Gogo snags first South American customer for 2Ku
Brazilian airline GOL is the first South American airline to sign for Gogo inflight connectivity, as reported in RGN Premium last week, with... Continue Reading
Author Archives: Mary Kirby
Swiss sees CSeries as game changer for #PaxEx (and economics)
LE BOURGET — Bombardier couldn’t have been more effusive about its CSeries mid-size narrowbody airliner launch partner Swiss at today’s Le B... Continue Reading
Air France brings the soft product chic in Eurobusiness
It often feels like writing about the experience of flying business in Europe is a broken record: “ow, my knees” in an increasingly tight Eu... Continue Reading
American returns to Sydney, Qantas returns to San Francisco
American Airlines and Qantas are strengthening their trans-Pacific partnership with new flights on AA from Los Angeles to Sydney and the ret... Continue Reading
Airlines lead push for marriage equality for LGBT staff, customers
Airlines within the western world have long been significant employers and proponents of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communi... Continue Reading
Airlines make slow but sure progress on aircraft tracking
MIAMI: Nearly 15 months after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 the international aviation community is inching closer to ... Continue Reading
Premium Economy costs more (and less) than Airbus suggests
By Airbus’ count 27 airlines now offer a full premium economy class with a recliner seat — not just an extra legroom economy cabin like Unit... Continue Reading
Overhead bin space is increasing…but is it increasing fast enough?
As airframers, cabin interiors houses and design firms work feverishly to expand overhead luggage compartments, airlines too are addressing ... Continue Reading
Malaysia Airlines’ new CEO wastes no time in creating new MAS
Malaysia Airlines’ new CEO Christoph Mueller is wasting no time getting his beleaguered airline back on track. The airline is “bankrupt”. A ... Continue Reading
Recaro CEO talks BYOD, catalogs and the death of angled lie-flats
Of the major airline seatmakers, Recaro is the one that doesn’t immediately say “aircraft seating” — its automotive seating is still what th... Continue Reading
Air Canada rouge goes “rogue” with proper business class
It looks like Air Canada’s cost-cutting subsidiary rouge has figured out that Eurobusiness seating doesn’t work in the North American market... Continue Reading
Gogo’s GTO connectivity to fly first as FAA greenlights testing
Commercial aviation took another step towards accessing faster inflight connectivity today as Gogo received certification from the FAA to b... Continue Reading
US domestic first class: no longer like visiting your grandparents
For too long, flying US domestic first class has been like a Gen-Xer or Millennial visiting the den at their grandparents’. The seat is an o... Continue Reading
Beyond the band lie great expectations for inflight connectivity
Increasingly, inflight connectivity isn’t about the connection technology, but what passengers can do with it. This is going to be esp... Continue Reading
IFC system security in the fray as industry eyes ACARS opportunity
As multiple airlines exploit inflight connectivity systems for operational data – and the industry is seeing a push to move non-safety... Continue Reading
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