The year 2014 saw growth in profits and revenues for Abu Dhabi’s flag carrier- Etihad Airways. Currently locked in a verbal duel with the American carriers over subsidy issues, Etihad managed to put up an impressive show of profitability and increase in sales for 2014. Revenues moved up from USD ...[ Read more... ]

Returning from the brink of being shut down, SpiceJet, India’s budget carrier is now on the path of mending its finances and, to meet this end, it has started playing around with some new services. Till now, Spicejet had been famous for initiation of price wars by offering tickets at ...[ Read more... ]

Airlines have their policies for carrying children and, in particular, the unaccompanied minors. Here is a comparison of policies of the major US carriers. Age of Children Airline and its policy Less than 5 years old No airline permits them to fly alone 5-11 years UMNR service needed for Southwest ...[ Read more... ]

AirAsia has launched its Asean Pass and Asean Pass+, two flight passes that aim to provide seamless connectivity on AirAsia across the ASEAN nations. AirAsia flies to about 140 destinations in the ASEAN region which comprises of countries like Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Burma, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Brunei and Philippines. ...[ Read more... ]

[caption id="attachment_226" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Jet Airways[/caption] Jet Airways is taking up the technology and social media route to improve its functioning which will ultimately lead to greater passenger convenience and higher satisfaction. In the very recent past, it has taken initiatives on two fronts which have not been done any ...[ Read more... ]

For the carriers which partner with each other on the basis of codeshare or interline agreements, the baggage allowance rules depend on which of the carriers involved in the Most Significant Carrier (MSC). For the identification of MSC, IATA has divided the world into Areas and Subareas. This division is ...[ Read more... ]

It is one facility which the US-bound travelers from around the world would love to have at almost every airport of the world. The reason is quite simple. With this facility in place at the airports world over, the people traveling to US would not have to wait in long ...[ Read more... ]

Competition seems to be catching on to Jet Airways. With the entry of Air Vistara in full-service carrier domain, Air India joining the bandwagon of Star Alliance and declining aviation fuel helping improve bottom line of carriers, Jet Airways has taken a small step that will go a long way ...[ Read more... ]

At a time when the world was closely watching the approval of deal between British Airways and Aer Lingus, tables seem to have been turned over on IAG, the parent holding company of the British Airways. In a major aviation news, Qatar Airways has bought a 10% stake in IAG. ...[ Read more... ]

A recent ruling by the FAA makes it mandatory for the airlines to amend the rules of checked in baggage to deny the presence of e-cigarettes in the checked baggage. The ruling comes as an aftermath of the investigations into two incidents of fire which were reported a few years ...[ Read more... ]