Airlines

Turkish Airlines’ Premium Economy Pivot: A Second Look, Timed for the A350-1000 Era

Turkish Airlines (TK) has spent the past decade holding the line with a simple long-haul proposition: Business Class up front,...

January 8, 2026 John Cushma 1118

Air Routes

Australia On The Radar: STARLUX Signals Long-Haul Push With New A350-1000 Flagship

Taiwan’s boutique carrier STARLUX Airlines (JX) is quietly positioning itself for a very different kind of airline story in 2026:...

January 8, 2026 John Cushma 742

Airlines

Madrid to Orly, via Heathrow, to Luton: The Double Diversion That Turned IB569 Into a Three-Country Odyssey

What should have been a routine Iberia (IB) hop from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas (MAD) to Paris Orly (ORY) turned into...

January 8, 2026 John Cushma 510

Air Routes

Emirates Reconfigures Seattle: 777-200LR Scheduled for DXB–SEA, First Class Comes Off the Map

Emirates (EK) is reshaping one of its longest U.S. missions in 2026. Schedule filings show the carrier plans to swap...

January 8, 2026 John Cushma 801

Airlines

Avelo Exits ICE Charter Flying, Closes AZA Base, and Rebuilds Around a Leaner 737 Network

Avelo Airlines is pulling out of one of the most operationally complex—and publicly scrutinized—segments a U.S. ultra-low-cost carrier can take...

January 8, 2026 John Cushma 638

Airlines

JetBlue’s Fort Lauderdale Power Play: Turning Spirit’s Turbulence Into Network Share

JetBlue is making it unmistakably clear that Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) isn’t just a focus city anymore—it’s a battleground...

January 8, 2026 John Cushma 576

Airlines

Schiphol’s Snowbound Gridlock: KLM’s A321neo Taxies for Two Hours, Then Returns to the Gate

Amsterdam Schiphol (AMS) doesn’t need many snow days to feel the strain. As winter weather tightened its grip on the...

January 7, 2026 John Cushma 543

Airlines

American Turns On Free Wi-Fi – But the Long-Haul Crowd Will Notice the Fine Print

American Airlines has officially flipped the switch on complimentary inflight Wi-Fi, bringing the last of the U.S. “Big Three” into...

January 7, 2026 John Cushma 660

Air Routes

JetBlue Doubles Down on Fort Lauderdale With New Florida Shuttle, Year-Round Dallas, and More LaGuardia Lift

JetBlue is continuing to build Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) into something closer to a true network anchor—one that can...

January 6, 2026 John Cushma 625

Airlines

American Airlines Circles Azul: A Second $100M US Stake Emerges as Restructuring Nears

American Airlines is reportedly moving toward its own investment in Brazil’s Azul Linhas Aéreas, following Brazilian regulators clearing United Airlines...

January 5, 2026 John Cushma 965