Every two years, Icelandair hosts the Midatlantic travel trade show in Reykjavik, allowing travel vendors from the regions that the airline serves to gather together and present and promote their offerings to travel buyers, travel journalists, and to network with one another. It’s always a great event, and this avgeek travel reporter always finds plenty […]
Stories by Francis Zera
Icelandair has, other than their domestic/feeder airline, long had an all-Boeing mainline fleet consisting of 737 MAX-8 and MAX-9, 757-200, 757-300, and 767 jetliners. That all changed on Dec. 10, 2024, when the airline placed an A321LR into service as TF-IAA, named Esia, per their protocol of naming aircraft after Icelandic volcanoes. There’s a lot […]
We usually cover specific events at airports, often relating to aircraft or airline events, but sometimes about milestones at the airport itself. We’re going to try something new – profiling airports you may not know about, ones that have an interesting history or attribute. First up will be Virginia Tech/Montgomery Executive Airport in Blacksburg, Virginia […]
On Oct. 2, Seattle-Tacoma International Airport added yet another international carrier and city to its service roster: Manila’s Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) via Philippine Airlines (PAL). The jet arrived after dark, allowing for some unusual and fun photo opportunities. Washington State is home to the United States’ fourth-largest Filipino population, and the route has […]
STARLUX Airlines added Seattle as its third North American destination on Aug. 16, 2024, following Los Angeles and San Francisco, which saw service starts in 2023. The fledgling Taiwan-based airline was launched in 2018, with its first services from Taipei to Macau, Penang, and Da Nang having started in 2020. The carrier positions itself as […]