Alaska Airlines will acquire Hawaiian Airlines in a deal valued at approximately US$1.9 billion after the parent companies of each airline entered into a definitive agreement.

United Airlines has today begun its new Brisbane to Los Angeles service with the inaugural flight of UA284. The new non-stop service will fly three times a week using Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner aircraft, significantly increasing capacity to the US out of the Queensland captial.

Four Seasons announces the latest line-up of Private Jet itineraries for 2025 on the Four Seasons Private Jet Experience. From the idyllic shores of the Maldives to the endless plains of the Serengeti, the three final journeys for 2025, International Intrigue, African Wonders, and World of Adventures, return with exciting new destinations and experiences, including an extended private cruise exploration of the Galápagos islands and a stay at the award-winning Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at Sultanahmet.

Hawaiian Airlines will commence new daily nonstop service between Salt Lake City (SLC) and Honolulu. Starting 15 May 2024, Hawaiʻi’s hometown carrier will welcome guests flying between Utah and Hawaiʻi onboard its 189-seat Airbus A321neo aircraft.

Delta Air Lines is seriously mulling an expansion of its Australian operation beyond Sydney to include Melbourne and Brisbane, with new non-stop flights to either cities, or both, potentially as early as 2024.

I’m extremely fortunate that my first time flying to Japan, and thus my maiden experience with Japan Airlines, is up the front in the Sky Suite cabin. Japan Airlines (JAL) has three iterations of its Sky Suite and this is version one. Scheduled to depart Sydney at 8:15 am, it’s a 9 hour and 50 minute service to Tokyo, ample time to immerse myself in all the product has to offer.

Qantas has confirmed it will launch a new route to Europe next year, with Perth-Paris services to debut starting 12 July 2024. The flights will start in the lead up to the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games and European summer.

British Airways has completed the final phase of its lounge refresh, located at London Heathrow Terminal 5’s B gates, with a range of improvements

Emirates Inflight Meal Preordering Service is now live across 92 routes globally, with 30 new routes including Riyadh, Jeddah, Delhi, Mumbai and Kuala Lumpur offering the service. More than 10,000 preorders have already been delivered on over 3,000 flights, and more than 600 meal preorders are made by Emirates customers daily.

Star Alliance has opened a second lounge at Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and seventh globally. Available to First and Business Class passengers and Star Alliance Gold status customers on member airline flights, the lounge welcomes guests departing from gates 10 to 38 in Terminal 1. Eligible United Club and Air Canada Maple Leaf Club members may also access the lounge.

Hawaiian Airlines has tapped Hawaiʻi lifestyle brand Noho Home by Jalene Kanani Bell to design its new in-flight amenity kits and soft goods with a focus on sustainability and rooted in aloha.