
While still waiting to become a part of the massively important transatlantic A++ joint venture, ITA Airways starts moving and behaving more as a full Lufthansa Group member airline. It joins the Europe-Japan joint venture with ANA. The agreement feels a little bit rushed to beat antitrust restrictions from Europe; however, it is a win-win…

A new special livery is coming to ANA’s fleet. The airline is introducing two new Pokémon liveries celebrating 30 years of the pop culture icon franchise. Something interesting, though: while Economy and Premium Economy passengers get one-time-use headrests, cups, and napkins themed after Pokémon, Business class only gets the cups and napkins and no headrest.…

The Paris Air Show is a space where most of the attention is focused on airlines and manufacturers revealing new aircraft orders that will reshape the fleet composition. However, it is also quite an interesting event for aircraft interior developments. ANA has presented a stunning and interesting new business class seat it will be soon…

First day of trading at the 2025 Paris Air Show was a big one for Airbus. The European aircraft manufacturer won over a strategically important deal with LOT Polish Airlines for its smallest aircraft type, the Airbus A220, one with Riyadh Air for its largest, the A350-1000, and one for its most successful mid-sized plane,…

Not much is known of how things are going within the Air India group following the merger with Vistara. The airline is not publicly traded and therefore has no obligation whatsoever to keep us in the loop of what is going on within the organization. All we know is that the airline is continuing to…

You just cannot afford to stand idle in the aviation industry. Not looking far ahead enough into the future in terms of fleet structure can be extremely costly. Millions, if not billions of dollars, can be left on the table years down the road without an effective fleet planning. With long waiting lists for aircraft,…

We have good news and bad news regarding Embraer produced aircraft, both regarding the new generation E2 of regional jets. One is an order the other an update on ongoing development. So let’s sort things out and delve into what news is from the Brazilian manufacturer. The Good News First: ANA Orders New Generation Embraer…

The latter stages of this 2024 summer have become safety video announcement season. Numerous airlines have been presenting their new safety videos that they will be showing on flights throughout the winter season. In the past few weeks, it was British Airways and then Cathay Pacific’s turn, now ANA is presenting its own. As the…