A popular Instagram user has shared a video of him allegedly scamming his way into a business class seat. As he describes it, this would be "how to fly business class for free." The premise is that the guy was flying Cathay Pacific business class from…
British Airways is known for their "BA Magic" campaign, where they will make travel dreams come true for deserving people. This is something British Airways has consistently done an amazing job with, and this most definitely makes me feel more fondly…
Casey Neistat is one of the most popular YouTubers (he has over 11.5 million subscribers, and his videos collectively have more than 2.7 billion views), though YouTube isn't even his full time gig anymore. He's also a bit of an airline geek, though he…
WestJet does a good job with their viral marketing videos. Most notably, they typically have cool videos every year around Christmas and April Fools' Day. This 2012 April Fools' video about WestJet introducing child free cabins gave me a good laugh,…
Wizz Air is quite literally shaming business class passengers in a new ad... interesting. Airline industry executives are realizing they have to address climate change. Some are doing so in a level-headed way, like KLM encouraging people to take trains…
Qatar Airways has recently unveiled their new safety video. As it's described, the video turns the pre-match soccer team-talk into an entertaining safety video that will be shown on board all flights before the end of the year. The six minute video (darn,…
Saturday Night Live has airline-themed skits with some frequency, and they had their latest such skit yesterday. On last night's SNL there was a skit called "Airline Pilots," starring Harry Styles and Mikey Day. The nearly five minute skit is about two…
I've written about Starlux Airlines, a promising new airline that will be launching in early 2020. The airline will be based out of Taipei and will initially operate flights within Asia, before eventually launching long haul flights. While China Airlines…
Korean Air has just unveiled their latest safety video, starring K-Pop group SuperM. This video was produced in partnership with SM Entertainment, the largest entertainment company in Korea. We've seen a trend whereby airlines have been putting a lot…
United Airlines sure does have quite a few themed safety videos lately -- this spring the airline had a Spider-Man themed safety video, while now the airline has debuted a Star Wars themed safety video. United Airlines' new safety video, called "Fly…
Nowadays the flying experience is often compared to herding cattle, economy is often referred to as "cattle class," etc. Well, for the first time I can recall, an airline is really going with that as the basis for an ad. WestJet is known for their creative…
Here's a really cute concept. To commemorate British Airways' 100th anniversary, the airline operated a flight from London to Kuala Lumpur that was crewed in a special way. The flight was from London to Kuala Lumpur, and it was staffed exclusively by…
Yesterday KLM celebrated their 100th birthday -- they claim to be the oldest airline in the world, so happy birthday to them! They're looking quite good for their age, eh? KLM had a lot of festivities surrounding this milestone, though most exciting…
Korean-Canadian actor Sandra Oh is best known for her television dramatic work south of the border, ranging from Killing Eve to Grey’s Anatomy. Her breakout role was in the 2004 movie Sideways, a movie with so much drunk driving in it that just thinking…
British Airways does an incredible job with their marketing, and in particular with their BA Magic campaign. The campaign was launched in 2017, and sees British Airways arranging once in a lifetime travel experiences for people for a variety of reasons.…
While I don't have any more info on how exactly this happened, check out this insane video of an out of control golf cart at Chicago O'Hare Airport. The golf cart is driving in circles with no one in it, and is about to hit a plane, and likely cause…
Earlier today Thomas Cook ceased operations. While that's unfortunate for the hundreds of thousands of people who are stranded as a result of this, I feel the worst for the roughly 21,000 Thomas Cook employees who are without jobs as of today. "Rescue"…
JetBlue has just launched their newest ad campaign, called "Just Alright Doesn't Fly Here." As you might expect based on the name, the premise is that the airline is taking a stand against mediocrity in air travel and reminding travelers that they don't…
I'm not someone who cries very often, but this brought tears to my eyes and gave me chills... In 1967 Col. Roy Knight was shot down in the Vietnam War. His remains were only recently found, and were returned to the US. In general that provides the family…
On August 5, S7 Airlines (a oneworld member airline) had an incident while taking off from Moscow's Domodedovo Airport to Simferopol. Flight S7263 was operated by a Boeing 737-800 with the registration code VQ-BKV. The plane took off from runway 32L…
It's an exciting day for Aer Lingus, as the airline is today starting service with their very first Airbus A321LR. The airline took delivery of their first A321LR just a few days ago, and has a total of eight of these planes on order. The plane will…
