Growing pains of Pratt-powered A320neo presents challenges for airlines
To say that the Airbus A320neo family has seen a rough start to service might be underselling the challenges the re-engined aircraft are fac... Continue Reading
Author Archives: Mary Kirby
UA3411 hearing gives Congress soundbites for reelection campaigns
“The last thing in the world you want is this committee and this Congress putting [rules] together.” So said Representative Bill Shuster, Ch... Continue Reading
Airbus aims at flexible business/premium economy Butterfly seat
Convertible seating is something of a holy grail for airlines, seatmakers, and airframers. With the multiple-year lead-time required between... Continue Reading
Hawaiian is making more money making passengers more comfortable
Is there magic to Hawaiian Airlines’ ability to sell first class seats on its flights? It might not be magic, but the company sells nearly a... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: IFEC reset as Arianespace gets back to business
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Zodiac ECOS evolves with smarter bins, lights and extra overhead space
Zodiac Aerospace continues to evolve ECOS, the cabin demonstrator it renamed from ISIS for obvious geopolitical reasons, with new innovation... Continue Reading
Gogo’s got a new bird, and it will be focused on existing customers
Gogo’s capacity purchase spree continues this week. The company and SES announced that Gogo will take the full Ku-band capacity on the AMC-4... Continue Reading
Lobster carry-on for Southwest?
What is the correct protocol to handle a passenger bringing a live lobster onto an airplane? This is neither a personality test nor a trick ... Continue Reading
Zodiac to replace three Cathay A350 Cirrus shipsets, fix rest of fleet
HONG KONG — Zodiac Aerospace is replacing three full shipsets of its latest Cirrus business class seat for Cathay Pacific’s A350 fleet, and ... Continue Reading
United’s 787 Fauxlaris shows glimmers of promise through dark spots
With ongoing seat production delays affecting deliveries of the United Boeing 777-300ER fleet and its new Polaris hard product, and the time... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: BBD 2Ku linefit
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Jamco poses questions about the future of business, first class
At this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Japanese seatmaker Jamco wasn’t just making waves for replacing Zodiac on the Boeing 787 ... Continue Reading
Economic warfare: Emirates bows in this US battle
Maybe demand was soft to begin with. There is no doubt that inbound travel to the United States is showing weakness these days. Add a materi... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: GEE refines its business, moves to strengthen team
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LIFT by EnCore shows off revised 737, stunning 787 seats
When LIFT by EnCore unveiled its first supplier-furnished Boeing 737 seats last year at the Aircraft Interiors Expo the reception was underw... Continue Reading
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