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United Adds New Features to Award-Winning Mobile App Like Virtual Gate, Club Recommendation Tool and Real-Time Bag Tracker

Source: United Airlines 'Virtual Gate' gives customers real-time updates about which groups are boarding and a progress bar that shows how many people have boarded United ClubSM 'closest and best' feature recommends nearby United Club locations based on proximity to travelers' gates and available capacity, with capacity insights initially offered at ORD and rolling out to additional airports in 2026 Package-delivery-style bag tracker shows real-time locations throughout the journey Personalized updates include guidance on traveling with strollers or wheelchairs, travel document requirements and biometric boarding options as well as arrival information like live weather data and local rideshare options United haslaunched new features to its award-winning mobile app to save customers even more time and further improve the overall travel [...]

2025-12-16T19:41:53+02:00December 16th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

American Airlines honors 2025 Circle of Excellence winners

Source: American Airlines American Airlines proudly celebrates the 100 recipients of its most prestigious career achievement award — the Circle of Excellence — for their exceptional contributions to American’s operation, customers and the communities it serves. These elite team members exemplify American’s core values, demonstrating the leadership, strategic innovation and undeniable excellence that drive the airline’s success every day. This year’s honorees are an exclusive group of professionals who set — and hold — the highest standard across our global network. Their impact reaches every corner of the business, and their service and selflessness are an inspiration to both customers and their fellow team members. A celebration under the wings The two-day Circle of Excellence celebration in Dallas-Fort Worth last [...]

2025-12-16T19:56:36+02:00December 16th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

JustFly Partners with Frontier Airlines to Expand Access to Ultra-Low-Cost Flights

Source: Frontier Airlines JustFly, a leading North American online travel agency, today announced a new partnership with Frontier Airlines that gives travelers more affordable flight options and a smoother booking experience. The collaboration connects JustFly directly to Frontier's fares and ancillary products, allowing customers to easily browse, compare, and book ultra-low-cost flights in real time. This partnership marks a key milestone in JustFly's mission to make travel simpler and more accessible. By linking directly with Frontier's reservation system, JustFly now gives customers access to fares and bundles that were once beyond reach through third-party systems. Customers benefit from faster searches and more comprehensive choices. "At JustFly, we're focused on giving travelers more choice and better value," said Christina Allen, VP [...]

2025-12-16T19:27:30+02:00December 16th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

American Airlines is ready to welcome millions of holiday travelers

Source: American Airlines Airline’s enhanced customer experience takes flight during one of the most-traveled times of the year. American Airlines is ready to welcome more than 12 million customers this winter holiday season across more than 119,000 flights — a larger schedule that provides customers more choices than in 2024. “Our more than 130,000 team members are committed to making our customers’ journeys on American this holiday season safe, reliable and enjoyable,” said David Seymour, American’s Chief Operating Officer. “Our team did an incredible job caring for customers during the recent Thanksgiving holiday and is excited to be serving them again wherever they’re headed for the holidays. We have been closely coordinating with our federal partners at the FAA, TSA [...]

2025-12-12T19:47:26+02:00December 12th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

On the ground and in the air, we Keep Climbing: Delta’s year of sustainability progress

Source: Delta Air Lines Delta made meaningful progress toward its decarbonization goals in 2025, including investing in next-generation aircraft, improving operational efficiency and scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Delta’s sustainability strategy is built on three pillars: “What We Fly, How We Fly, and The Fuel We Use.” As the global airline closes out its centennial year, Delta made meaningful progress across all three, including investing in next-generation aircraft, improving operational efficiency and scaling sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). These milestones reflect Delta’s ongoing commitment to transforming the future of flight and achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, and were instrumental in driving cost savings for the company. Check out the progress Delta made toward its decarbonization goals this year: What We Fly [...]

2025-12-12T20:04:26+02:00December 12th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

Frontier Adds Special Inflight Holiday Fun for Kids

Source: Frontier Airlines Frontier is spreading some special kid-focused holiday cheer this season with limited-edition holiday trading cards featuring four of the airline's famous plane tail animals. Kids flying Frontier through the end of January can request one of the cards, which highlight Blanco the Polar Bear, Flo the Flamingo, Ruby the Reindeer or Verde the Resplendent Quetzal, from a crew member during their flight. The back of each card contains information on the featured animal species, along with details on which Frontier aircraft has the animal on its tail.   Families flying Frontier over the next few weeks can also request a Letter to Santa Cardduring their flight which they can complete and return to a crew member. Some lucky [...]

2025-12-11T19:31:46+02:00December 11th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|

September 2025 U.S. Airline Traffic Data Down 0.9% from the Same Month Last Year

Source: US DOT Systemwide (domestic and international), U.S. airlines carried 76.8 million systemwide (80.9 million seasonally adjusted) scheduled service passengers in September 2025, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). When adjusted for seasonality, September enplanements are down 1.2% from August and down 2.8% from the all-time high reached in June 2024. BTS reported 67.4 million domestic passengers and 9.4 million international passengers on U.S. airlines flights in September, not adjusting for seasonality. U.S. airline traffic reports are filed monthly with BTS. See the tables that accompany this release on the BTS website for summary data since 2016 (Tables 1-24) and complete data since 2000. Trends (not seasonally adjusted) in U.S. airlines passenger enplanements September unadjusted  Systemwide enplanements (76.8M) were [...]

2025-12-11T19:37:29+02:00December 11th, 2025|AIRLINES, News, ORGANISATIONS|

Star Alliance Named World’s Leading Airline Alliance Once Again

Source: Air Canada Star Alliance has once again been recognised as the World's Leading Airline Alliance at the World Travel Awards 2025, continuing its six-year winning streak. This year's recognition reflects the Alliance's continued focus on shaping a more seamless experience across the customer journey — from booking and airport to connections and loyalty. The honour was announced at the Grand Final Gala Ceremony, held in Bahrain. Commenting on the achievement, Star Alliance CEO Theo Panagiotoulias said, "We are truly honoured to be named the World's Leading Airline Alliance once again, especially knowing it reflects the trust of travellers and industry peers. Our focus has always been on making customer journeys feel effortless, and our lounges bring the experience to [...]

2025-12-09T20:57:58+02:00December 10th, 2025|AIRLINES, News, ORGANISATIONS|

Boeing and United Airlines Test Advanced Digital Communications for the Future of Flight

Source: Boeing Boeing ecoDemonstrator Explorer airplane, a United 737-8, tested advanced digital communications to enhance operational efficiency Collaboration also included government agencies, Boeing suppliers, communications service providers and academia Boeing and United Airlines have conducted flight tests to evaluate a modernized data communication system designed to improve information flow between the flight deck, air traffic control and airline operation centers. With a United 737-8 jet serving as Boeing's 2025 ecoDemonstrator Explorer, the airline's pilots conducted test flights to assess Internet Protocol Suite (IPS) standards. The internet-based communications aim to enhance operational efficiency and flight safety while reducing air traffic congestion, fuel use, cost and emissions. The 2025 Boeing ecoDemonstrator Explorer began flight testing in late October for about two weeks, [...]

2025-12-10T19:50:57+02:00December 10th, 2025|AIRLINES, MANUFACTURERS, News|

WestJet and Scandinavian Airlines System strengthen partnership with reciprocal codeshare

Source: WestJet WestJet today announced a reciprocal codeshare partnership with Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), offering guests on both sides of the Atlantic enhanced access to a broader network of destinations all with the ease of a single booking. Available today, guests travelling from Calgary International Airport (YYC) on WestJet's non-stop transatlantic flights to Paris and London Heathrow, can expand their horizons to some of SAS' most popular destinations. This new codeshare agreement allows guests to book their entire journey on one ticket, while offering seamless single connection, baggage transfers and the ability to earn WestJet Rewards on any WestJet marketed itinerary with SAS. "Deepening our commercial connection with SAS means more seamless connections for guests on both sides of the [...]

2025-12-10T19:52:59+02:00December 10th, 2025|AIRLINES, News|