United can kick you off a flight if you don’t use headphones
Sensible move by United
PASSENGER EXPERIENCE
INCLUDES PASSENGERSELFSERVICE
PASSENGER EXPERIENCE
INCLUDES PASSENGERSELFSERVICE
PassengerSelfService
Jazeera Airways passengers can fly now and pay later
Passengers can pay in two to four instalments
Passengers can finally book Allegris Business Class on Lufthansa 787-9s
Passengers flying with Lufthansa can finally book Business Class on its 787-9s with its fancy Allegris seats.
Southwest is latest to join Starlink
Plans to have Starlink on 300 aircraft this year Southwest is the latest airline to sign up for Starlink from SpaceX. The Starlink system will enable Southwest passengers to stream, share, and scroll in the sky at lightning-fast speeds. This…
KLM now offers free WiFi on most European flights
KLM has begun offering free inflight WiFi on most of its European flights. Passengers flying with the Dutch flag carrier can now enjoy free, fast WiFi on half of its European narrowbody and regional aircraft. Throughout their flight, KLM passengers…
Passengers leaving Heathrow can now leave liquids and electrical in cabin bags
Passengers travelling through all terminals at Heathrow no longer need to remove liquids or electronics from their hand luggage. And finally, the liquids don’t have to be in little 100ml bottles in a plastic bag. They can be in a…
STARLUX takes delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000
STARLUX Airlines of Taiwan has taken delivery of its first of 18 A350-1000s, becoming the 11th global operator of the largest version of the A350. The new A350-1000 will join a fleet of 10 A350-900s already in service with the airline, deployed…
THAI receives its first Airbus A321neo
Thai Airways received its first Airbus A321neo at its base at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Bangkok. Leasing company AerCap, delivered the brand new A321neo, registration HS-TOA, on 25 December 2025. Thai plans to operate its A321neo on regional routes across the Asia-Pacific network…
Philippine Airlines receives its first Airbus A350-1000
First of nine A350-1000s for PAL
Qanot Sharq takes delivery of its first Airbus A321XLR aircraft
Already flying between Tashkent and London Gatwick The aircraft is the first of four A321XLRfor the airline via a long-term lease agreement with Air Lease . With this delivery, Qanot Sharq becomes the first A321XLR operator in Central Asia and the…
Turkish Airlines passengers can tell the airline where their bags are
Turkish Airlines has launched a new service that enables passengers to tell the airline where lost and delayed bags actually are. The airline is working with Samsung Electronics to introduce the “Smart Tagged Baggage Service”, enabling Turkish Airlines passengers to…
SWISS Airbus A350 makes first revenue longhaul flight
SWISS’s first Airbus A350 made its first longhaul revenue flight on 20 November. HB-IFA flew from Zurich to Boston and was the first flight with the completely new cabin and enhanced inflight service of the new ‘SWISS Senses’ long-haul air…
MIA introduces Enhanced Passenger Processing for US citizens on arrival
CBP’s largest single deployment of automated passport screening in the U.S Miami International Airport (MIA) has introduced U.S. Customs and Border (CBP) Protection’s Enhanced Passenger Processing (EPP) to deliver faster and more secure arrivals for U.S. citizens. MIA, in collaboration…
Ryanair scraps paper boarding passes
Ryanair passengers must get digital boarding passes [Image: Ryanair/Facebook]
IAG to provide Starlink Wi-Fi on all 5 airlines
International Airlines Group (IAG) has signed with Starlink to implement its high-speed Wi-FI connectivity on all its airlines. IAG says the Starlink Wi-Fi will be implemented on more than 500 aircraft flying short and long-haul for the five airlines: British…
Riyadh Air makes inaugural flight but without commercial passengers
Riyadh Air, a new Saudi Arabian airline, made its inaugural passenger flight on 26 October 2025. Flight RX 401 was from Riyadh King Khalid International to London Heathrow using a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, registration HZ-RXX. It was a bit of…
First SWISS Airbus A350 makes its first passenger flight
First longhaul flight is to Boston on 20 November
Qantas starts flights with A321XLR
Qantas has 48 A321XLR on order.
JetBlue retires Embraer E190 as Avelo orders up to 100
End of nearly two decades of service from E190
Air France launches free inflight high-speed wifi
Air France is first major Europan airline to offer free fast wifi for all
