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The new CEO of Qatar Airways is shaking up the carrier's premium strategy with a major change in policy.
Gordon Smith | 4 days ago
Abu Dhabi’s Etihad spectacularly shrunk after a surge of growth in its first 15 years. Now it is charting out a new, sustainable growth path.
Ajay Awtaney, Skift | 4 months ago
Tourism
Asfar's launch aligns with the Saudi sovereign fund’s broad strategy, which is centered around tapping opportunities within the tourism sector and building strategic partnerships with private companies.
Peden Doma Bhutia | 8 months ago
Airline Weekly
The largest passenger jet, the Airbus A380, is returning to Lufthansa. But its comeback may be short-lived as a stopgap until newer planes arrive.
2 years ago
Airbus seems fortunate to have defeated the appeal. Sound barrier pioneer Chuck Yeager was a fearless pilot who always had the right stuff, but his estate came up short in this trademark infringement case against the airplane manufacturing giant.
Jonathan Stempel, Reuters | 2 years ago
The Doha-based airline has effectively been penalized for operating the world’s biggest passenger jet, the A380, which isn't much use when you can't fly many long-haul routes.
Alexander Cornwell, Reuters | 2 years ago
3 years ago
Norwegian is likely paying a lot more to a rent a gently-used Airbus A380 than it did for Wamos Air Boeing 747. But passengers hated the antiquated 747, and Norwegian took some criticism for flying it from New York to London. This is probably a better approach.
Brian Sumers, Skift | 6 years ago
Certain routes just demand more crowded seating to be viable, and not every passenger market seems to mind as much, but that's still a lot of people on a single plane.
Marisa Garcia, Skift | 9 years ago
The Airbus 380 is facing an identity crisis as the manufacturer encourages airlines to stuff more seats into the aircraft for efficiency's sake.
Andrea Rothman, Bloomberg | 9 years ago