Enjoy a blast from the past aboard JAL 787-8 on TSA-HND
There are dozens of flights between Taipei, Taiwan and Tokyo, Japan on any given day, operated by airlines ranging from the most minimal no-... Continue Reading
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Aer Lingus takes first two A321XLRs, preps for Nashville, Indianapolis
Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus has taken delivery of its first two Airbus A321XLR extra-long-range narrowbodies. The new CFM LEAP-1A-powered ... Continue Reading
US DOT rule strengthens ACAA implementation for wheelchair users
On 2 October 1986, then-US President Ronald Reagan signed the Air Carrier Access Act (ACAA) into law, prohibiting airlines from discriminati... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: ThinKom tackles the tough questions as IFC evolves
Welcome to the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks the evolution of the airline passenger experience and aviation’s sustainability initiative... Continue Reading
ANA wows with 9min boarding, generous legroom on domestic 777
I like to try new airlines, and a recent trip to Japan gave me the opportunity to work in a day’s worth of flying through the nation o... Continue Reading
Airbus highlights benefit of A321LR/XLR complement to widebodies
Airbus sees its new long-range A321LR and extra-long-range A321XLR narrowbodies as complementary to the airframer’s A330neo and A350 widebod... Continue Reading
How Panasonic Avionics solved Covid-era supply chain constraints
Supply chain bottlenecks affected companies and industries across the globe during the Covid pandemic. But inflight entertainment and connec... Continue Reading
Air Canada, WestJet come through for teen flying with allergies
As a dancer with Canadian ballet company Ballet Jorgen, I am increasingly booking gigs that require some travel. My mother, RGN operations m... Continue Reading
Airbus intensely studying dual-beam ESA heat dissipation for HBCplus
Airbus continues to target 2026 for delivering aircraft factory-fit with Ku-band multi-orbit inflight connectivity under its supplier-furnis... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: David Neeleman’s five air travel predictions for 2025
Widely considered one of the most successful airline entrepreneurs in the world, Breeze Airways founder and CEO David Neeleman shares his fi... Continue Reading
Letronics PRM Transfer Lift supports accessibility for most sizes
Several commercial aviation stakeholders are actively working to make air travel more accessible for persons of reduced mobility (PRMs), inc... Continue Reading
British Airways reveals elegant new A380 first class suites
British Airways has new renders out for the forthcoming first class suite that it plans to refit onto its Airbus A380s, and it looks superb.... Continue Reading
Flying ANA at 83: London-Tokyo flight couldn’t have been better
At eighty-three years of age, I was a little apprehensive about flying the fourteen hours that London to Tokyo now takes. While my career to... Continue Reading
Gulfstream Chief Developmental Test Pilot details G700 test program
Still only in its third year, the Irish Business and General Aviation Association’s annual conference has already become an industry highlig... Continue Reading
Austrian Airlines studies hydrogen power for A320 ground maintenance
Austrian Airlines is studying the suitability of using hydrogen as an emissions-free energy supply to support regular ground maintenance of ... Continue Reading