I hope everyone is having a great weekend so far, and as good of a year as one can have with omicron. I'm still enjoying spending time with family, though am hoping to take my first trip in a while in a couple of weeks, if case numbers start to go down.
On the points & travel front, this week two charter flights to India had a shocking number of coronavirus cases, Virgin Atlantic revealed it would launch flights to Austin, Iraqi Airways took delivery of its first Airbus A220, MGM unveiled its new loyalty program, Allegiant ordered up to 100 Boeing 737 MAXs, and more.
With that out of the way, here's a recap of this week on the blog:
