Airlines outline progress on eliminating single-use plastics
Airlines that have made commitments over the last five years to reduce or eliminate single-use plastics from their operations will soon be j... Continue Reading
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China travel on the rise but geopolitical tensions create questions
When China late last year abandoned its zero-Covid policy, and a month later ended quarantine rules for international arrivals as part of an... Continue Reading
Exploring the PaxEx possibilities as Icelandair goes A321neo
Icelandair, a longtime Boeing operator, is gearing up to start adding Airbus aircraft to its fleet in the middle of the decade. To that end,... Continue Reading
Privatization talks on the table again for SriLankan Airlines
Privatization of Sri Lanka’s state-owned companies has been discussed for a number of years. But a new $3 billion loan from the Intern... Continue Reading
FAA flags safety concern over 787 leaky faucets
The US FAA is urging airlines to conduct “repetitive” inspections of the area under all lavatory washbasins on board their Boeing 787s, afte... Continue Reading
Europe’s Big Three: why the business class CMF yawnfest?
Why are the business class seats from Europe’s major airlines so bland? Beige, grey, perhaps a bit of blue… it’s all a little too reminiscen... Continue Reading
Jamco works to make Venture seat available for A350 operators
Jamco Corporation is working to make its Venture reverse herringbone, full-flat, direct aisle access business class seat available for Airbu... Continue Reading
Japanese modernity by Acumen for ANA’s Air Japan all-economy 787-8
There’s a fresh wind of new medium-to-long-haul low-cost carriers blowing across the Asian market, and especially in Japan where ANA’s new s... Continue Reading
The stratification of business class seats in the 2020s
As the steady pace of new business class seats — and their implementation on airlines worldwide — continues to gather after aviation’s... Continue Reading
Saudi start-up Riyadh Air eyes world class PaxEx with 787s
Boeing last week made two separate order announcements for its venerable 787 Dreamliner. Longtime flag carrier SAUDIA, it said, would purcha... Continue Reading
Swiss tickles the Senses but product positioning questions arise
Returning from Lufthansa’s Berlin launch of its new Allegris seats — more widely called the Future InterContinental Experience (FICE) produc... Continue Reading
Airport personal electric vehicle Geo aims to bring back PRM joy
Persons with reduced mobility (PRMs) who need assistance navigating the airport are all too familiar with lacklustre passenger experiences o... Continue Reading
Seamless details work with GSMA to support frictionless inflight Wi-Fi
When you board an aircraft, you should be able to use your smart phone largely in the same way that you do on the ground. But today, there a... Continue Reading
Time and Space: UK first class air transport versus the train
In Great Britain, where true high-speed rail remains the stuff of dreams (outside of Eurostar), point-to-point air and train services are of... Continue Reading
Inadvia on unlocking the full potential of inflight advertising
For decades, airline passengers have watched advertisements in-flight. Sometimes a video ad simply runs on the seatback entertainment screen... Continue Reading