Posts by Mika Hämäläinen

Philippine Airlines has pushed planned A350-1000 service on Manila-Toronto from 24 May to 5 June, a short delay that still matters because Toronto is one of the clearest places to…

Saudia now appears to be aiming its A321XLR inauguration at a one-off Jeddah-Madrid rotation in early June, but reservations are still not available, making this look more like a cautious…

Virgin Atlantic is adding extra Cape Town and Johannesburg flying for Northern winter 2026/27, and the shape of the increase suggests it sees both leisure and corporate demand in South…

LATAM Brasil has lifted Sao Paulo-Amsterdam from a planned five weekly flights to six, a small-looking move that usually means the market is outperforming the original forecast. (more…)

Most airline system updates are invisible until they go wrong. ANA’s decision to spell out service limitations ahead of its May 19 to June 9 migration window is a sign…

“Most punctual airline” can read like a nice marketing trophy. For SAS right now, it is much more than that. Reliability has become one of the cleanest ways for the…

SWISS has decided to end inflight duty-free sales and move the offer online. That may sound like a small cabin-service housekeeping change. It is actually a neat snapshot of how…

SAS’s warning about a coming e-SAF shortage is nominally a sustainability story. It is really an energy-security story, a pricing story, and potentially a connectivity story too. What makes it…

ANA’s latest full-year numbers are strong on their own, but the bigger story is the change in posture behind them. This no longer looks like a carrier focused mainly on…