Covarians seeks to improve cabin environment through actionable data
Longtime aerospace industry executive Frédéric Griffe in 2017 founded French firm Covarians with the aim of developing new aircraft applicat... Continue Reading
Comfort
Adient’s new 737 Ascent business and business-plus shine
Premium business class seats offering direct aisle access for every passenger have been relatively slow to arrive to the narrowbody world. T... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: The Future of Airports – a new model from an old tradition
An ancient art form — the mosaic — serves as a guide for new-world advances in data management … and major opportunities for airports, accor... Continue Reading
Emirates is the latest airline to focus on vegan cuisine
For many airline catering designers, COVID-19 required an urgent about-turn to how inflight meals were conceived, produced, structured, and ... Continue Reading
Conetic brings together Touch, ABOVE and Oxygen for holistic PaxEx
What happens when you combine the expertise of a premier airline content service provider, a cloud-based media asset management specialist, ... Continue Reading
Ideas abound as US DOT eyes wheelchairs in the cabin
US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on 26 July announced that the DOT is working toward a future rule that would allow pass... Continue Reading
Why London’s Gatwick Airport offers compelling PaxEx proposition
With airport chaos and now flight caps coloring the Heathrow Airport passenger experience, London’s Gatwick Airport (LGW) is — as ever... Continue Reading
JetBlue now flying Boston-London via Gatwick Airport
JetBlue officially launched service between Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and London’s Gatwick Airport (LGW) over the weeke... Continue Reading
Amtrak Midwest’s new coaches fitted with Icomera connectivity
Several years ago, Amtrak selected Gothenburg, Sweden-headquartered Icomera to supply “next-generation passenger Wi-Fi” on selec... Continue Reading
ITA demonstrates the value and pitfalls of the generic widebody cabin
Analysing the passenger experience of a start-up airline — particularly one launched as quickly as ITA Airways, the successor to Italian nat... Continue Reading
Inflight Internet session model drives new SLA language for airlines
When it comes to acquiring capacity to support inflight connectivity, a growing number of airlines are adopting a per-session model. That’s ... Continue Reading
Behind the Airbus A220’s six-operator African success
An announcement that the Airbus A220 — né the Bombardier C Series — has secured its sixth African operator in TAAG Angola Airlines via lesso... Continue Reading
Qatar’s new 787-9 seat: smart space and “kissing class”
With a Qatar Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on the tarmac at the Farnborough Airshow for visits, we jumped at the chance to get on board th... Continue Reading
Collins seeks to mitigate jet lag through Hypergamut lighting
Lighting can affect the passenger experience in a multitude of ways, either by disrupting flyers’ circadian rhythms, or bathing the ca... Continue Reading
Malaysia Airlines hopes to see green with Boeing 737NG cabin refresh
Malaysia Airlines plans to replace seatback entertainment with wireless IFE and adopt new lighter-weight seats in business and economy class... Continue Reading