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Airbus' new plane is the answer to an aging, inefficient Boeing jet that airlines are scrambling to replace
Boeing ended 757 production in 2004, not seeing a market need for a replacement. That allowed Airbu…
Taylor Rains
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Airbus' game-changing A321XLR will enter service soon. These airlines have already announced routes with the new plane, including 3 to the US.
Airlines are beginning to publish flight schedules using the new Airbus A321XLR plane, including so…
Taylor Rains
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Southwest will never be the same again
Southwest has caved to pressure to change its long-standing low-cost playbook in favor of an airlin…
Taylor Rains
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I flew Icelandair for the first time. My $850 round-trip ticket didn't include snacks, but I would definitely fly with the airline again.
I encountered a few surprises along the way, including smaller luggage requirements than I was used…
Talia Lakritz
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I spent $1,800 to fly 10 hours in premium class on Icelandair. Here's what the somewhat deluxe experience was like.
On recent long flights to French Polynesia and Thailand, I flew in United Polaris business class wi…
Kara Williams
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Delta chartered an Airbus A330 jet just to get 1,000 bags stranded in Europe back to customers in the US
Delta's charter flew from London to Detroit after a regularly scheduled flight was canceled, the ai…
Taylor Rains
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Icelandair is flying its own baggage handlers to Amsterdam and back to help load and unload luggage
An Icelandair spokesperson told Icelandic broadcaster RUV the new system is designed to decrease fl…
Taylor Rains
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The US government just allowed an Icelandic airline to offer flights between the US and Cuba. But buying tickets comes with restrictions.
Three US airlines objected to Icelandair operating flights between the US and Cuba but the US gover…
Thomas Pallini
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Icelandair forgot a passenger's wheelchair on his way to New York, then did the same on his flight home to Denmark
The passenger said Icelandair never offered him any compensation after leaving him without his cust…
Grace Dean
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I traveled to Iceland as a vaccinated American and the entry and exit process was tedious, but easy if you understand the rules
Icelandair ticket counter at New York-JFKTaylor Rains/Insider
Taylor Rains
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Kansas City named the best place on earth to work remotely, beating out international metropolises and capital cities
The Missouri city topped a list of 150 cities, which were analysed according to factors like intern…
Abby Wallace
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Many airlines have 'stopover' programs that let travelers tour a city between connecting flights, and some will even pay for a hotel — here's how to book them
Airlines have capitalized on a trend of people booking super-long layovers to give them time in a h…
Taylor Rains
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Iceland is officially opening to vaccinated American tourists and its national airline is rushing to launch cheap flights from the US to attract visitors
Iceland was a popular travel destination for Americans before the pandemic. Now, Icelandair is hopi…
Thomas Pallini
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Icelandair is warning travelers they can't use the country as a backdoor into Europe
Iceland is one of the first European countries opening to vaccinated Americans. But the rest of Eur…
Thomas Pallini
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One of the first American tourists back in Iceland reveals what he went through to enter the country under its new entry rules for vaccinated travelers
Andy Luten booked his ticket as soon as he heard that Iceland was open to vaccinated Americans, and…
Thomas Pallini
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Meet the heavy metal-drumming CEO bringing back cheap transatlantic travel, and learning from the mistakes of his airline's failed predecessors
Birgir Jónsson is the CEO of Icelandic budget airline Play. He told BI how Iceland's geography lend…
Pete Syme
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A woman tested positive for COVID during a transatlantic flight and isolated for 5 hours in the plane bathroom
Marisa Fotieo, a Michigan schoolteacher, was feeling unwell so took a rapid test while flying from …
Marianne Guenot
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Icelandair says it's letting go of all its flight attendants — and shifting their duties to the pilots
Flight attendants are key part to maintaining in-flight safety, and it's not clear how a pilot coul…
Rachel Premack
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9 passenger airliners that have landed on Antarctica's rugged runways made out of blue ice
For over a decade, Boeing and Airbus aircraft have regularly ferried scientists, athelets, and deep…
Taylor Rains
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A Boeing 787 Dreamliner made history. It's the first of its kind to fly into Antarctica — landing on an icy runway with 45 passengers.
Budget carrier Norse Atlantic joined the Antarctic club when it flew a Boeing 787 with 45 passenger…