AA service culture is not QF service culture.I agree with jad01's comment regarding AA flight attendants darkening the windows on planes like the Dreamliner that give them this ability. I assume they do this because a darkened cabin is a lower-maintenance cabin, which gives them more time to talk...

Hmm... A route with a stop will always require more time on planes than the non-stop alternative.It's possible that there's a greater probability of experiencing a diversion at some point on two 9-hour flights vs. one 16-hour flight.

Lots of tries by different airports and airlines over the years.Search for "Gatwick boarding trial" for last year's efforts with EasyJet. I don't know what happened to that attempt, but the trial used visual prompts on screens in addition to the audio announcements. Seemed like if any attempt was...

This lounge has remained the same size, despite what seems like a pretty substantial increase in passengers since this review was posted in 2016. It's 3:30pm on a Monday in 2019, and there is a line stretching out the door, down the stairs, and into the terminal hall. There are no seats available...

What effect would this have on the growth and global spread of antimicrobial resistance? The article doesn't describe the type of "disinfectant" used in the seats, but I'd be curious to know the WHO's position on something like this.