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21/08/2026

Review: Strata Lounge (Auckland Airport)

Some trips start with a plan and some start with a screenshot of a fare that seems too good to leave alone. This one was the latter. LATAM operates a fifth freedom flight between Auckland and Sydney...

Some trips start with a plan and some start with a screenshot of a fare that seems too good to leave alone. This one was the latter. LATAM operates a fifth freedom flight between Auckland and Sydn…

19/08/2026

Review: United Premium Plus 737 MAX 8 (Newark to Nuuk)

When United announced last year that it was launching service to Nuuk, Greenland I knew immediately that I had to find a way onto that airplane...

When United announced last year that it was launching service to Nuuk, Greenland I knew immediately that I had to find a way onto that airplane. I missed the inaugural last year, which still sting…

18/08/2026

American's Seatback Screen Reversal: The Right Call, Roughly a Decade Late

There is a particular kind of vindication that comes with watching an airline quietly abandon a strategy you never believed in. American Airlines has done just that...

There is a particular kind of vindication that comes with watching an airline quietly abandon a strategy you never believed in. American Airlines has done just that and announced it will install s…

17/08/2026

How Airlines Actually Handle Food Allergies

I was three rows back on a domestic flight last month when I watched something that has stuck with me ever since...

I was three rows back on a domestic flight last month when I watched something that has stuck with me ever since. A woman near the front had notified the crew about a severe peanut allergy, and th…

14/08/2026

Two American Airlines Flights With the Same Callsign Merge Over Albuquerque Center

Every so often a piece of ATC audio surfaces that makes controllers and pilots alike sit up straight. This is one of them. Over Albuquerque, a controller found himself talking to two separate American Airlines jets..

Every so often a piece of ATC audio surfaces that makes controllers and pilots alike sit up straight. This is one of them. Over Albuquerque, a controller found himself talking to two separate Amer…

11/08/2026

Delta's Return to Narita Isn't Nostalgia - It's a Turf War

When Delta announced it would launch Seattle–Tokyo Narita next year, the reaction from anyone who followed the airline's Pacific strategy over the last decade was roughly the same: wait, didn't they just spend years getting out of there???

When Delta announced it would launch Seattle–Tokyo Narita next year, the reaction from anyone who followed the airline’s Pacific strategy over the last decade was roughly the same: wait, did…

10/08/2026

Do Airplanes Have Speed Limits?

Ask most people whether airplanes have speed limits and you'll get a puzzled look. There are no radar traps at 35,000 feet, no troopers hiding behind a cloud. And yet the sky is one of the most speed-regulated environments humans operate in...

Ask most people whether airplanes have speed limits and you’ll get a puzzled look. There are no radar traps at 35,000 feet, no troopers hiding behind a cloud. And yet the sky is one of the m…

07/08/2026

The 5 Things That Annoy Me Most About Air Travel

I love flying. I love the smell of jet fuel drifting across the ramp, the sound of a GE90s spooling up, the way a wingtip vortex curls off the flaps on a wet day. Aviation is, without exaggeration, one of humanity's great achievements. We routinely launch 180 strangers into the stratosphere at 500 knots and land them safely on the other side of a continent....

I love flying. I love the smell of jet fuel drifting across the ramp, the sound of a GE90s spooling up, the way a wingtip vortex curls off the flaps on a wet day. Aviation is, without exaggeration…

05/08/2026

US Military GPS Jamming Downed Air Ambulance - Should We Be Worried?

I don't talk about general aviation much around here — my usual beat runs toward airline route maps, seat pitch, and which terminal has the good coffee. But this is certainly a special interest story...

I don’t talk about general aviation much around here — my usual beat runs toward airline route maps, seat pitch, and which terminal has the good coffee. But this is certainly a special inter…

03/08/2026

Gross: Delta Air Lines Partners With DraftKings for "Gambling" in the Air

Every so often an airline announces something that makes you stop mid-scroll and read the headline twice. Delta Air Lines rolling out a sports "prediction" (read: gambling) game built with DraftKings — the sportsbook...

Every so often an airline announces something that makes you stop mid-scroll and read the headline twice. Delta Air Lines rolling out a sports “prediction” (read: gambling) game built …

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