up.jpg "Qatar Airways Axes Airbus A380 Flights On These 2 Major Long-Haul Routes [Map]")
After being grounded since April due to the war in Iran, Qatar Airways’ Airbus A380s reentered commercial service on June 16. Despite this, the oneworld member has already changed the superjumbo’s network plans for later this year. It’ll no longer fly the type from Doha Hamad International Airport (DOH) to Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD) […]
Airbus has a bold new vision for the future of first class travel with a concept designed specifically for the Airbus A350-1000, its flagship long-haul aircraft. Rather than simply refining existing premium seating, the manufacturer is rethinking the entire forward cabin as a luxury living space, emphasizing openness, privacy, and comfort on ultra-long-haul routes. The […]
The Airbus A380 didn’t revolutionize air travel the way that the Boeing 747 did, and Airbus didn’t make a profit from the program. Some airlines had difficulty filling their A380s, and some fully retired their examples during or after the COVID-19 pandemic. But for the carriers who have made the A380 work, it’s enabled them […]
Premium economy airfares have become more popular in recent years, with many travelers still fulfilling their travel wish list that was put on hold during thecoronavirus air travel shutdown. More and more have chosen to invest in a more pleasant flying experience on their journeys in a trend that the global airline industry has been […]
A United Airlines passenger has recounted her experience of flying in a faulty Polaris seat with the Star Alliance carrier last October. The woman, named Cathy, purchased two business class (Polaris) seats to Beijing – the 2nd ticket for her adult daughter.
The Airbus A321XLR was supposed to arrive at Air Canada as a clean answer to one of the airline industry’s most challenging network decisions: flying long, thin transatlantic routes without committing a widebody. The aircraft promised widebody-like range with narrowbody economics, allowing Air Canada to connect secondary European cities from Canada with lower trip cost […]
British Airways (BA) is one of a select handful of airlines that operate all three variants from the Boeing 787 Dreamliner family of widebody twinjets. According to ch-aviation, the carrier has 12 units of the smaller 787-8 in its fleet, as well as 18 mid-sized 787-9s and 12 larger 787-10s. For the latter of these […]
Philippine Airlines has announced it will join the oneworld airline alliance, becoming the union’s 16th member. The decision was revealed at the IATA AGM in Rio de Janeiro on June 6th, 2026.