SWISS has unveiled its new, more personalised ‘SWISS Senses’ air travel experience featuring redesigned cabins for the airline’s long-haul fleet. SWISS says the experience will be available from 2025 onwards. “This is the most comprehensive cabin renewal in the history of our company,” noted SWISS Chief Executive Officer Dieter Vranckx. “As a premium airline, we [...]
Analysis reveals the airline tickets of the upper class. Those who can afford it are willing to pay up to $66,000 for first-class luxury travel comfort above the clouds. The most expensive scheduled first class flight is operated by Etihad Airways and runs frequently between New York City and Abi Dhabi, costing around $66,000 per [...]
Lufthansa has unveiled its new premium First Class offering, “Suite Plus,” which features a separate double cabin with a fully-closable door, large table, high ceiling and two wide seats that can be combined into a double bed. The carrier’s “Allegris” long-haul product project is part of the largest product and service overhaul in Lufthansa Group’s [...]
Lufthansa has unveiled its Allegris aircraft interiors upgrade programme, with upgrades imminent throughout its long-haul aircraft fleet, from first class to economy. The programme will see around 27,000 seats installed across the group’s new widebody aircraft, including Boeing 787-9s, Airbus A350s and Boeing 777-9s, and retrofitted on the Boeing 747-8s already in service. Allegris is [...]
Qantas has unveiled the new Business Class and First class seats for its Project Sunrise aircraft planned to operate direct between the East Coast of Australia, Europe and North America. This is the first event showcasing the premium seating products for the carrier’s future Airbus A350-1000 fleet. The new direct routes will increase the length [...]
Following the reveal of the preliminary designs for its A350-1000 ultra-long-haul premium cabins last year, Qantas has now unveiled prototypes of the first and business-class cabins. The Australian airline ordered 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft in May 2022, which will begin flying passengers non-stop from Australia to New York and London from late 2025. These point-to-point [...]
We're pretty sure absolutely no one enjoys slogging through an airport, particularly when there are long lines at check-in and security. But what if we told you there was a way to skip all that hassle? Flying on the semi-private air carrier JSX means you'll get all the conveniences of flying private — including skipping [...]
Global air travel has come roaring back from its pandemic-induced slump, and airlines are racing to provide enough capacity or in lay terms, to put enough seats in the sky – particularly for premium tickets on international flights enjoying a stronger-than-expected rebound. The surge has created a surprise bottleneck for some carriers, which are finding [...]
Bad news for people who love airport lounges. Airlines have a problem these days. Thanks to pent up demand and credit card perks, everyone is a special customer. Or, if not everyone, then at the least it could be said there are more special travelers than the aviation industry knows what to do with at [...]
Sir Tim Clark, President Emirates Airline said: “Customers will notice the difference the moment they step onboard – the spacious A380 will look and feel even more impressive and comfortable. With our latest interiors and products, this newly refurbished aircraft elevates our inflight experience in all classes of travel, and enables us to offer more [...]
There’s a handful of aircraft out there that take the flying experience to the next level by offering bar and lounge areas for passengers to relax in. There are seven airlines to date that offer true bar experiences on board. Qatar Airways Emirates Virgin Australia Korean Air Etihad Airways Virgin Atlantic Qantas All Nippon ANA [...]
The Hong Kong SAR Government has eased travel restrictions into Hong Kong, including removing the Amber Code restrictions under the Vaccine Pass for inbound persons entering Hong Kong, effective 14th December 2022. This is welcome news for Cathay Pacific which, while it carried 526,827 passengers in November – an increase of 652.1% compared with November [...]
