Southwest Airlines to ditch open seating, offer extra-legroom option
Love it or hate it, Southwest Airlines’ open seating ‘cattle call’ experience is going the way of the dodo bird. After months of deliberatio... Continue Reading
Comfort
Qsuite Next Gen: raising the doors, if not the bar
FARNBOROUGH — Qatar Airways’ reveal of its new Qsuite business class seats was certainly the swankiest and most expensive of the first day o... Continue Reading
Alaska turns to longtime partner Recaro for 737-800, MAX 8 retrofits
Responding to growing demand, Alaska Airlines recently announced plans to bolster premium seating capacity on more than 200 Boeing 737s, inc... Continue Reading
Korean Air goes deep brown with staggered business Prestige Suites 2.0
Korean Air’s new Prestige Suites 2.0 business class product has emerged, and will début on 25 July aboard the airline’s new Boeing 787-10 Dr... Continue Reading
Pocket pack cushion-blankets: a solution to waste and Mount Blankets?
HUDDERSFIELD — One of the fascinating challenges in premium classes today is what I call Mount Blankets: the collection of soft product plac... Continue Reading
Latitude Aero acquired by Banbury Private Capital amid growth phase
Banbury Private Capital (BPC), an equity partner for leading aerospace and defense companies, has acquired fast-growing Greensboro, North Ca... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Group on the logic behind its climate protection green tax
Lufthansa Group’s decision to implement an environmental surcharge has received mixed reactions from passengers. But group executives see th... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand Skynest debut: delayed but definitely not forgotten
Air New Zealand’s planned debut of Skynest stacked sleeping berths in ultra-long-haul economy class is delayed, but management expects the f... Continue Reading
BermudAir CEO sees Aisle Class seat deliveries by year-end
BermudAir, the scrappy boutique airline linking Bermuda with US and Canadian East Coast destinations, expects to take delivery of its new &#... Continue Reading
Aircraft e-enablement moves beyond ARINC 853 with i+s cabin 2.0
High above the show floors of this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg was a conference room filled with representatives from the eigh... Continue Reading
Finnair opens new Schengen Lounge with Platinum Corner
Proud of its beautiful new Schengen Lounge in Helsinki Airport, oneworld alliance member Finnair has shared more photos of the luxurious spa... Continue Reading
Acro marks premium economy segment entry with INNOVARES
Fixed-shell premium economy seats garner mixed reactions. Some passengers love the privacy and feeling of control over their space. Others b... Continue Reading
Meet the Comi recyclable slimline and SleeperTech’s new headrest
Prominent aircraft interiors specialists receive a lot of media attention for their cabin innovations. But during a ‘media speed netwo... Continue Reading
Diehl and Thales work to unlock the full potential of cabin data
Tier one aircraft interiors and avionics specialist Diehl Aviation is integrating a next-gen version of its CANSAS cabin management system w... Continue Reading
Long-haul fleet renewal ramps up as Austrian launches Vienna-Boston
BOSTON — Austrian Airlines’ long-haul fleet renewal program will see the Lufthansa Group subsidiary phase out all its aged widebodies in rou... Continue Reading