Southwest suspends snack and beverage service under new measures
Forget the pretzels. And put away your credit card. Southwest Airlines is introducing what it calls “stringent” new measures in response to ... Continue Reading
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US airlines require passengers and employees to wear face masks
Aligning with best practices from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US airlines are requiring that customer-facing emplo... Continue Reading
United corporate medical director on the pandemic and healthy flying
Even before COVID-19 wreaked havoc with the airline industry, Pat Baylis, managing director and corporate medical director for United Airlin... Continue Reading
Flight experience as we know it will change: Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace’s new president, Interiors, Troy Brunk is convinced the airline passenger experience as we know it will change in a post-p... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: The future of air travel in a post-pandemic world
Welcome to Episode 72 of the #PaxEx podcast, which tracks the evolution of the airline passenger experience. In this episode, available on A... Continue Reading
Embraer alleges Boeing wrongfully terminated tie-up pact
In the midst of a deeply challenging time for the aviation industry, Boeing has terminated its agreement to take control of Embraer’s ... Continue Reading
Rethinking amenity kits and soft product in the new normal
Air travel and the passenger experience has already changed beyond measure as the result of COVID-19 and the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that cau... Continue Reading
easyJet A320 retrofit enables Skywise predictive maintenance
STS Aviation Services has completed a package of work for easyJet that saw the MRO provider install Airbus’ new flight operations and mainte... Continue Reading
Emirates latest to block seats; frontline employees don PPE
Emirates is adopting social distancing in-flight in response to the coronavirus pandemic, with the airline announcing today that seats will ... Continue Reading
Aviointeriors proposes post-COVID-19 Janus seats
When aviation returns after COVID-19, it will look very different. It’s not just because more airlines are almost certain to disappear from ... Continue Reading
Design for Recovery: Exploring IFE post-coronavirus
As the airline industry prepares for recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, there is an opportunity to examine digital touchpoints in the d... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Flattening the curve, opening the skies and the road ahead
This is an Op-Ed contribution from Tamara Bullock, founder and CEO of aerospace communications firm Altitude Strategies, and Jim Faulkner, m... Continue Reading
Etihad undertakes extensive MRO program amid coronavirus pandemic
With 80% of its passenger fleet grounded amid the coronavirus pandemic, Etihad has undertaken what it is calling the “most extensive mainten... Continue Reading
Diversification helps position some suppliers to weather the storm
As the coronavirus crisis pummels air travel demand, forcing airlines to park aircraft and airframers to slow production, many suppliers in ... Continue Reading
Rethinking the aircraft seat for a new market reality
The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis for the airline industry, but it is also an opportunity to reevaluate the design of the passenger exper... Continue Reading
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