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A lone chair in the Barcelona Sala VIP lounge sits looking out the window with a passenger's luggage near it.

Catalan flair livens up Priority Pass Sala VIP lounge in Barcelona

Travelling business class in Europe usually means having at least two options for a lounge: in the Schengen or non-Schengen zones. The Schen... Continue Reading

Lufthansa welcome sign as you enter the lounge. A cream and beige palette. Different seats are in view.

Lufthansa lounge at Newark delights with seat choice, Allegris touches

If the holy grail of lounge design is about providing multifunctional spaces — including those that allow a passenger to spread out with a l... Continue Reading

Delta jet at the gate on a hazy day. This photo of the aircraft is snapped from inside an aircraft through the window.

American versus Delta on New York-DC aboard E175 twinjets

Regional jet interiors can be boring. So boring, in fact, that the jets will occasionally shuffle between the major US airlines with only a ... Continue Reading

Air Canada regional jet cabins and Wi-Fi really show their age

One year ago, I enjoyed comparing the passenger experience (PaxEx) aboard Air Canada’s aged Embraer E175s with its brand new Airbus A2... Continue Reading

TransPennine Express train pulls into the station with a mixed livery of various blues, a purple underbelly and a yellow face.

Luxurious first class outweighs service flaws on TransPennine Express

The UK rail network is a patchwork of different operators offering their own spin on what first class travel means. Runway Girl Network̵... Continue Reading

La Rosa and RGN’s correspondent after the Phenom 300 simulator experience.

Stunt pilot Kevin La Rosa demos Phenom 300 simulator capabilities

Aviation pinch-me moments seldom come sweeter than sitting in a simulator alongside aerial coordinator and movie stunt pilot Kevin La Rosa a... Continue Reading

Overhead view of Lufthansa Allegris A350 Extra Long Bed

Lufthansa Allegris extra-legroom seat: extra room for improvement

Returning on Lufthansa from Toronto to Munich after trying out the front-row business-plus Allegris Business Suite — full disclosure, as a g... Continue Reading

Allegris Business Suite features a blue seat with grey thermoplastic surrounds and wood finished armrests. Pillows sit on the empty seat.

Lufthansa Allegris front-row Business Suite mostly impresses

Flying Lufthansa’s much-anticipated Allegris business class — full disclosure, as a guest of the airline — in its business-plus front-row Bu... Continue Reading

Lufthansa City Airlines A320neo at the boarding jet stairs

Lufthansa’s latest subsidiary, City: photocopy or innovation?

Lufthansa loves a subsidiary, from Jump to CityLine to Germanwings to Eurowings to Eurowings Europe to Eurowings Discover to Discover Airlin... Continue Reading

Condor A330neo in blue and white stripes sits alongside an Aer Lingus jet at New York JFK

Condor gives legacies run for their money even with missing seat parts

While many airlines go through branding refreshes once in a blue moon, few see such a drastic overhaul as Condor. The 68-year old German lei... Continue Reading

Testing AERENA on Discover Airlines A320 flight to Palma De Mallorca

Following the biggest event in the aircraft interiors calendar — the mammoth Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg — I jumped at the oppo... Continue Reading

United Airlines first class aboard a Boeing 737 MAX 9 cabin.

Status-free agent takes United 737 MAX first class for a spin

A short trip to San Francisco for work required some travel. Several airlines ply the route between my home base of Seattle and the city by ... Continue Reading

Overhead view of the grey BA suite with white linens and large IFE screen.

British Airways first class: a sub-par business class experience

Growing up shuttling between New York and London in the 1980s and 1990s, British Airways first class was the inconceivably unattainable pinn... Continue Reading

Overhead view of the JAL A350 Unity seat in burgundy with white pillows and amenity kit a top it.

Safran’s first Unity: a strong experience in JAL A350 business

As launch customer for the Unity seat from Safran Seats GB, Japan Airlines continues to enjoy substantial attention as it awaits its next Ai... Continue Reading

Inside first class, the train seats are in a 1-2 configuration with large tables in front of the seats. The interior is a mix of light and dark grey, and white headrests. Blue lights can be seen in this image, as well as overhead screens.

How UK rail operators can elevate their first class product

The first-class train experience has not changed much in the UK since the 1980s. Whilst there are newer trains, and newer companies running ... Continue Reading

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