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Dubai Airshow 2025: flydubai Orders up to 150 A321neos

November 18, 2025 Updated on November 19, 2025 by Ajay Leave A Comment

At the Dubai Airshow, 2025, flydubai has signed its first order with Airbus, becoming a customer of the A321neo.

Dubai Airshow 2025 : Emirates orders 65 more Boeing 777X Aircraft

November 17, 2025 by Ajay Leave A Comment

An Emirates airplane is flying over a cityscape with skyscrapers partially covered by clouds. The sky is clear and blue, and the tallest building, resembling the Burj Khalifa, is visible above the clouds.

At the 2025 edition of the Dubai Airshow, Emirates orders a slate of widebody aircraft from Boeing. Here are the details of the orders.

DAS 2025: Emirates Signs Up for Starlink Inflight Wi-Fi across 232 A380 and 777 aircraft.

November 17, 2025 by Ajay Leave A Comment

Dubai Airshow started with the announcement of Emirates signing up for Starlink connectivity across their fleet. The first plane is already good to fly and the fleet will complete rollout by November 2027.

Wyndham Rewards offering Status Upgrades through December 2025 or 5X Points

November 14, 2025 by Ajay Leave A Comment

A silver suitcase with a large blue bow is in the foreground, set in a blurred hotel lobby. The text on the left reads, "Claim Your Free Member Level Upgrade."

Wyndham Rewards, the rewards programme of Wyndham hotels and resorts and 25 associated brands, is offering a free bump to higher status if you intend to stay with them over the next 45 days or so.

Marriott Bonvoy will grant soft-landing to members in 2026

November 10, 2025 by Ajay 1 Comment

Marriott Bonvoy has announced that it will offer a soft landing to members who do not qualify for status during 2025 membership year.

Air France-KLM’ Flying Blue Loyalty Programme offering Status Match (including in India)

November 6, 2025 by Ajay 6 Comments

Flying Blue is offering a paid Status Match across various geographies, including India and the UAE. And you can match Platinum Status. Here are the details.

Air India completes A320neo narrowbody aircraft retrofit

November 3, 2025 by Ajay 3 Comments

Air India has completed the first phase of its $400 million retrofit exercise, with the airline having finished with 27 A320neo aircraft as of October 31, 2025.

Get ITC Hotels “Club ITC” Elite Status by Status Matching your Hotel or Airline Status

November 1, 2025 by Ajay 1 Comment

Club ITC is offering a status match opportunity to their Gold Tier level (their mid-tier), where you can match any hotel or any airline Gold/Platinum/Diamond status, etc, to get the status match. Details inside.

Campbell Wilson makes first public appearance after the AI171 Crash: Talks about Pakistan overfly closure; Air India’s widebody fleet upgrade through 2028 and more.

October 31, 2025 by Ajay Leave A Comment

Two men are seated on a stage for a keynote CEO interview. The man on the left is wearing a vest and white shirt, and the man on the right is in a suit with a red tie. They are sitting in front of a large screen displaying text about the interview, which includes their names and titles. There are small tables with water bottles and flowers in front of them. The event is part of "Aviation India 2023."

Air India is getting to the place it wants to be, just not fast enough. Here is what Campbell Wilson mentioned about the progress at an event earlier this week in Delhi 2025.

IndiGo orders another 30 Airbus A350-900 aircraft

October 18, 2025 by Ajay Leave A Comment

A group of eight people is posing for a photo in a conference room. Two men are seated at a table in the front, shaking hands over a model airplane. The table has nameplates for Christian Scherer and Pieter Elbers. Behind them, six people are standing, dressed in formal attire. A backdrop displays the logos of IndiGo and Airbus.

IndiGo signed on the dotted line for another 30 A350-900 aircraft with Airbus today. That makes them now a serious player with 60 A350 aircraft on order, with an entry into service in 2027.