A retrospective on Cathay Pacific’s Cirrus business class
2024 looks set to be a bumper year for a new generation of business class cabins arriving onto aircraft, so it’s perhaps fitting that your a... Continue Reading
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Air India goes for gold with world-class IFE content
If offering world-class inflight entertainment to passengers was on your 2024 bingo card for Air India, congratulations! The Tata-owned airl... Continue Reading
The new cabins of 2024 — and what they will tell us about aviation
Business and first class remain the linchpin of most full service airlines’ revenues, and 2024 looks set to offer a fascinating mixture of n... Continue Reading
What aircraft cabin designers can take from the newest Shinkansen
NAGOYA — It has always amused your author that one of Japan’s best railway museums, JR Central’s SC Maglev and Railway Park, sits in the cit... Continue Reading
Cathay’s Vivian Lo talks design language of new Aria business suite
There are few things as anticipated in the passenger experience world this year as Cathay Pacific’s forthcoming Aria business class product.... Continue Reading
Recaro’s Dr. Mark Hiller on how aircraft seats are evolving
One of the best ways to understand how aircraft cabin interiors are advancing to meet the needs of the modern traveler is to talk to a busy ... Continue Reading
Will opportunity knock in IFEC as EchoStar and Dish complete merger?
Satellite communications provider EchoStar Corporation has completed its all-stock merger with American television provider Dish Network Cor... Continue Reading
How AERQ and Geven integrated IFE into slimline seats for Discover
Italian aircraft interiors specialist Geven’s Essenza economy class seat has been wowing passengers for several years, including on twinjets... Continue Reading
Air India weaves new branding palette into A350-900 interiors
Arriving like a beautiful gift before Christmas, the first of 20 Airbus A350-900 twinjets for Air India touched down in New Delhi on 23 Dece... Continue Reading
JAL A350 interiors supply chain issues raise spectre of delays in 2024
TOULOUSE — As Japan Airlines’ (JAL) first Airbus A350-1000 waggled its wings on takeoff from Blagnac en route to Tokyo, the airline’s execut... Continue Reading
Recaro “the best” over aircraft seat lifecycle: Udvar-Hazy
FORT WORTH — Recaro Aircraft Seating, which has enjoyed an impressive trajectory in commercial aviation — and now holds a 30-35% market shar... Continue Reading
JAL’s new flagship A350-1000 astounds with aesthetics and space
TOULOUSE — It sounds cliché to say that a new airline cabin is hard to capture in media images, and that it really pops when you experience ... Continue Reading
US high-speed rail projects get multi-billion boost from the feds
In a vote of confidence for electrified high-speed rail in the United States, the Federal Government has awarded roughly $6 billion in grant... Continue Reading
LATAM brings Paramount+ content to embedded and wireless IFE
Installing inflight entertainment hardware on board aircraft is key to offering a world-class passenger experience. But high-definition in-s... Continue Reading
Delta’s CSP, Touch, on how Delta Sync fosters collaboration
Together with other stakeholders in Delta Air Lines’ ecosystem, content service provider Touch Inflight Solutions is helping the US major en... Continue Reading