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Finnair unveiled the launch of seven new European destinations during its Capital Markets Update on November 13, 2025.  Starting from the summer season of 2026, the Finnish flag carrier will connect its Helsinki (HEL) hub to Kuressaare (URE), Estonia, Luxembourg (LUX), Stavanger (SVG), Norway, Thessaloniki /SKG), Greece, Tirana (TIA), Albania, Turin (TRN), and Umeå (UME), in northern Sweden.  These new routes are additional to the five destinations previously announced by the airline earlier in 2025: Alta (ALF), Norway, Catania (CTA) and Florence (FLR) in Italy, the Greek island of Kos (KGS) and Valencia (VLC), Spain.  In addition to its hub-and-spoke…

PARIS — The Nordic and Baltic countries are teaming up to pay for a $500 million United States military support package of weapons and munitions for Ukraine, they said on Thursday.Norway will contribute the lion’s share at 2 billion Norwegian kroner, or about $200 million, while Sweden will provide $60 million and Denmark around 400 million Danish kroner ($53 million) in funding, the countries said in separate statements.U.S. President Donald Trump and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte in July announced a financial arrangement called the Prioritised Ukraine Requirements List to provide military aid to Ukraine. Through the initiative, NATO allies…

We’re so used to airline loyalty programs offering special perks for those who fly (or spend) with the airline a certain amount every year. However, airlines rarely reward those who consistently fly the airline over the years, but not enough to qualify for elite status. Along those lines, Virgin Atlantic’s Flying Club loyalty program has just introduced what I’d consider to be an innovative reward, which we haven’t seen before from any airline. Virgin Atlantic’s innovative “High Five” loyalty perk Virgin Atlantic Flying Club has unveiled “High Five,” a perk that recognizes those Flying Club members who come back to…

What are the world’s most comfortable business seats and services? Readers who have experience flying business class are likely to have their own list of favorites, but, often, passengers are confused about why some airlines make the top of the lists, as their experience flying with those airlines did not meet their expectations. While acknowledging that, this article will focus on the top-ranked airlines for business class according to Skytrax. Skytrax’s ‘World’s Best Business Class Airlines 2025’ report is based on its global customer satisfaction survey, where millions of passengers vote for their preferred airline. The awards consider factors like…

Wizz Air saw its operating profit rise by 25.8% in the first six months of the financial year, increasing from €349.2 million ($405.6 million) in 2024 to €439.2 ($510.3 million) in 2025.  According to József Váradi, CEO of Wizz Air, between April and September 2025, the airline “made a number of significant business decisions” to support its longer-term strategic objectives.  These included closing the Wizz Air Abu Dhabi base on September 1, 2025, and initiating the closure of its Vienna base, which is expected to be completed by March 2026.  “These actions reflect our pivot away from high-cost locations to…

It’s quite a transformative time for Alaska Air Group, as the company acquired Hawaiian Airlines, and is turning Seattle-Tacoma into a global hub, with plans to launch a dozen long haul routes by 2030. We’ve recently seen the airline add flights to Tokyo Narita (NRT) and to Seoul Incheon (ICN). In June 2025, the airline announced its first route to Europe, and there’s now an update, as the exact details about the new service have been announced, and the flight will go on sale shortly. Alaska adding Seattle to Rome flights as of April 2026 As of April 28, 2026, Alaska Airlines will…

Here’s a type of incident that doesn’t happen every day! It was back in late October that a United Airlines service from Des Moines to Chicago was delayed for hours, reportedly due to a ‘disagreement’ between two United flight attendants!source

Qantas has announced it is setting up a new Product Innovation Center in Adelaide that will house more than 420 technology professionals over the next three years, marking a significant investment in bringing digital development capabilities in-house. The center, backed by the Government of South Australia, is scheduled to open in Adelaide’s central business district in March 2026. It will serve as the hub for the airline’s technology product development, bringing together product managers, digital experience designers, software engineers, and data and AI specialists focused on improving how customers interact with Qantas throughout their travel experience. We’ve made a landmark…

US airlines have expressed relief after President Donald Trump signed a bill reopening the government following a 43-day shutdown that wreaked havoc on the aviation sector.   During the signing in the White House Oval Office on December 12, 2025, President Trump again blamed Democrat politicians for the stalemate that left air traffic controllers without pay for over six weeks.   “For the past 43 days, Democrats in Congress shut down the government of the United States in an attempt to extort American taxpayers for hundreds of billions of dollars for illegal aliens… Today, we’re sending a clear message that we will…

The Skunk Works division of Lockheed delivered the world’s first stealth warplane in 1981, but its existence wouldn’t be made public knowledge until several years after it began service. The F-117 Nighthawk dramatically changed modern warfare. It served for decades before the 21st arms race for fifth and sixth-generation fighters we see today. The Nighthawk proved itself on the battlefield, and even though a single aircraft was lost in combat, it showed the game-changing possibilities of stealth warplanes. The introduction of stealth technology was a watershed moment and how modern militaries view air power. The legacy of the F-117 is…