Embraer must undertake E2 economy and business cabin redesign
LE BOURGET: Embraer is redesigning its staggered E-Jet E2 business class concept cabin to integrate the IFE screens more closely into the se... Continue Reading
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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
WestJet and rouge have different motivations for nixing middle seat
Air Canada’s decision to eliminate the middle seat on its rouge Airbus A319s and offer a true business class seat may seem like either a ... Continue Reading
Carry-on baggage standard makes sense if ALL airlines adhere to it
At this year’s IATA Annual General Meeting, the airline trade association put forward the idea of a ‘stamp of approval’ that would be affixe... 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
Monarch surprises with Apple Watch app that interfaces with IFE
Being first to market with a concept can be a daunting proposition and one riddled with opportunities for high-profile failure. At the same ... Continue Reading
Airbus expects 11-abreast A380 to attract new breed of customer
If you think social media’s negative response to the recently unveiled 11-abreast seating option for the Airbus A380 has sent the European a... Continue Reading
Panasonic Avionics eyes 4K Ultra-HD displays for aircraft cabins
The key word driving the emergence of 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology – with four times the resolution of 1080p – in t... 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
SIA’s launch of Premium Economy part of strategic evolution
SINGAPORE: The decades-old “Singapore Girl” remains the marketing focus but Singapore Airlines (SIA) is gradually shedding its legacy herita... Continue Reading
American takes page out of ULCC book with tray table promo
The airlines may be running out of new ancillary fees they can charge to passengers but that doesn’t mean they’re giving up on f... Continue Reading
Audio description of IFE in the offing for blind passengers
When she first started her company, Vancouver-based Descriptive Video Works in 2003, Diane Johnson said she did something unusual. Frustrate... Continue Reading
Sekisui’s quiet plastic revolution reveals future of cabin materials
“Airframers, seatmakers, airlines, entertainment suppliers, connectivity providers…and plastic mouldings.” All too often, Aircraft Interiors... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: US airlines practically begging for regulatory intervention
As summer approaches, the thought of seasonal air travel on US carriers has grown more and more heartburn inducing. Cheap oil, and the resul... Continue Reading
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