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Hot Kosher Meals At The Newark Polaris Lounge Are Now Being Served, Plus United Gives Out Kosher Donuts For Chanukah!

Update, 12/19: It's a big day over at United's Newark kosher operations. I spoke with Fresko partner Avi Moche and he confirmed that United's soft...

[Updated With Additional Route Details] WOW! Icelandair Will Fly To Israel Next Year!

Update, 2:50pm: This post has been updated with additional details provided by Icelandair. Originally posted 12/13 at 11:25am: Back in late 2010s, WOW Air offered dirt...

United Goes All-In On 787 And 737 MAX Orders

United announced some major aircraft purchases from Boeing today. They have made a firm order for 100 787 Dreamliners, with options to purchases another 100...

[Update: Now Goes Into Effect 5/7/25] Real ID Requirement Will Be Delayed, Yet Again

Update, 12/5/22: DHS has announced that the Real ID requirement will now go into effect (allegedly) on 5/7/25. Update, 4/27/21: DHS has announced that the...

Ouch: Delta Is Making Major Changes To Lounge Access

Last week I wrote about Delta introducing priority lanes for SkyClub access due to massive overcrowding and long lines to enter their lounges. Today, Delta...

The Conclusion: Passengers From Lufthansa Flight 401 Are Now Receiving $17,400 Settlement Checks, What Are The Lessons From The #Flight401 Fiasco In Frankfurt?

Previous coverage: Part 1, originally published on 5/8: A DansDeals Special Investigation: OUTRAGEOUS: German Airline Bans Jews From Flying; Lufthansa Supervisor: It’s “Jewish People...

Goodbye To Singapore Suites From The US

Singapore Airlines was the launch customer for the A380 in 2007, introducing the first suites (SQuites in DDF parlance, thanks to the airline's SQ...

After Successful Testing, Delta Will Introduce Priority SkyClub Lanes At More Airports

Ever since travel demand picked up post-COVID, Delta's SkyClubs have been plagued by shockingly long entry lines and overcrowding. https://twitter.com/williamson711/status/1562188622882750468 In part, that's because the food...

Delta Launches Basic Economy Fares On Nonstop Flights From North America To Israel, Will Other Airlines Match?

In 2019, Delta launched basic economy fares on some connecting flights between North America and Israel. I expected other airlines to copy them, but for...

United Launches A New Club Concept In Denver

United has just opened a new club concept in Denver near gate B61 in the new Denver B East Expansion gates. Rather than a...

Life Imitating Art: A Plane With An Israeli Soldier Diverted To Iran Last Week

FlyDubai flight 1942 took off last Thursday from Tashkent, Uzbekistan en-route to Dubai. Onboard the flight was a 19 year old female Israeli soldier,...

American Diverted Tonight’s Tel Aviv To JFK Flight…Before It Even Left The Ground

American Airlines' flight 145 on Thursday from Tel Aviv to JFK is scheduled to depart shortly, at 12:45am IST/6:45pm EDT. However, at 7:10pm IST/1:10pm EDT...

Air France Will Be Restoring Kosher Meals From JFK; Airlines, Can We Get Edible Food As Well?

Several DDF members have been commenting on the lack of kosher meals on Air France flights from JFK to Paris for the past several...

Ends Tomorrow: Match Your Elite Status To LATAM For Benefits On Delta And Other Airlines

Match Your Elite Status To LATAM For Benefits On Delta And Other Airlines For a $39 fee, US residents can match their status with airlines...

[Now On Sale For Just $0.01!] Eschewing Basic Economy, Southwest Will Ask Customers, Do You Wanna Pay More For Added Benefits?

Update, 10/20/22: Wanna Get Away Plus fares are available for just $0.01 more than Wanna Get Away fares when you book or rebook travel...

Here’s How US Airlines Managed Israel Flight Scheduling For Yom Kippur This Year

Update: In the end, American cancelled their AA145 service after Yom Kippur from Tel Aviv to JFK at 12:50am. They replaced it with AA9600,...

[Update: United Temporarily Suspends JFK Flights] United Will Return To JFK!

Update, 9/30/22: With the Biden administration's case against the American-JetBlue alliance failing to settle before trial, United confirms that they are forced to temporarily suspend their...

[Flights Now On Sale From Just $457!] Will Cleveland Get Nonstop Service To Europe?

Update: Flights are now on sale as of 5/19/23!  A round-trip intro fare of $457 round-trip in "saver" or $577 round-trip in "smart" is available...

American Confirms New Flagship Suites In Business Class, Will Kill Off First Class

First class has officially gone the way of the dodo for all airlines based in the Americas. In the last decade, airlines like TAM...

El Al Will Once Again Sell Inaugural Flights To Tokyo, Is The Third Time The Charm?

El Al originally planned to launch service to Tokyo in March of 2020 before the Olympics with 3 weekly flights. Then COVID hit, the...

[United Confirms Partnership Details] Emirates And United Will Form Partnership!

Update: United has now confirmed the details of the partnership. Passengers on United's new Newark-Dubai flight can connect to more than 100 cities on...

United Now Selling Daily Nonstop Flights Between Newark And Dubai

United is now selling daily nonstop flights between Newark and Dubai, operated by the 777-200 with 50 Polaris business class seats, 24 Premium economy...

[United Confirms Negotiations For Airport Club!] Tel Aviv Ben Gurion Airport Will Expand Again To Accommodate Record Passenger Growth Rates

Update: United confirms that they are in negotiations with Natbag to open a club in the airport to service their 28 weekly flights between...

[Will Israel Walk Back Ban?] Israel Will Ban 747s, A340s, And A380s Next Year

Update: After up uproar and confusion in the aviation world and from IATA about the purpose of this ban, Israel is taking a step...

The DOT Compiles An Airline Customer Service Dashboard, But Airlines Still Decide What Is A Controllable Delay

The DOT has surveyed airlines and put together this dashboard with airline commitments on what they will do in case of "controllable" cancellations and...

Qantas Will Fly Nonstop Between JFK And Auckland!

Earlier this year OneWorld carrier Qantas announced that they ordered planes that will be able to fly nonstop from Sydney to JFK and London....

United Adds A Valuable New Mileage Redemption Partner

Last October I spent a whirlwind week and a half jumping off bridges, going on safari, flying on a microlight, and swimming to the...

[American Gets Onboard As Well!] Boom: United Orders Supersonic Jets!

Update: American has now placed a non-refundable deposit on 20 of their own Boom aircraft, with an option to buy up to 60. They...

Master Chart Of US Airlines’ Change Fee Waivers

United shocked the airline industry when they announced they would permanently eliminate change fees on domestic flights. Of course given that United sold lifetime Club Memberships, lifetime Silver Wings Memberships, and...

The DOT’s Proposed Refund Policy Is A Good Start, But Misses The Bigger Picture; Here’s What You Can Do

The DOT is looking to codify their refund requirements as described here. It's being marketed as great news for consumers, but I'm skeptical. Before digging...

WOW! El Al Adding Present Location Zmanim To The 787 Entertainment System!

Judaism has specific rules for times and directions for the morning, afternoon, and evening prayers. And like everything in Judaism, there are endless opinions...

The Odd Tale Of American Airlines Flight 145 From Tel Aviv To JFK That Spent 29 Hours In Rome

The tale of Tuesday's AA flight 145 is an odd one. The plane departed Tel Aviv on time, at 12:50am and seemed like it would...

[Now Available In Multiple Lounges] Awesome! Kosher Food Arrives At Istanbul Airport!

Update, 7/29: Rabbi Chitrik, Chairman of the Alliance of Rabbis in Islamic States, shares that kosher food is now available in Turkish Airlines' awesome...

Lufthansa Denies Antisemitism Played A Role In Their Fiasco In Frankfurt

Previous coverage: Part 1, originally published on 5/8: OUTRAGEOUS: German Airline Bans Jews From Flying; Lufthansa Supervisor: It’s “Jewish People Who Were The Mess,...

WOW! Southwest Credits No Longer Expire, Great Use For Airline Fee Credits!

When airlines permanently removed change fees during the pandemic, it took away one of Southwest's key differentiation points, their fee-free flight changes. Southwest still provides...

[United Flights Now For Sale] Delta And United Win New Routes To Cape Town

Update: United is now selling their new year-round nonstop flights between Washington/IAD and Cape Town starting 11/17 on the Boeing 787-9. Flights to Africa...

[Update: Spirit Shareholders Reject Frontier Merger] Frontier And Spirit Plan To Merge And Create An Even Larger Terrible Airline

Update: After nearly 6 months of back and forth offers as Frontier and JetBlue improved their bids to acquire Spirit, Frontier refused to improve...

Airline Refusing To Provide Free Advance Seating Next To Your Kids? The DOT Wants You To File A Complaint About It!

Airlines have made it more and more difficult to be seated next to your travel companion for free. On basic economy fares there are no...

Last Week Was A Very Good Week For Israeli Airlines

Israeli airlines had a whole lot of winning last week. El Al, which has been besieged by pilot issues for years, finally came to an...

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