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Safety

Technicians install AeroSHARK on an Austrian Airlines 777

Austrian AeroSHARK highlights fuel efficiency gain for older jets

Austria, despite its many beautiful lakes, is a landlocked country to which sharks are not indigenous, so it is with a certain irony that it... Continue Reading

Airbus A320 cabin with a focus on overhead bins, overhead PSUs and the ceiling. Reduced weight onboard will improve sustainability.
Weight savings to drive cabin sustainability: Airbus and Diehl
January 15, 2025
Business class aboard an EL AL 787
EL AL Israel Airlines integrates Cabin App into aviation maintenance
January 13, 2025
#PaxEx Podcast banner against a black background
#PaxEx Podcast: Panasonic’s Masson on disruptors shaping IFE
January 12, 2025
Airbus A320 cabin with a focus on overhead bins, overhead PSUs and the ceiling. Reduced weight onboard will improve sustainability.

Weight savings to drive cabin sustainability: Airbus and Diehl

Recycling and upcycling aircraft interiors — and increasing the use of recyclable materials in cabins — are important levers to pull when working to improve avi... Continue Reading

Comfort

Passengers watching IFE screens on a widebody aircraft.

Op-Ed: New era for IFE as demand grows for event-driven content

Please enjoy this Op-Ed contribution from DIRECTV INFLIGHT head of aviation strategy Kim DeFlesco As the world of air travel continues to ev... Continue Reading

A woman is laying in the Thompson VantageXL seat testing out Health Motion Seating.
Minutely adjustable seat actuation software promises comfort boost
January 9, 2025
Purple LED lights illuminate the United Next Boeing cabin
United ramps up narrowbody fleet retrofit with Signature interior
January 7, 2025
On top, a rendering of Emirates' new A350-900. Beneath it, an image of economy class seats with Thales seatback IFE.
Emirates A350-900 flies with new Thales AVANT Up features
January 3, 2025

Connectivity

Pictured: An IFE display highlighting Delta's streaming partnerships and various content sets.

Delta seeks to gain edge with Thales FlytEDGE, eyes multi-network IFC

Cloud-based content management and edge-caching are seeing momentum in the skies, with Delta Air Lines revealing at CES 2025 that the US maj... Continue Reading

Airport signage touting United Airlines' forthcoming new Starlink-powered free Wi-Fi service
United accelerates Starlink equipage with E175 first in line
January 5, 2025
OneWeb satellite in space. Panasonic, Intelsat and Hughes are among the distributors
OneWeb outage underscores value of multi-orbit connectivity
January 2, 2025
Gilat signage at the Satellite 2024 conference and exhibition
Gilat Satellite Networks set to close acquisition of Stellar Blu
December 31, 2024

Nose to Tail

Yasashiba Space, Kintetsu Railway is filled with passengers. A green seat sits empty.

Kintetsu Railway’s “kindness” seat: an innovative inspiration

When passenger experience innovations on Japanese railways come to mind, the high-speed Shinkansen, the backbone of the nation’s comprehensi... Continue Reading

Looking down along the side of the Turkish Airlines A321 at the gate for boarding.
Tough to top Turkish Airlines deal for IST-NAV flight
January 11, 2025
Icelandair 737 MAX parked and ready to board at Washington Dulles
Lots to like in Icelandair Saga Premium aboard the 737 MAX
January 5, 2025
Looking out the aircraft window to see the wing and engine, the latter in bright magenta.
No frills, low cost, Peach offers nothing more or less on CTS-SDJ
January 2, 2025