NTSB begins probe of Alaska MAX 9 door plug blowout amid grounding
Investigating why an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 experienced a mid-air blowout of an emergency door plug, the US National Transportatio... Continue Reading
Author Archives: Mary Kirby
Enjoying PIE and the sky on Allegiant flight from St. Pete to PIT
Convincing my partner to celebrate New Year’s Eve with me in Tampa took a bit of convincing so I was eager to sweeten the proposition by sco... Continue Reading
Alaska Airlines temporarily grounds 737 MAX 9s after mid-air incident
Alaska Airlines has temporarily grounded its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, after one of the twinjets, registered N704AL, was forced... Continue Reading
Panasonic’s Wade on how OneWeb LEO differentiates in aero
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite operators OneWeb and SpaceX are shaking things up in aviation, with the former partnering with industry inte... Continue Reading
Will opportunity knock in IFEC as EchoStar and Dish complete merger?
Satellite communications provider EchoStar Corporation has completed its all-stock merger with American television provider Dish Network Cor... Continue Reading
Safran Passenger Innovations to launch accessible IFE this year
Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI) is gearing up to launch its new accessible inflight entertainment solution this year, after soliciting fe... Continue Reading
CFM RISE on track for ground and flight tests mid-decade: GE Aerospace
Playing a key role in aviation’s push to achieve net zero CO2 emissions by 2050, CFM International’s Revolutionary Innovation for Sustainabl... Continue Reading
Launch of DIRECTV inflight global IPTV planned for 2Q 2024
Having achieved high penetration for its inflight live television service on US airlines, including with JetBlue and United, DirecTV is read... Continue Reading
How AERQ and Geven integrated IFE into slimline seats for Discover
Italian aircraft interiors specialist Geven’s Essenza economy class seat has been wowing passengers for several years, including on twinjets... Continue Reading
Air India weaves new branding palette into A350-900 interiors
Arriving like a beautiful gift before Christmas, the first of 20 Airbus A350-900 twinjets for Air India touched down in New Delhi on 23 Dece... Continue Reading
Recaro Aircraft Seating CEO flags continued shortage in IFE parts
FORT WORTH — Recaro Aircraft Seating has pulled a variety of levers to manage the post-pandemic supply chain constraints impacting aircraft ... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Intelsat’s Dave Bijur talks next steps as ESA backlog grows
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Commercial viability of hydrogen flight decades away: Udvar-Hazy
FORT WORTH — Air Lease Corporation executive chairman Steven Udvar-Hazy sees a future for clean, hydrogen-powered aircraft, but reckons it w... Continue Reading
Recaro “the best” over aircraft seat lifecycle: Udvar-Hazy
FORT WORTH — Recaro Aircraft Seating, which has enjoyed an impressive trajectory in commercial aviation — and now holds a 30-35% market shar... Continue Reading
JAL’s new flagship A350-1000 astounds with aesthetics and space
TOULOUSE — It sounds cliché to say that a new airline cabin is hard to capture in media images, and that it really pops when you experience ... Continue Reading