People don’t want to pay for comfort on board: IATA chief
Passengers are getting taller and broader. Certain aircraft seating configurations are being likened in news stories to flying prisons. Cons... Continue Reading
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Airbus on why it is bringing more and more cabin upgrades in-house
Airbus’ recent focus on bringing cabin upgrades in-house is part of a shift in how the airframer sees its role in servicing — rather than ju... Continue Reading
Why window seats on the Boeing 787 seem the narrowest of all
“99.9% of the flying public don’t know which aircraft type they’re flying.” While this generalization, left by a commenter on a past post he... Continue Reading
IAG LEVELs Paris, closes down OpenSkies
LEVEL, the long-haul low-cost carrier from British Airways and Iberia parent IAG, is to start flights to four key destinations from Paris’ s... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic, Bluebox provide world-first fleetwide accessible IFE
In a major step forward for fleetwide IFE accessibility, Virgin Atlantic is using iPads from software house Bluebox to offer inflight entert... Continue Reading
Ever-evolving TAP Portugal details drivers behind A330neo IFEC choice
Realizing it needs to step up its onboard #PaxEx credentials, TAP Air Portugal will adopt Panasonic Avionics’ Ku-band connectivity sol... Continue Reading
Korean Air’s Apex seats raise production, maintenance questions
The past several years have not seen universal success for seatmakers cutting the bleeding edge where design, materials engineering, passeng... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Group unveils staggered direct aisle access in business
Following the publication of this article, both Zodiac Aerospace and Aviointeriors have gone on record stating they are not the seatmakers f... Continue Reading
ANA seeks to woo US travelers with Experience Class version 2.0
If you thought All Nippon Airways’ (ANA) coolness factor peaked in 2015 with the debut of its out-of-this-world C-3PO, R2-D2, and BB-8... Continue Reading
Vantage-Recaro-RAVE is new ‘standard’ for flydubai 737 MAX 8s
Narrowbody operator flydubai is pushing the boundaries of Boeing 737 passenger experience with a new cabin for its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft... Continue Reading
Emirates 787-10 order provides an opportunity to think again on #PaxEx
Emirates’ order for 40 Boeing 787 aircraft at this week’s Dubai Airshow, initially for the stretched -10 model, and to be delivered from 202... Continue Reading
Smart design hacks can really nail the #PaxEx details
Every so often, you come across a piece of design that’s so smart yet so simple that you sit back and wonder why it’s not used across the wo... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik goes multi-role with four new Airbus MRTT cabin types
These days, fitting out an Airbus A330 for either passenger, government or private use feels almost blasé. But Lufthansa Technik is now offe... Continue Reading
How Stellar Entertainment stays stellar despite shadow of CSP giant
When Stellar Entertainment lost five major clients in a row a few years ago, some inflight entertainment industry stakeholders wondered if t... Continue Reading
The premium cabin trend du jour: privacy doors
Champagne? Check. Amenity kits? Check. Plush bedding and fine linens? Check. Check. What can a premium cabin product do to differentiate its... Continue Reading
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