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Flights we’d take on Alaska and United

05/13/25
Alaska Airlines’ 1st intercontinental route: SEA to Tokyo (Image courtesy Port of Seattle) On Monday, Alaska Airlines celebrated its first intercontinental flight to Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT). The new daily flight, operated by Hawaiian Airlines, which Alaska Airlines acquired in September 2024, is on an A330 aircraft and is the first of 12 international →

Avelo contracts to fly ICE deportation flights

04/08/25
Avelo under fire for contracting with ICE for deportation flights The U.S. government usually contracts with charter companies for deportation flights. And you can read a ProPublica account of those flights here. But now a commercial budget airline, Houston-based Avelo, has a contract with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration Control and Enforcement agency →

Get rewarded for dressing like your Condor plane

03/25/25
We’re big fans of Condor Airlines’ colorfully striped livery which is inspired by the colors and accoutrements of summer, such as beach towels, ice cream parlors and parosols, according to the carrier. Now Condor is celebrating the third anniversary of the introduction of its striped livery with a special “Match The Stripes” contest. Condor unveiled →

Do you love the scent of the airport?

03/04/25
Have you ever wished that you or your home would smell just like your favorite airport or airline? It’s not such a far-fetched idea. Back in 2012, we saw the debut of a line of 19 city-centric scents named for their airport city codes — CDG (Paris), LHR (London), DXB (Dubai) — and packaged in slender bottles →

Donate money or miles to wildfire relief efforts

01/13/25
The wildfires in the Southern California Metro area are causing widespread devastation. Support is flowing in. But more is needed. Here are a few ways you can join airlines in contributing money or miles. Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines are donating $100,000 to the Los Angeles Fire Department Foundation and five million Mileage Plan miles →

What’s ahead for airlines & passengers in 2025?

12/12/24
What’s ahead for airlines? This week IATA, the International Air Transport Association, released its 2025 outlook, covering everything from the number of people expected to fly, to financial outlooks for the industry and the progress (or not…) on the industry’s goal of producing enough sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to help airlines combat climate change. Here →

Condor Airlines adds a pink-striped plane for Breast Cancer Awareness Month

09/30/24
Condor, the German airline with the candy stripe livery in an assortment of fun colors, has added a pink-striped livery to one of its Airbust A320 aircraft to mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month, which runs through October. Condor’s “Fly Pink” plane joins the “FlyPink” initiative founded by QantasLink pilots in 2015. The initiative supports the →
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