Scoot Airlines is the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, launched in 2012. They were conceived as a long-haul airline from the start and recently merged with Singapore Airline’s short-haul subsidiary Tiger Air. Find out who they are and why you should care!
SkyTrax certified Lufthansa (LH) as a 5 star airline, making it the 10th airline worldwide to reach this highly valued award, shared with airlines like Singapore Airlines, All Nippon Air (ANA) or Etihad. The award takes into account not only the onboard product, but the end-to-end service from the ground service to lounges and transfer,
Scoot Air, the low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines, is announcing their third long-haul route, after launching flights to Athens and Honolulu this year. They will utilize their new Boeing B787 Dreamliner planes for the 13 hour non-stop flight and operate four times a week. They plan to start selling tickets in the first quarter of
After the launch of Singapore Airlines new Airbus A380 with mind-blowing First Suites, improved Business Class and updated Premium and Economy cabins, I was eager to find out what the big reveal of Emirates’ new B777 would bring. After all the media hoopla, I was a left disappointed – the First Suites are much smaller
The Icelandic budget carrier WOW Air made headlines with $69 one-way flights between North America and Europe. Now, they are turning their eyes towards Asia and are planning to start direct flights in 2018. This could bring lower fares to travel between Europe and Asia, as well as between the US and Asia!
Ryan Air is not flying to the US, but that’s not stopping them from participating in the Black Friday Sale. In fact, they are making it “Seven Days of Sale”, with a different sale each day. And if you thought the 9.99 deals they were offering recently were great – their latest offer is even
I have followed the airberlin insolvency closely and I was directly impacted by the ticket cancellations. The dramatic end of my airberlin travel saga was the cancellation of my award ticket for a flight on Etihad 1 hour before departure. I had already cancelled my backup flight when I received the dreaded cancellation notice, making
Singapore Airlines was the first to launch enclosed suites in First Class on their Airbus A380 10 years ago – and now is upping the game with even more spacious suites, new Business Class seats and changes to their premium economy and Economy Class on their flagship Airbus A380 planes! Read my review for photos and details
After the insolvencies of alitalia, airberlin and Monarch Airlines this years, I expected other smaller regional airlines to follow. It looks like that happened sooner than I though. Czech Airlines, the struggling flag carrier of the Czech Republic is being bought out by Travel Services, a local corporation that owns leisure, charter and budget transportation.
airberlin has announced their final flight after 39 years of operation – AB6210 from Munich to Berlin on October 27th, 2017! While the holding company will soldier on, there will be no flights with an airberlin flight number after this day. In an odd twist of fate, award tickets booked through airberlin’s reward program, topbonus,
After airberlin and Alitalia entering insovlency this year, now Monarch Airlines went bankrupt and abruptly halted operations. The UK government refused to provide a loan like Germany or Italia had done and instead organized a “rescue mission” to bring back 110,000 Monarch customers stranded abroad! More than 700,000 customers have lost their future tickets and
If you have traveled in Thailand, you might have noticed the colorful planes with a bird’s beak – they belong to Nok Air, a low-cost carrier based in Thailand. After more than 15 years of visiting Thailand, I finally flew with them and I was pleasantly surprised: Despite their low fares, they are a step