by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Technology, Travel
Silicon Valley mobile messaging business Clickatell has “gone live” with its “Chat 2 Pay” feature with South African budget carrier FlySafair. The airline is to the first to deploy the feature, which provides “a pay-by-link capability...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Technology
Helicopter manufacturer Leonardo has agreed research tie-ups with the Israeli Innovation Authority and Ramot Tel Aviv University. The aim. Leonardo announced, “is to strengthen relations with Israel’s innovation ecosystem, which fuels 15% of its GDP [gross...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight
After a troubled late 2022 in which it cancelled thousands of Christmas flights and later reported huge losses, Southwest Airlines has won some respite by being on Fortune’s 2023 list of World’s Most Admired Companies. The airlines came in 23rd overall and...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Travel
Flag carrier Finnair is to end its in-flight and pre-order retail sales of cosmetics, accessories, gifts and other retail products. In-flight sales are to end on all flights on 28 February 2023, but pre-orders will be delivered until 18 April. Passengers will not have...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, Inspiration
The UK Department for Transport has joined Boeing, British Airways, and the William Gibbs Trust to fund a programme that aims to inspire, enable, and support state school students into aviation, aerospace, and space. The Air League, the charity that changes lives...
by Victoria Tozer-Pennington | Flight, London
IAG Cargo has carried the Airbus-sized cast of one of the largest-ever dinosaurs from Buenos Aires to London for its first-ever European exhibition. The dinosaur, known as titanosaur Patagotitan mayorum, is around the same length as a British Airways’ Airbus A320...
