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This is index of all the stories on the Airreview News website. If you want to see stories about just one airline, use the index on the left.
Istanbul Emirates lounge opens
Emirates has opened a new lounge at Istanbul’s Ataturk International Airport. It is a joint lounge for first and business class passengers, and is the airline's 30th global lounge.
28th May 2012
More lounges for Delta at new Atlanta International terminal
Delta Airlines has moved into the new International terminal at Atlanta airport, and with it opened a new lounge.
21th May 2012
bmi exit star, match BA status
21th Apr 2012
bmi DC axes Lufthansa earning
21th Apr 2012
New Swiss arrivals lounge opens
Swiss has opened a new arrivals lounge at its Zurich hub. It will be open to Business and First Class passengers, as well as Gold members of the Star Alliance.
6th April 2012
New Virgin Atlantic clubhouse at New York JFK
Virgin Atlantic has unveiled its new Clubhouse at New York-JFK Airport The new space is inspired by the theme 'Understatedly Uptown, Unmistakably New York'.
6th March 2012
New Cathay Pacific Premium Economy
18th February 2012
Emirates opens new San Francisco lounge
Emirates has opened a new Business and First Class lounge at San Francisco international airport. The lounge is a joint Business and First lounge, and takes all the elements of the standard Dubai lounge, including the large dining area and excellent bar.
4th February 2012
Qantas cuts routes, defers Dreamliner
Qantas is to defer delivery of the Boeing Dreamliner, and cut several key routes, as profits plunge. However it is completing the revamp of its Boeing 747.
14th February 2012
Cathay Pacific opens new San Francisco lounge
Cathay Pacific have opened a new Business and First Class lounge at San Francisco international airport. The lounge is a joint Business and First lounge, and takes all the elements of the Hong Kong Cabin lounge, but compresses them into a small room, including the noodle bar and the famous Solus Chair.
4th December 2011
bmi sold to British Airways owner IAG
bmi is being sold by Lufthansa to International Airlines Group (IAG), which owns British Airways and Iberia. Details are very unclear at this stage, and no information has been given of how much will be paid for the loss-making airline..
4th November 2011
BA Executive Club is changings
The British Airways Frequent Flyer scheme, Executive Club, is changing, adding a new tier status level, Bronze, but dramatically increasing the number of flights needed to attain that tier for customers in Europe.
19th October 2011
Qantas shakeup axes London routes, cuts fleet, plans new First Class lounges
Qantas have announced a major shakeup of its routes, fleet, and services as it struggles with profitability. The biggest change is on the London route but there is to be a new First Class lounge at Singapore and Hong Kong.
18th August 2011
Turkish Airlines reopen Business Class lounge at Istanbul
Turkish Airlines has opened the doors to its new Business Class lounge at Istanbul Ataturk Airport. The lounge has a patisserie, massage & relaxation rooms, shower facilities, a library with pool table, a movie room and popcorn, occupies 3000 square meters, and is designed for 2000 passengers a day.
25st July 2011
Lufthansa open new Senator lounge at Frankfurt
Lufthansa have opened a new lounge at the airlines hub in Frankfurt. The Senator lounge is first on Lufthansa network with a spa.
21st July 2011
Air Southwest to close & abandon all flights
Air Southwest will cease operations at the end of September. The airline says that it hasn't been able to sell enough seats to remain financially viable.
18th July 2011
Cathay Pacific revamp The Wing Hong Kong
Cathay Pacific are now halfway through their rebuild of their iconic The Wing lounge at Hong Kong. Half of the Business Class Lounge, located on Level 6, has reopened following an extensive renovation.
9th April 2011
New Miami lounge for AA, BA & Iberia
The newly opened lounge is pretty similar to most AA lounges, although the facilities are marginally better, with 6,000 square feet and offers seating for 120 guests.
12th March 2011
Delta: new premium economy seating
Delta Air Lines is to introduce premium economy seating – of a kind – on some of its long haul routes. Delta are simply moving a few of their economy seats 4 inches further apart, giving 4 inches more pitch, this means the recline increases from 20 degrees to 30 degrees, or an extra 50%. Width is the same.
11th February 2011
Cathay Pacific: new business class seats
Cathay Pacific has unveiled its new business class cabin, with longer wider seats. The new passenger-designed seats, which will be featured in all Airbus A330 and Boeing 777ER aircraft, are a significant step forward, and a move away from the older coffin like Business Class seats which were introduced a couple of years back. Cathay Pacific claim they “refine comfort, versatility and function offering both privacy and openness.
9th December 2010
New Iberia Business Class seat
Iberia has revamped its business class cabin for its medium haul routes around Europe. Rather than a radical change, it’s more a move forward with a slightly better seat and a handheld video console.
4th November 2010
New Business Class JAL Sky Recliner seat
Japan Airlines will put into service, a brand new international executive class seat - the JAL Sky Recliner - when it receives four new Boeing 767-300ER aircraft from the manufacturer starting this month. The new 767s are also equipped with the most advanced version of JAL’s in-flight entertainment system.
4th November 2010
British Airways joins AA and Iberia – Executive Club enhanced
British Airways has launched its new joint business with American Airlines and Iberia. There is good news for members of BA’s frequent flyer scheme the Executive Club, who can now earn full miles on cheap tickets and earn & redeem miles on AA, and mix and match fares from all the carriers.
17th October 2010
The Cabin: New Cathay Pacific Hong Kong lounge
Cathay Pacific Airways has opened a new lounge at its home base of Hong Kong. Called The Cabin it features a cutting edge design so much on the edge of ultra-modern it could also be called achingly trendy.
4th October 2010
New BA economy & PE seats
British Airways are revamping the seats at the back of the plane, with a makeover for World Traveller and World Traveller Plus. Both economy and Premium Economy on British Airways will gain a new inflight entertainment system, and new seats.
4th September 2010
Emirates A380 to Manchester
Manchester Airport sees the arrival of regular A380 services, with Emirates flying the world's largest passenger jet into the UK's second city.
Emirates flew the 500-seat Airbus Superjumbo into Manchester at the start of its daily service to Dubai.
4th September 2010
Virgin & Etihad link, axe routes
Virgin Blue and Etihad Airways have signed a partnership deal which will see V Australia launch direct services to Abu Dhabi in 2011. However, some of Virgin’s flights will be axed, as the planes move onto the new routes.
27th August 2010
Emirates add wifi to A380
Emirates has finally committed to install Wifi and mobile phone equipment on its new Superjumbos. All 90 Emirates Airbus A380 aircraft will be with Wi-Fi networks allowing passengers to make mobile phone calls, download data and browse the Internet during flights.
24th August 2010
More Qantas Premium Economy
Qantas are to retrofit six two class Boeing 747s to include 40 Premium Economy seats. The new offering will be available on the Tokyo route from October 2010 and the Frankfurt route from February 2011.
22th August 2010
New Cathay Pacific London lounges
Cathay Pacific has opened new First and Business Class lounges at London Heathrow Terminal 3. The design of the lounge reflects the airline’s world-renowned lounges The Wing and The Pier at Hong Kong.
27th July 2010
Lufthansa second A380 on Tokyo route
Just two months since delivery of its first Airbus A380, Lufthansa has received the second of the type in Hamburg. The second Lufthansa A380 is named München, and like the first, the A380 seats a total of 526 passengers.
27th July 2010
Lounge with Scalextric track opens at Manchester Airport
Manchester Airport’s new Escape Lounge in Terminal 1 has opened - featuring the usual delights of an airport lounge, and the slightly more unusual one of a Scalextric track. Over 100,000 passengers are expected to use the facility each year.
3rd July 2010
Jetstar joins Air France & KLM
Jetstar, the budget offshoot of Australian flag carrier Qantas, has announced an agreement with Air France-KLM which the airline hopes will expand its customer base in Europe. It is also expanding its New Zealand operations and considering direct long-haul flights to North America and Asia from New Zealand.
7th June 2010
Continental fly to New Zealand
Continental plans to fly up to five times a week to New Zealand. Direct flights from Auckland to Houston will use Continental Airlines' new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft from November 2011.
7th June 2010
KLM launches à la carte catering
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines will launch a pilot project offering what it calls "à la carte catering on board". In effect this means that passengers travelling in Economy Class can opt to pay more for meals that are almost business class in size.
6th June 2010
Lufthansa launch A380 & new First Class
Lufthansa has launched maiden flights with its Airbus A380 superjumbo - and with it, unveil its newly developed First Class. The A380 has a total of 526 seats, including eight in First Class, 98 in Business Class and 420 in Economy Class.
5th June 2010
Qantas strip out First Class
Qantas plans to strip out two-thirds of its First Class seating in response to the global slump in premium travel. It is part of a AU$400m plan to standardise seating across its long-haul fleet to match the product used within its double-decker Airbus A380s.
15th March 2010
Air New Zealand axe business class trans-Tasman
Air New Zealand is to remove business class seats from most of its aircraft flying between Australia, the Pacific Islands, and New Zealand. It also plans to slash fares trans-Tasman, and move to a new way of selling onboard perks on its new 171-seat single class Airbus A320s.
21st March 2010
British Airways launches new First Class cabin
British Airways has launched its first plane with a new First Class cabin. The airline has invested £100 million on its flagship First brand, which is now fitted to a Boeing 777, which is initally flying from London Heathrow to Chicago.
New First Class on British Airways
16th Feb 2010
Air New Zealand's economy flatbed seats
Air New Zealand has come up with the "holy grail" for economy class seating - a flat bed in economy. It isn't quite a flatbed as you'd get in Business Class, but it will allow you to sleep totally horizontally on AirNZ's long flights over the Pacific.
27th Jan 2010
bmi to cut Business Class
bmi are to implement a change in travel classes, to ensure passengers pay a lower rate of tax. Business Class is to be scrapped on Irish and UK services. The premium cabin was originally to be scrapped in 2005 when most other bmi services lost their forward cabin, however the financial community successfully campaigned for it to be retained.
19th Jan 2010
Singapore Airlines' A380 To Fly To Zurich
Singapore Airlines are to use the new A380 from Zurich to Singapore from next March. Zurich will be the third city in Europe and the seventh in Singapore Airlines’ network to receive the A380.
14th Jan 2010
AA mistake offers First to Oz for $1198
What is reported to be a mistake by American Airlines has offered First Class fares between the USA and Australia for less than the price of an economy ticket The mistake, first revealed on www.airreview.co.uk several days ago offered a flight from San Francisco to Melbourne in First Class for just over £800GBP (US$1198).
7th Jan 2010
Jetstar links with Air Asia
Emirates is adding Prague, Amsterdam, Madrid and Tokyo, from its hub in Dubai. Qatar adds Copenhagen, Barcelona, Stockholm, Tokyo, Bangalore, Ankara and Sydney.
6th Jan 2010
Emirates & Qatar add Europe routes
Jetstar - which is owned by Qantas Airways - and AirAsia - based in Malyasia - have finally come to an agreement on passenger handling and aircraft maintenance deal, which both airlines argue will save millions of dollars from their costs per year.
4th Jan 2010
Flat beds in Business for Finnair A330
Finnair has received its fifth Airbus A330 aircraft - and onboard business class has a new flat bed seat. The new type of premium seat, called Contour Vantage seats reclines to fully horizontal.
3rd Jan 2010
Qantas add A380 to Melbourne to London
Qantas has just taken delivery of its fifth A380 aircraft, with a sixth coming in the new year. This will enable the airline to start A380 operations between Melbourne and London via Singapore in January 2010.
22nd Dec 2009
Qantas Change Frequent Flyer Scheme
Qantas has made some slight changes to their Frequent Flyer scheme. The most significant one is that points will expire after 18 months, as opposed to the current 3 years.
15th Dec 2009
Singapore increases Manchester flights
Singapore Airlines are to increase flights to Manchester, after recently scaling them back, however the new flights will include a stop in Munich.
15th Dec 2009
More changes for bmi Diamond Club
bmi has announced a radical overhaul of it's Diamond Club Frequent Flyer scheme. Many upgrade perks have been axed, and all the old paper upgrade vouchers have now been made worthless. However there is a new logo.
1st Dec 2009
Bigger seats for Iberia
Spanish flag carrier Iberia is increasing the pitch and recline of its long-haul business class seating giving fully flat beds.
21th Nov 2009
British Airways offer Silver Exec Level for £495
British Airways Executive Club members flying on routes to certain European and North African destinations will earn increased tier points. Plus BA will offer silver level of it's Frequent Flyer scheme for a fee.
26th Oct 2009
Seat Changes at British Airways
British Airways passengers will have to pay to choose their seats before they travel.
25th Sept 2009
SAS axe Seattle, Icelandair take over
Scandinavian Airlines has axed its service between Seattle and Copenhagen. Icelandair however has begun service from Seattle Airport to 18 European cities, via its hub in Reykjavik.
24th July 2009
BA scraps short-haul food & drinks
British Airways has axed all meals, except breakfast, on its short-haul flights in a bid to save £22m a year.
29th June 2009
A380 axed from New York route by Emirates
Emirates Airlines has the dubious distiniction of the being the first airline to pull the new A380 from a route.
7th April 2009
bmi increase rates, cut redemptions
bmi has yet again changed the Diamond Club, making further reductions to the possibilities of using bmi miles for flights on Star Alliance airlines.
5th April 2009
Bombay goes as airlines axe services
Both Virgin Atlantic and Finnair are to scrap their services to Bombay (Mumbai).
4th April 2009
Kingfisher launches Heathrow to India
The Indian airline Kingfisher is to start flying between London and Bangalore. The single daily 11 hour flight to the the Indian IT centre is the airline's first international service.
4th Sept 2008
US Airways shut Gatwick lounges
The dedicated lounges at London Gatwick airport for US Airways are to close.
4th Sept 2008
Turkish put on Europe First Class
Turkish Airlines is the first airline to put on a three class aircraft for the relatively short hop from London Heathrow to Istanbul.
28th Feb 2009
Emirates go A380 on trans-Tasman
You can now fly on the world's largest passenger aircraft on the route between Australia and New Zealand, with Emirates putting the A380 Superjumbo onto the route between Sydney and Auckland.
28th Feb 2009
US abandons drinks charge
US Airways is to stop charging for nonalcoholic drinks in its economy cabin, following a bout of crisism from passengers.
28th Feb 2009
Singapore axe UK flights & business redemptions
Singapore Airlines continues to reduce flights across its worldwide network in order to cope with declining demand. One side effect of this is bring the end of first and business class redemptions on UK flights.
28th Feb 2009
Singapore Airlines suspends flights, cuts all-business class services
Singapore Airlines is to suspend many of its international flights as the worsening global economy takes its toll. Heathrow & Australia take the brunt of cuts.
31th Jan 2009
Singapore Airlines show new regional Business Class seat
Singapore Airlines has received the first of its new A330-300 aircraft, a fleet which will grow to 19, and which are destined for most routes in Australia.
28th Jan 2009
Delta to start Sydney service.
An american airline, Delta Air Lines has confirmed its plans to launch flights from Los Angeles to Sydney in July. This may start an air fare battle on the Qantas-dominated route .
20th December 2008
Qantas introduce domestic Business Lounges.
Qantas is splitting it's Qantas Clubs into two - introducing a new Business lounge at it's main locations. 17th July 2008
New Business Swiss seats.
Swiss International Air Lines is launching what it says is a unique seating concept for its international Business Class cabins.
26th June 2008
Qantas axes many routes.
Qantas is to make large cuts to it's network in the wake of record fuel prices.
12th June 2008
Emirates has opened a new luxury lounge at Brisbane International Airport.
In an Australian first, passengers can board their flights directly from the comfort of the lounge, including the top deck of the superjumbo Airbus A380.
1st April 2008
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