Delta starts filing Comfort+ as separate premium economy fare
Delta Air Lines plans to start filing its Comfort+ extra-legroom economy seats in a separate fare bucket to its other economy fares, and has... Continue Reading
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Jazeera Airways to offer free inflight connectivity via Global Xpress
DUBAI: Jazeera Airways is not shy about making history. As the first privately owned airline in Kuwait, the low-cost carrier has been a lead... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Questions abound as SITA OnAir touts big win
Welcome to RGN Premium content. This page is only available to active members. Already a member? LOGIN HERE Interested in becoming a member?... Continue Reading
With highest density A380 is Emirates dipping toe in Premium E?
Emirates is once again pushing the boundaries of commercial aviation with its 617-passenger Airbus A380, delivered this week and unveiled at... Continue Reading
First class isn’t dying. First class airlines are.
Twenty years after the introduction of the first fully flat bed in first class, and eight years after the introduction of the first suite on... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: APEX needs non-entertainment vendors to stay relevant
The Airline Passenger Experience Association is a strange beast. Five years ago, and thirty years after its founding, the World Airline Ente... Continue Reading
Malaysia Airlines shows new direction with new business class
Malaysia Airlines is upgrading its regional business class on board its Airbus A330-300 aircraft to the Thompson Vantage fully flat bed, fro... Continue Reading
Sinai Metrojet A321 crash raises questions about Egypt, Russia
After the flight of Metrojet/Kogalymavia flight 7K9268 from the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el Sheikh to St Petersburg in Russia, there... Continue Reading
Digital bag tags are coming, but why?
Lufthansa and Rimowa are set to introduce a fully integrated digital bag tag in early 2016. Who benefits from this development and why? Also... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand’s Auckland regional lounge excels
Air New Zealand’s new regional concept lounge in Auckland is remarkably clever. It’s small, chic and comfortable — ideally targeted at the t... Continue Reading
UK CAA to airlines: fix the evac luggage problem now
The UK’s Civil Aviation Authority regulator is issuing a striking safety notice directing airlines to take action about the increasing probl... Continue Reading
SES eyes potential direct approach for inflight connectivity
Satellite operator SES is looking to become more involved in the aviation value chain, and move beyond a paradigm that sees it simply provid... Continue Reading
Seat length, width, certification crucial to Optimares success
Hawaiian Airlines’ new business class seat — the first implementation of Optimares’ new Maxima product — focusses on density while also prom... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik sees promising early results from equality work
Touring the expansive maintenance hangars that belong to Lufthansa Technik in Hamburg and Frankfurt this summer, Runway Girl Network kept an... Continue Reading
Optimares goes big with new business flat bed on Hawaiian
Little-known Italian seat manufacturer Optimares is making a name for itself in the business class seating market with a new fully flat bed ... Continue Reading
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