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We’ve all had our good and bad experiences with airlines. Some of this is related to check-in agents, or customer service over the phone or via email. However, it’s arguable that inflight service and interaction with flight attendants leaves the largest impression on travelers. So which flight attendants/cabin crew have been ranked as the best for 2025? source

Global charter specialist Chapman Freeborn has won the “Innovation in Regional Service Expansion” award at the Aviation Innovation Awards 2025. This recognition reflects the company’s strategic regional growth and leadership in business aviation across IMEA and China. Part of the Aviation Annual Gala Evening (AAGE) programme, the ceremony took place on the 19th November 2025, during Dubai Airshow Week. The event saw awards given for innovation in categories such as the airline industry, business aviation, air cargo and logistics, the airport industry, MRO, aviation finance, airspace management, aviation sustainability, and others. Chapman Freeborn was recognized for innovation in regional service…

Best Western Rewards isn’t the most generous loyalty program out there, and for that matter, Best Western doesn’t have that many aspirational properties. However, the program does pretty consistently offer promotions. Best Western has just launched its winter promotion, and it has the potential to be quite rewarding. Best Western Rewards’ winter promotion is now open for registration, valid for stays between December 1, 2025, and February 1, 2026. With this promotion, you can earn 5,000 bonus points for every two nights stayed, up to 20,000 bonus points. Best Western Rewards winter 2025-2026 promo details There are some more things…

The introduction of the first widebody aircraft, the Boeing 747, in the late 1960s was one of the most definitive achievements in the commercial aviation industry. Before this aircraft was introduced, long-haul travel was constrained by small cabins and limited passenger capacity. However, after the 747 was introduced, global air travel was drastically changed, as airlines could afford to make intercontinental flights more accessible, reliable, and economical. The 747 quickly became a symbol of mass air transportation and set a new standard for long-haul travel among airlines. The widebody market developed further throughout the late 1990s and early 2000s. Rising…

Korean Air is expanding its maintenance infrastructure, announcing plans for a next-generation aircraft hangar at Incheon International Airport (ICN) that will anchor its goal to become a global maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) powerhouse. The carrier signed an agreement on November 24, 2025, with Incheon International Airport Corporation (IIAC), committing KRW 176 billion (approximately US$119 billion) to the H3 Maintenance Facility Development Project.  Korean Air said the signing drew over 90 representatives from government, local authorities, and the National Assembly, underlining the project’s significance to South Korea’s aviation sector. More than steel and concrete Vice Chairman Keehong Woo addressed the…

PARIS — Swedish Defense Minister Pål Jonson expects a decision early next year on the country’s planned purchase of four frigates, with the government awaiting advice from procurement agency FMV and the armed forces after a survey of available options, he said on Monday, following a meeting with his French counterpart Catherine Vautrin.The ministers discussed the Swedish frigate program, French interest in Saab’s GlobalEye airborne early warning and control aircraft, as well as aid to Ukraine, they said in a press conference in Stockholm following their meeting. Vautrin said France would be able to supply a fully equipped and armed…

Okay, I’m not going to lie, this might be the coolest special airline livery project we’ve ever seen. Lufthansa painting six planes in centennial livery In 2026, Lufthansa is celebrating its 100th anniversary. Several weeks back, the airline revealed that it would paint one of its brand new Boeing 787s in a special centennial livery, with quite a few interesting details: The special livery features a blue fuselage with a white crane hovering above it, its wings merging into the wings of the aircraft. The wings of the aircraft thus virtually become the wings of the crane. An unprecedented design…

Completing our 3-part series looking at the major airline alliances in 2025, we’ve reached SkyTeam. The organization marked its anniversary on June 22nd, 2025, highlighting a quarter century of what it calls “international collaboration and a shared mission to improve global travel.” source

Building up on the previous Super Squadron test, the Seventh Air Force launched a second phase and added another squadron with 31 F-16s at Osan. The F-16s of the U.S. Air Force’s 35th Fighter Squadron “Pantons,” assigned to Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, arrived at Osan Air Base on Nov. 19 and 21, 2025, to launch the second phase of the Super Squadron test. In fact, building up on the similar effort launched last year, the Seventh Air Force extended the experiment for a second phase and added another squadron with 31 F-16s at Osan. “This movement is about strengthening…

The Royal Netherlands Air Force (RNLAF) attempted to shoot down unidentified drones flying over Volkel Air Base (UDE), one of the country’s two sites associated with NATO’s nuclear mission, according to information disclosed by the Dutch Ministry of Defense.  The incident occurred during the night of November 17 to 18, 2025, when security teams detected multiple unmanned aircraft flying inside the restricted area surrounding the installation.   Volkel Air Base hosts a fleet of F-35A fighters and is widely considered the storage location for US B61 nuclear gravity bombs assigned to NATO’s nuclear sharing mission, although the Dutch government maintains a…