Comfort

Cirrus NG rendering on a white backdrop.

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

Zooming into a rendering of the Elemento seat, the Wave difference is clear as there is a wave to the seat pan

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

Rows of seats onboard a Southwest 737 with passengers using their devices

2021: Aviation’s once-in-a-century opportunity to reset seat sizes

The next twenty years in aviation will define what commercial aircraft — and their cabins — look like for the next century. What looks futur... Continue Reading

International Terminal 1 at Pearson Airport on Toronto Ontario. Airports

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

A woman shows the IATA Travel Pass to a boarding agent at the airport

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

Woman sitting in business class. She is sitting cross-legged and using her laptop.

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

Air France lounges in Paris and Montréal ask consistency questions

Continuity of design between home hub and outstation lounges seems to pose a surprising amount of challenges for airlines. Maintaining a bra... Continue Reading

A man seated in an aircraft seat with hands folded. His legs are in view, and shown close to the seatback in front of him

Study shines light on optimum aircraft seat dimensions

With unruly passenger incidents on the rise, it is timely to ask what role cabin conditions might play in passenger behavior. A recent in-de... Continue Reading

Image of British citizens and dual nationals residing in Afghanistan being relocated to the U.K. As part of Operation PITTING, the UK Armed Forces are enabling the relocation of personnel and others from Afghanistan.

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

A PC-24 aircraft with a medical isolation unit called EpiShuttle onboard.

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

Two crew members in uniform on an aircraft next to a stack of water bottles.

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

Swoop aircraft wing tip inflight over green farm fields in Canada

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

Economy food tray showing various options.

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

Service dog, a Labrador Retriever, at the airport

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

Elemento Economy class seat by Geven rendered on a blue background.

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

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