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In an era when air travel increasingly focuses on speed, business class, and network efficiency, the world of leisure airlines deserves a moment of attention. These carriers excel at moving people toward the sun, sea, and escape, and they do it with service, brand identity, and destination-focus. Our list is based on the results of the 2025 Skytrax World Airline Awards, specifically the “World’s Best Leisure Airlines” category, along with recent industry reports on routes, service, and customer experience. We rank the top 10 leisure carriers of 2025, highlighting what makes each one stand out and how they’ve earned their…

A Chinese airline is making headlines for the approach that it’s taking to hiring flight attendants, with people having mixed reactions, as reported by the South China Morning Post… Spring Airlines wants to hire married parents as flight attendantsOn October 22, 2025, China’s Spring Airlines announced new openings for flight attendant positions. The Shanghai-based airline, which is also the country’s first budget carrier, is taking an unconventional approach to the type of candidates it’s hiring, though. The airline is looking for “air aunties,” as they’re called, who are between 25 and 40 years old, ideally married and with children. Applicants…

Originally slated to enter service in 2020, the Boeing 777X has yet to make good on its promise to usher in the future of widebody jetliners. The American planemaker has faced hurdle after hurdle as a company in the past several years, with the 777X program suffering for it. source

Our aviation system is under serious stress at the moment. The record-long government shutdown is causing an increase in the number of sick calls among air traffic controllers, and our system has very little slack in the first place. The FAA is also requiring airlines to cancel a certain percentage of flights, and that’s intended to help with operational reliability and staffing shortages. So, how is that all working out? Flight delays & cancelations keep increasing At the moment, we’re starting to see a real dip in operational reliability among US airlines. Just to look at some of the data…

South America is a key international market for the ‘big three’ legacy carriers in the United States: American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and United Airlines. According to Cirium, an aviation analytics company, this trio of operators has collectively scheduled a grand total of 3,548 flights on routes to and from South America this month. These will offer 795,351 seats and 2,875,783,576 ASMs. In this article, we will compare the size of these three airlines’ operations in South America, and take a closer look at the wide variety of aircraft that they use to serve these routes. An interesting point to…

While Dubai has consistently maintained its position as the world’s busiest international airport, for the most part, it fell into second place when overall passenger capacity was included (international + domestic). However, the latest data revealed this month shows that Dubai has taken the top spot as the busiest airport in the world overall, despite not having any domestic services. But the question remains, if external factors played a role, which helped Dubai to overtake the previous holder of the position, Atlanta. Dubai International – Busiest In The World Credit: Shutterstock It has been over a decade since Dubai International Airport…

The United States has the world’s most lucrative credit card market, and that’s largely due to high interchange fees combined with very high credit card acceptance. Over the years there have been a lot of efforts to change the status quo and lower interchange fees, through both government bills and lawsuits. Along those lines, Visa and Mastercard are nearing a settlement with merchants, which could have some major implications for consumers, and could impact the credit card rewards that we earn. Interchange fees could decrease, in addition to new restrictions The Wall Street Journal reports that Visa and Mastercard are…

Few aircraft have changed global travel as profoundly as the Boeing 737. Introduced in the late 1960s, this twin-engine narrowbody family became the foundation of short and medium-haul air travel. Over nearly six decades, it evolved through four generations and served almost every major airline on Earth. For most of its life, it wasn’t just Boeing’s bestseller, it was the world’s most-delivered commercial jet. Although the Airbus A320 family officially surpassed the 737 in total deliveries in 2025, Boeing’s aircraft retains a legacy that is second to none. The 737’s success story is not simply about production numbers; it’s a…

The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued an emergency airworthiness directive grounding all McDonnell Douglas MD-11 and MD-11F aircraft pending structural inspections, following the fatal crash of a UPS freighter in Louisville, Kentucky. The order, issued as Emergency Airworthiness Directive 2025-23-51, comes four days after UPS Flight 2976, operated by the MD-11F registration N259UP, crashed shortly after takeoff from Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport (SDF), killing 14 people, including all three crew and 11 on the ground. According to the FAA, inspections and any corrective actions must be completed “before further flight.” The agency warned that the condition identified after the…

Qatar Airways will officially divest its entire 9.6% stake in Cathay Pacific, ending its eight-year shareholding stint with the Hong Kong-based carrier. The Qatari airline will sell its shares back to Cathay in a deal worth almost $900 million. Since completing its minority ownership back in 2017, Qatar has maintained a passive role at Cathay and is now cashing in to focus on other opportunities. Although benefiting from a 4% discount on market pricing, Cathay will be buying back the stake with a 35% premium on the price Qatar paid for its shares eight years ago. Qatar Airways Sells Its…