Safety

Southwest terminal at DEN

Southwest celebrates completion of concourse expansion in Denver

Denver International Airport (DEN) and Southwest Airlines on 5 May marked the completion of 16 new gates at the airport’s C Concourse, bring... Continue Reading

A graphic of a Qantas A350 cutaway. The aircraft roof is missing so you can see the seat layout inside.
20+ hours upright in a seat: Qantas’ premium/economy challenge
May 12, 2022
El Al 737 in-flight
El Al works to bring back IFC on 737s; taps Bluebox IFE as stopgap
May 7, 2022
SNCF's mainline TGV brand, inOui train arriving at the platform
Europe on track to shunt more air passengers onto rail
May 6, 2022
A graphic of a Qantas A350 cutaway. The aircraft roof is missing so you can see the seat layout inside.

20+ hours upright in a seat: Qantas’ premium/economy challenge

For those considering flying down the back of Qantas’ ultra-ultra-longhaul Project Sunrise flights between Sydney and New York or London, details are few on wha... Continue Reading

Comfort

A Southwest 737 MAX in-flight

Southwest Airlines selects Viasat high-speed Internet for new jets

Southwest Airlines has selected Viasat’s high-speed Ka-band inflight connectivity service to be factory-installed on all new aircraft delive... Continue Reading

Southwest wingtip with the runway behind it.
Anuvu gleans benefits from prioritizing R&D amid the pandemic
May 9, 2022
El Al 737 in-flight
El Al works to bring back IFC on 737s; taps Bluebox IFE as stopgap
May 7, 2022
Canada Jetlines A320 cabin interior. The seats are grey with select seats having orange headrests.
Canada Jetlines on track for summer launch from Toronto
May 5, 2022

Connectivity

Gilat ESA Antenna on display at Satellite Conference.

Gilat targets narrowbodies, RJs and bizjets for ESA

Gilat Satellite Networks is targeting narrowbodies, regional jets and business jets for initial type certifications and deployments of its f... Continue Reading

El Al 737 in-flight
El Al works to bring back IFC on 737s; taps Bluebox IFE as stopgap
May 7, 2022
Beautiful view of Dreamliner plane wing flying into the darkness / last parts of sunset enroute to Brazil.
Boeing joins groundbreaking IFC standards group Seamless Air Alliance
May 3, 2022
Hawaiian Airlines' first class seat, deep brown leather and the white curved seat shell.
Hawaiian to offer free onboard Internet as it signs for Starlink
April 25, 2022

Services

SNCF's mainline TGV brand, inOui train arriving at the platform

Europe on track to shunt more air passengers onto rail

Moves are underway in Europe to make it easier for travelers to use rail services as an alternative to short-haul flights, and recent announ... Continue Reading

Canada Jetlines A320 cabin interior. The seats are grey with select seats having orange headrests.
Canada Jetlines on track for summer launch from Toronto
May 5, 2022
A computer render image for a Lufthansa aircraft flying over a digital map of the world.
Lufthansa taps FlightPath3D moving map for longhaul fleet
May 2, 2022
Flair Airlines aircraft parked with passengers enter via a staircase at the back entrance.
Canada mulls Flair Airlines request for exemption to ownership rules
April 29, 2022

Business Aviation

Gulfstream G450 at Dulles

Zaher Deir looks to revolutionize post-pandemic private jet charters

Based on more than three decades of experience in the private aviation industry, Zaher Deir saw an opportunity in the burgeoning post-pandem... Continue Reading

Debbie Elliott, TAG Global Training Manager (left) and Joanne Goodall, CEO TAG Aviation Europe symbolically cutting a large red ribbon.
TAG honors its past, readies for future with new Farnborough offices
April 6, 2022
Textron Aviation Pipistrel Velis Electro aircraft inflight over farm fields.
Textron looks to realize electric GA and UAM ambitions
March 24, 2022
flyExclusive Citation parked on the runway. A bright lit dusk sky is in the backdrop.
flyExclusive becomes first major charter fleet customer of SmartSky
March 16, 2022

Details and Design

Business Class cabin on Air France's Boeing 777-300ER. The seat is navy blue with white walls around it.

Air France new seats: more arrière-garde than avant-garde

Air France’s latest business class, a doored outward-facing herringbone minisuite from the Safran Seats Cirrus family — with a front-row lar... Continue Reading

An Emirates flight attendant stands in the Premium Economy section of the aircraft. The seats are cream coloured.
Emirates opens up new premium economy sales, soft product
May 10, 2022
A rendering of Qantas A350 First Class suite. A large IFE screen is visible and a chair as well as a bed.
Sunrise but not surprise: Qantas’ London/NY A350-1000
May 2, 2022
LIFT Aero Design Vantage business class seat for Philippine Airlines
Reskinned ex-PAL Vantage XL asks Lufthansa hard new biz questions
April 28, 2022

Nose to Tail

Air North aircraft taking off on the runway. The aircraft is all white with an orange tail and blue lettering on the side.

Exploring Air North, Yukon’s Airline, between Kelowna and Vancouver

Air North, the small, Whitehorse, Canada-based airline that bills itself as Yukon’s Airline, has always intrigued me. I first spotted ... Continue Reading

A propeller is seen from out of the WestJet aircraft
Pacific Coastal flying as WestJet Link delivers sightseeing adventure
May 11, 2022
British Airways (BA) lounge in Geneva airport. Lots of wood detailing and blue upholstery
BA’s outstation lounge outlier: Geneva’s hidden gem
May 4, 2022
A mans knees are show the tight space in between seats on Flair Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 8
Getting there on not-so-unique Flair with a low fare
April 29, 2022

Lean into Aviation

Tiffany Black stands in front of the mural. The mural is a colorful piece, with circles building up to add more detail to the art as it gets larger and larger.

IND Airport’s traveling mural tells the story of Afghan refugees

A complex and colorful mural now on display at Indianapolis International Airport (IND) draws on the experiences of 7,000 Afghan evacuees wh... Continue Reading

Pam Almand is sitting in a Stearman aircraft.
The 747 Captain who gives voice to Amelia Earhart
April 7, 2022
Senay Günay photographed here in flight in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Turkey’s Şenay Günay on the challenges, rewards of being first
March 28, 2022
Three women stand arms around each other posing for a photo.
Efforts underway to grow minority businesses at LAX and other airports
March 14, 2022