Linking the Travel Industry | Air France-KLM buys Stake in WestJet

Eastern Airways (UK) Ltd goes into administration, with all flight operations cancelled.

Air France-KLM buys a minority stake in WestJet.

IndiGo (InterGlobe Aviation Ltd) launch their Delhi - Guangzhou and Mumbai–London routes.

With Riyadh Air | طيران الرياض's inaugural London flights came some posts about how they are doing things differently. Me and some others asked more questions about the phrase "Delivery with Order" and Benjamin Waymark from INKdid a great job at explaining these in more detail.

Two major incidents of bad behaviour on flights this week:
📌 A United Airlines flight was delayed for more than 4 hours after an onboard dispute broke out between two flight attendants before departure.
📌A Lufthansa flight from Chicago to Frankfurt was forced to divert to Boston after a passenger allegedly stabbed two teenagers with a metal fork and assaulted another traveler mid-flight.

Richard Branson's post about Virgin being given the OK to launch a competitor service to Eurostar through the Channel Tunnel is met with huge applause by thousands.

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