American turns to DirecTV and Dish for inflight live sports and news
American Airlines has tapped DirecTV and Dish to bring inflight live sports and news networks to its passengers’ own devices. Customers trav... Continue Reading
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Now arriving: Full #PaxEx upgrade for UK semi-high-speed trains
Over the next three years, passengers travelling between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh — and other destin... Continue Reading
IIM+ launches multicast streaming for inflight live TV and radio
When broadband Internet is available onboard aircraft, passengers show a penchant for streaming subscription video on demand services. But e... Continue Reading
Safran may have reached earnings low point for interiors in 1H
Safran’s aircraft interiors business reported a 39.7% decrease in revenues for the first half of 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to... Continue Reading
Inside Geven’s Elemento Wave seat and family design approach
With its new Elemento fully featured economy class seat, Geven is introducing three novel features to its product line: a new kinematic syst... Continue Reading
Canada conundrum: mixed vaxxed face assorted global barriers
Nearly 3.8 million Canadians are understood to have received a combination of two COVID-19 vaccines as of 14 August. But while these so-call... Continue Reading
IATA backs EU digital COVID vaccine/test/recovery certificate standard
The European Union’s Digital COVID Certificate is rapidly shaping up to be the standard for international vaccination, test and recovery cer... Continue Reading
The hybrid working revolution asks new business travel questions
One of the ways in which COVID-19 is changing the world of work — at least for office and knowledge workers, a substantial part of the workf... Continue Reading
Aviation stands as a beacon of hope amid Afghan despair
Watching the situation in Afghanistan unfold at speed over the last few days has been almost indescribable, as the disaster on a national, i... Continue Reading
Pilatus and EpiGuard announce EpiShuttle fit for the PC-24
During trials to certify the PC-24’s impressive unpaved runway capabilities, aircraft manufacturer Pilatus prioritized the requirements of t... Continue Reading
easyJet’s latest green signal: plastic bottle polyester uniforms
When easyJet’s new cabin crew and pilot uniforms take to the skies this month, every one will represent the recycling equivalent of some for... Continue Reading
Canada to require airline and rail passengers to be vaccinated
Canada will soon require all commercial air travelers, passengers on interprovincial trains, and passengers on large marine vessels with ove... Continue Reading
Beyond “beef or cow”: the future of economy airline meals
“Beef or cow? Beef or cow?” ask the flight attendants aboard ‘Air Afrikaans’, the parody airline from 2008 British comedy Beehive, which wil... Continue Reading
Why US animal relief areas are ripe for improvement
Over the last decade, animal relief areas have become a common amenity offered at US airports. Most travelers likely never give these areas ... Continue Reading
Geven reveals first next-gen economy seat Elemento
With its newest seat Elemento, Italian seatmaker Geven is marking two firsts: the first of what it calls the “next generation” of its aircra... Continue Reading