Diehl Aviation strengthens supply chain resilience
As airframers pursue aggressive aircraft production rates, Diehl Aviation is implementing a cluster of measures to make its supply chain mor... Continue Reading
Safety
United Airlines’ marvelous app eases pain of connecting
New Yorkers are spoiled, and we’ll be the first to admit it. Many of us have an abnormally low tolerance for time-wasting activities, and th... Continue Reading
Embraer moves with speed to factory-fit multi-orbit IFC to E2
Obtaining offerability for a product in an airframer’s catalog and then ultimately seeing that product factory-fit to aircraft on the ... Continue Reading
Certification of KLM A350 WBC set to start but seats presently blocked
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is seeing light at the end of the certification tunnel for its new World Business Class seats on the Airbus A350-90... Continue Reading
Delta looks to extend closed captioning to seatback live TV
A trailblazer in providing accessible seatback entertainment to passengers, Delta is working to bring closed captioning to inflight live tel... Continue Reading
Blue Sky partnership benefits from uniform PaxEx at JetBlue, United
When JetBlue and American Airlines entered into their Northeast Alliance strategic joint venture, the pairing attempted to bring together tw... Continue Reading
American sets the scene for geek out on XLR — and at Cranky Dorkfest
For the second time in my #AvGeek career, there’s a premium transcon arms race kicking off. The 2010s saw the introduction of a totally over... Continue Reading
China coverage gap of note as Korean Air and Asiana offer Starlink
The ability to provide onboard Wi-Fi from gate to gate has long been a key selling point for airlines. However, as non-geostationary satelli... Continue Reading
ZIM Aircraft Seating prepares for next phase of growth
A major player in the premium economy seat market with a growing footprint in economy class, ZIM Aircraft Seating is looking to double the a... Continue Reading
RAVE and Lufthansa Technik reimagine the passenger control unit
Just as there has been an overuse of touchscreens in automobiles — with drivers forced to take their eyes off the road for key functions — t... Continue Reading
Eutelsat inks key agreements for OneWeb replenishment, IRIS² buildout
Eutelsat used the occasion of the International Space Summit in Paris to announce several key agreements that will ensure it can both replen... Continue Reading
Acro adds unique recycling code to every aircraft seat part
A leading light in the aircraft seat sustainability movement, Acro Aircraft Seating reveals that every seat part it uses now carries a uniqu... Continue Reading
Aircraft seat certification delays spur testing tweak request
Obtaining certification for premium aircraft seats has never been easy. But in recent years, aviation safety regulators have started paying ... Continue Reading
ALPA urges FAA to require secondary cockpit barrier retrofits
The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA) is calling on the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to “issue rulemaking” requiring ai... Continue Reading
American talks RFP as it readies to bring screens to narrowbody fleet
What’s old is new again. After taking delivery of its first single-aisle aircraft with seatback screens in 2013, followed by nearly a decade... Continue Reading