Face to face with Telesat vice president, aviation Philippe Schleret
Having closed the funding required to launch its Lightspeed Ka-band Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellation, Telesat, a longtime geost... Continue Reading
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Tangerine designs sleek new E10 Shinkansen train, new Privacy class
The opening of the Tohoku Shinkansen in 1982, and its many subsequent extensions and branches, brought the northernmost third of Japan’s mai... Continue Reading
Air France’s new Stelia first class: a paragon of elegant simplicity
Right after this year’s Paris Fashion Week, it’s the turn of Air France’s new first class seat to head down the runway, and it would receive... Continue Reading
At Southwest, bags will soon fly for a fee for many customers
Southwest Airlines is ditching its longstanding ‘bags fly free’ commitment to passengers and instead plans to limit the benefit ... Continue Reading
Air Canada disables inflight map on 737s after Israel disappears
Air Canada has temporarily disabled the moving map functionality on its Boeing 737 MAX twinjets after passengers observed that Israel had be... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Women soar in the aircraft interiors industry
Thank you to the organizers of the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) for this powerful contribution on International Women’s Day (IWD). AIX will... Continue Reading
Pterosaur bones could lead to revolutionary new aerospace materials
Around four years ago, Professor Phillip L. Manning of The University of Manchester’s Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences a... Continue Reading
How airlines can move beyond protein-veggie-starch in business
Your author has been comparing a variety of business class menus recently, and among some genuinely appetising innovations is a growing real... Continue Reading
ALTEA founding partner Robin Dunlop on recycled bizliner seats
From its London, UK headquarters, ALTEA offers a portfolio of aviation services to corporate, business and VVIP customers. Ranging from cabi... Continue Reading
“Popular on this route” option leads to IFE discovery
Airline passengers usually have one of X problems with inflight entertainment (IFE) systems: there’s not enough variety of content, the user... Continue Reading
Upscaling to the rescue as 4K content continues to lag for IFE
Inflight entertainment system providers are going great guns to roll out 4K HDR 10+ screens onboard aircraft to deliver crystal clear and st... Continue Reading
The new seats, cabins and onboard products for 2025
With combined and magnifying pressures of widebody delivery delays, cabin certification issues, and seat production complications, plus the ... Continue Reading
IFE and IFC poised to converge and transform PaxEx
There has perhaps never been a more exciting time to be involved in inflight entertainment than right now. High-bandwidth inflight connectiv... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Twelve films to look forward to for IFE in 2025
Fortunately for all audiences, 2025 is looking like a thunderous year at movie theaters. From highly anticipated sequels, remakes, and new a... Continue Reading
Lufthansa adopts modern, warm aesthetic in LHR lounge revamp
With its newly reopened Business and Senator Lounges in London Heathrow’s Terminal 2, updated ten years after the terminal’s opening, Luftha... Continue Reading