UTAir An-74s or how is it like to land an airliner on drifting ice
A few days ago Wired published a story about Air New Zealand preparing to re-start airliner flights to Anctarctica in one of its Boeing 767s. This would not be the first time the Kiwi airline has Anctarctica in its route map...
Air Lituanica keeps expanding its network
It is always interesting to see a new airline, literally, taking off. We first talked about Air Lituanica when it was just a project on paper (or shall we see "on power point"?) and covered its launch last summer.
Aeroflot outlines low cost airline plans
Russian airlines have been toying for a while with the idea of creating a low cost airline in the country. In a way, Russia is the last frontier" of the low cost airline industry and this is not a coincidence, there are a number of operational and, mainly, regulatory factors that prevent the emergence of a proper low cost airline industry in Russia
Iberia's social auction flight: how much did winners pay?
Last summer we published a story about Iberia's New York flight reverse auction, where prices where going down while prospective travelers were submitting their bids. We knew the initiative proved to be so popular that the promotion had to be...
The Airbus A380 in Russia
One of the few, and certainly the most notorious, Western visitors at MAKS air show in Moscow was the Airbus A380. Despite the great reviews it is getting from passengers, airlines seem still reluctant to commit to so much capacity...