My kingdom for a slimline: honesty and reality in PaxEx
Once COVID-19 vaccinations enable safe, sensible and responsible travel, there’s a generational opportunity for some airlines to change tack... Continue Reading
Safety
US FAA cracks down on unruly airline passengers
The US Federal Aviation Administration is adopting a stricter legal enforcement policy against unruly passengers after observing “a disturbi... Continue Reading
Travelers entering US must show negative COVID-19 test
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will require all travelers entering the US from abroad to show proof of a negative COVID-19 t... Continue Reading
Nij crunch leads to new three-point seatbelt default
When Cathay Pacific’s new A321neo business class seat — the Collins Aerospace Air Rest recliner — recently broke cover, Runway Girl Network’... Continue Reading
EASA issues call for tenders on cabin air quality study
For many years, airline crew members have expressed a wide variety of health concerns about contaminated air on aircraft. Now the European U... Continue Reading
Singapore Airlines expands US flights as vaccine spurs recovery hopes
Singapore Airlines will significantly increase its existing US flight schedule on 18 January 2021, expanding to daily departures from Los An... Continue Reading
Will rigid foams gain greater presence in cabin interiors?
Whenever a company proposes reducing the weight of a significant cabin material by two thirds, the aircraft interiors industry takes notice.... Continue Reading
Aircraft safety service performance and cost in the spotlight
As a growing proportion of aircraft operational data is moved to cabin connectivity and terrestrial cellular networks, and as expectations g... Continue Reading
LSG’s COVID-19 food trend update asks big questions
COVID-19 has reshaped the way airlines deliver onboard food in 2020. Some have stopped entirely, some have stopped on some flights, some hav... Continue Reading
Designing regulation to enable seat safety and innovation
In the context of unprecedented distrust in aviation safety regulation, largely but not entirely driven by the exposure of regulatory failur... Continue Reading
Aviation’s role in managing forthcoming COVID-19 vaccine mandates
With what feels like a drumbeat of good news around vaccinations to prevent the ongoing spread of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that causes COV... Continue Reading
DOT service animal rule lifts some proposed burdens on handlers
US Department of Transportation officials have formally amended the Air Carrier Access Act to ensure airlines are not required to recognize ... Continue Reading
FAA accesses Aireon data as integrated air traffic system explored
Having forged a milestone new partnership with the FAA which will see the agency explore innovative use cases for space-based ADS-B, Aireon ... Continue Reading
Aviation’s COVID-19 “mad cow burger” problem
In 1990, as years of concern about mad cow disease in the UK reached critical mass, the country’s agriculture minister fed his four-year-old... Continue Reading
American Airlines changes course on wheelchair weight limit policy
American Airlines is no longer strictly adhering to weight restrictions which prevented some disabled passengers with wheelchairs from flyin... Continue Reading