German Airline Group Deutsche Lufthansa has revealed the first initial routes to receive the new "Queen of the Skies," also known as the 747-8 series aircraft, starting in approximately one month's time.

On Friday, Lufthansa announced on its social media newsroom page that its first Boeing 747-8 has been delivered fresh from Seattle, and commencing June 1st, the carrier will operate 6 weekly flights to its launch destination, Washington-Dulles International airport ...

This week we saw two new aircraft liveries released. Like any jet enthusiast I was very excited to see both of these photos and I cannot wait until my own eyes spot em!


The very first Russian built Sukhoi Superjet (SSJ) to be painted in any air alliance livery was rolled out by Russia's Aeroflot airline! Aeroflot, Russia's largest airline rolled out their 6th SSJ -100 configured with 87 seats in the skyteam ...

Star Alliance CEO Jaan Albrecht sat down with Business Traveler this week after a Star Alliance board meeting (in beautiful Queenstown, New Zealand) to discuss a wide-variety of topics. Here are some of the highlights:

On consolidation:

Consolidation is a trend we are seeing, and it's happening on a regional basis – there is lots of consolidation in Europe, in North America and Latin America, and that will continue. But the added value of the alliance is to be like a ...

I had the pleasure of flying on Aeroflot three times in late 2008 and have become a big fan of the airline that many bypass simply because of its Soviet-era reputation.

Aeroflot understands it still has some work to do on its brand image and has taken steps to refresh its cabins, enhance meal service, and retrain its cabin attendants.

Last year, the company sent 50 flight attendants to Mil-Com Aerospace Group in Singapore for training. Eight of those cabin-crew ...