The long-running saga of Lufthansa’s investment in Italy’s ITA, the 96 aircraft airline that arose from the ashes of Alitalia, is over. Lufthansa Group has been given approval to acquire .....

The long-running saga of Lufthansa’s investment in Italy’s ITA, the 96 aircraft airline that arose .....

4 Jul 20244 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 16 comments

On Thursday I was in Paris for the opening of the new Star Alliance non-Schengen lounge in Charles de Gaulle Airport. It is the seventh Star Alliance-branded lounge to open and all of the senior team .....

On Thursday I was in Paris for the opening of the new Star Alliance non-Schengen lounge in Charles de Gaulle .....

16 Oct 202316 October 2023 by Rhys Jones • 61 comments

As regular readers will know, the move to ‘dynamic pricing’ for Virgin Flying Club flight rewards seems to have been cover for slashing the number of reward seats available – if you .....

As regular readers will know, the move to ‘dynamic pricing’ for Virgin Flying Club flight rewards .....

15 Dec 202415 December 2024 by Rob Burgess • 85 comments

There is, as usual, a lot going on at Qatar Airways, not least the launch of the impressive Qsuite Next Gen business class seat which we covered yesterday. I joined a pool interview with the new Qatar .....

There is, as usual, a lot going on at Qatar Airways, not least the launch of the impressive Qsuite Next Gen .....

24 Jul 202424 July 2024 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

This is our review of Scandinavian Airlines long haul business class. You may not know it, but Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) was the first airline to fly over the North Pole on a commercial flight, when .....

This is our review of Scandinavian Airlines long haul business class. You may not know it, but Scandinavian .....

23 Dec 202423 December 2024 by Rhys Jones • 42 comments

This is our review of the Cowley Manor Experimental hotel in the Cotswolds. Our plan for half term had been to go to Dubai to catch some sun but life got in the way and we had to postpone the trip .....

This is our review of the Cowley Manor Experimental hotel in the Cotswolds. Our plan for half term had been to .....

16 Nov 202416 November 2024 by Conny Urban • 31 comments

This is our review of Emirates premium economy seat and service on an A380 flight from London Heathrow to Dubai International. Emirates’ premium economy has been on my bucket list ever since it .....

This is our review of Emirates premium economy seat and service on an A380 flight from London Heathrow to .....

21 May 202421 May 2024 by Rhys Jones • 98 comments

If you have a booking with WOW Air, you need to keep a very close eye on it. The airline appears to be on the cusp of going bankrupt. Icelandair has walked away from its agreed deal to buy the airline .....

If you have a booking with WOW Air, you need to keep a very close eye on it. The airline appears to be on the .....

30 Nov 201830 November 2018 by Rob Burgess • 162 comments

British Airways has been filing its schedules for 2023 this week, and as part of that it has launched a number of new routes. Ski flights from Gatwick (click to read) have relaunched, as have a number .....

British Airways has been filing its schedules for 2023 this week, and as part of that it has launched a number .....

12 Aug 202212 August 2022 by Rhys Jones • 38 comments

Last week we covered a new offer from Avios and The Economist magazine, which allowed you to earn up to 18,000 Avios for taking out a subscription. We assumed that this offer would double-up with the .....

Last week we covered a new offer from Avios and The Economist magazine, which allowed you to earn up to 18,000 .....

10 Jun 202110 June 2021 by Rob Burgess

A couple of months ago, British Airways opened the ‘First Dining Room’ inside its existing lounge complex at Heathrow Terminal 3. It wasn’t called the ‘Concorde Room’ .....

A couple of months ago, British Airways opened the ‘First Dining Room’ inside its existing lounge .....

25 Aug 202325 August 2023 by Rob Burgess • 37 comments

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you can fly 15 of the SkyTeam alliance carriers by the end of 2024, you will receive 1 million .....

Rob writes: In October, SAS announced the million points challenge – here’s our article. If you .....

29 Dec 202429 December 2024 by HfP team • 82 comments

This is a guest post by Oliver Ranson, who runs the fascinating Airline Revenue Economics blog on Substack. You can read Oliver’s previous HfP articles, “How we built the first business .....

This is a guest post by Oliver Ranson, who runs the fascinating Airline Revenue Economics blog on Substack. .....

16 Dec 202316 December 2023 by HfP team • 73 comments

Danish Air Transport, a small regional carrier which operates domestic routes across Denmark, Norway and Germany, will be operating a number of British Airways short haul flights this summer. It is a .....

Danish Air Transport, a small regional carrier which operates domestic routes across Denmark, Norway and .....

9 Apr 20249 April 2024 by Rob Burgess • 48 comments