Virgin Atlantic is currently running a special sign-up bonus on its Virgin Atlantic Reward+ Mastercard (now with a 36,000 Virgin Points bonus) and the free Virgin Atlantic Reward Mastercard (now with a 6,000 Virgin Points bonus). Click here for our full article and click here to apply. If you have the free Virgin Atlantic Reward […]
The nearest that any London airport has to Lufthansa’s First Class Terminal in Frankfurt (old review here) is Virgin Atlantic’s Upper Class Wing. It’s not really a fair comparison, of course. Lufthansa’s First Class Terminal is a totally separate building, allowing you to check in, eat, drink, clear security and be driven (yes, driven) to […]
Hawaiian Airlines has officially joined the oneworld airline alliance as of this Tuesday. Alaska Airlines, already a oneworld member, acquired Hawaiian Airlines in late 2024. All Hawaiian Airlines flights now carry AS flight numbers so, whilst technically the airline has its own operating licence, it is effectively a sub-brand of Alaska Airlines. Atmos Rewards was […]
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Another front has opened up in the ongoing war of words between Heathrow airport and its airline customers. There is a long running debate over who should pay for the third runway – in particular whether the costs should fall only on new airlines / new routes or should be split equally across all carriers. […]
Ryanair has become the first airline to change its check-in procedures as a result of the increased security times caused by the introduction of the EES (Entry-Exit System) immigration process at European airports in the Schengen zone. From 10th November, all Ryanair check-in and bag drop desks will close 60 minutes before departure. This is […]
The daily chat thread is now part of our forums. Click here to go to the forum home page and then select ‘Click here for today’s chat thread’. Thank you.
To the casual observer looking out from a terminal window, theAirbus A320neo and the Boeing 737 MAX might look like nearly identical twin-engine narrowbodies designed for the same purpose. However, for the ground crews tasked with turning these aircraft around in as little as 25 minutes, the two platforms represent two fundamentally different eras of […]
When a UPS Airlines MD-11 freighter crashed at Louisville in November 2025, killing fourteen people and triggering an FAA Emergency Airworthiness Directive that grounded every MD-11 in existence, most of the aviation world assumed it was the end. The type was already aging out of service, production had stopped in 2000, and no passenger airline […]
Pondering the future of the UK frequent flyer sector, as I occasionally do, I had an interesting thought. The one thing that would really shake things up, and improve competition, would be easyJet finally launching its rumoured loyalty scheme and offering 1:1 points transfers with Virgin Flying Club. This would have to be done in […]