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Delta Air Lines is planning to ban single-use plastic items such as straws, stir sicks and utensils from its planes by 2019, making it the fourth major airline company this year to announce it will ditch plastic straws in favor of environmentally friendly alternatives. Delta in an announcement on Wednesday said it has already begun phasing out single-use… Continue reading Delta Airlines Planning to Ban Straws on Flights By 2019

U.S. airlines are on track to add a new gender option for “non-binary” passengers. Airlines for America (A4A) in the USA and the global International Air Transport Association (IATA) have recently approved a new international best-practices standard that suggests accommodation for travelers using “non-binary IDs.” The suggested standard will create an option for “unspecified” or… Continue reading Airlines To Begin Adding New Gender Option For ‘Non-Binary’ Flyers

Australia’s Qantas on Sunday completed the first non-stop commercial flight from New York to Sydney, which was used to run a series of tests to assess the effects of ultra-long-haul flights on crew fatigue and passenger jetlag. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner touched down in Sydney early Sunday morning after a flight of 19 hours and… Continue reading Qantas Sets Record With Nearly 20-hour Commercial Flight From New York to Sydney

Currently, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) is reviewing plans to remove or eliminate security screening process from several small and midsize airports in the USA. The security agency has stated this would cut costs for the agency per year. The agency believes that this would not affect overall security for the airline industry. The agency… Continue reading TSA Is Planning To Eliminate Security Screening Process At Smaller Airports!

Travelers who want to go to Presque Isle, Maine, from New Jersey can go easily. Same is for the bustling metropolis of Rapid City in South Dakota. The reason behind is the United Airlines launching a nonstop service from Newark Liberty International Airport to both of those remote locations. United is the Newark’s largest carrier… Continue reading Including a town with 9K people, United adds 3 new destinations from Newark!

Delhi airport or Indira Gandhi International Airport will phase out the physical stamping of domestic outbound boarding passes. This means this thing will end physical stamping on boarding passes at this airport. This process will start in August onwards with Go-Air Passengers flying out Terminal 2 and then extended to other airlines at the 2… Continue reading No More Physical Stamping Of Boarding Passes At Delhi Airport (IGI)!

Skytrax, an aviation research firm, announced its 2019 ranking of the best airlines in the world on Tuesday. The awards, seen as among the most prestigious in the business, are voted for by consumers. Below are the top 20: 1. Qatar Airways (up from No. 2) 2. Singapore Airlines (down from No. 1) 3. ANA… Continue reading Skytrax’s Best Airlines of 2019: Qatar Airways grabs the top spot, Singapore is No. 2