January 2015

New Year, New Story, New Livery: Transavia Rebrands

Transavia, the charming Dutch low-cost leisure carrier which has been the bone of so much contention between parent company Air France/KLM and its pilots unions, …

Terminal Fascination The Flight Fantastic

Hungry? Foodie SAS Brings More Than Smør to the New Business Class Brød

Starting 28 January, SAS will launch an improved service on all its SAS Business long-haul flights featuring a restaurant dining experience with a greater selection …

Aviation Matters The Competitive Edge The Peanut Wars

Snow? What Snow? Feel the Heat Of the Stories Behind These 4 Aviation Stories You Might Have Missed

Every week, besides the articles I write here on Flight Chic and on VolandoAndo, I prepare Flight Chic Special Reports for leading industry publications. While …

Clear Skies Ahead The Flight Fantastic

Soon SAS’s Newly Converted A330 Viking Takes to the Skies

Erik Viking has had a long tiring journey while undergoing a cabin refurbishment and Tweeting all about it, but soon he will take to the …

Aviation Matters Puttin' on Airs

Amuse-Bouche, Controversy Sandwich and a Little Wafer: 6 nearly 7 Aviation Stories You Might Have Missed

I get assignments and am encouraged to recommend topics, but I don’t decide what news will be hot each week and what developments might need a special article. The fates of aviation decide such things. That’s why the common threads between these stories fascinates me. Just as it happened week before last, these stories evolved with an unintended theme. The theme was: stuff to argue about.