Airline catering association argues for special case on plastics laws
The strength of feeling with which the world has been grappling with the amount of plastic waste, single-use plastics and plastic marine lit... Continue Reading
Safety
FAA to use ADS-C to meet separation standards for US oceanic airspace
US Federal Aviation Administration officials have committed to using Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Contract (ADS-C) technology to reduc... Continue Reading
Style & Design to benchmark seats with perceived quality concept
Comparing business class seats has always been something of an art rather than a science, but a new system from French industrial designers ... Continue Reading
Cape Air set to welcome first Tecnam P2012 Travellers from Italy
Hyannis, Massachusetts-based regional airline Cape Air is set to celebrate its 30th year in business with the expected arrival of two brand ... Continue Reading
Upgrades of Phase 3 displays on 737s, 777s nearly complete: Honeywell
Airlines don’t always move quickly to address airworthiness directives. And on occasion, some carriers miss AD deadlines altogether. That’s ... Continue Reading
US general aviation amplifies message on risk-mitigating avionics
A public-private partnership that is working to improve general aviation safety in the United States is amplifying its message to the FAA, c... Continue Reading
Why IAMA is working to bring transparency to aircraft retrofit market
Several years ago, when Lufthansa committed to orders for Boeing 777-9Xs and Airbus A350-900s, the carrier refused to be limited to the A350... Continue Reading
French aviation tax and internal flight ban highlight externality risk
The French government is instituting a new aviation tax from 2020 in order to add €180m of investment in transport modes with lower environm... Continue Reading
Airbus changes tack on seat comfort, posits ‘sub-economy’ on A350
When a major aircraft manufacturer has a series of senior executive changes, its strategy can be expected to change too. Airbus, which has a... Continue Reading
Inside the 20-year forecasts at Airbus, Boeing and Embraer
Making sense of the dueling twenty-year market demand forecasts between airframers is a mix of art and science, as Airbus, Boeing, an... Continue Reading
Lufthansa’s A321XLR impression shaped by perceived shortcomings
Lufthansa Group CEO Carsten Spohr recently flew a seemingly unlikely airline: Qatar Airways. The Doha-based carrier epitomizes the German gi... Continue Reading
Liz Wood reflects on lengthy career as Crewman for the Royal Air Force
Looking to escape the troubles of her native Northern Ireland and fueled by a desire to ‘travel the world’, Liz Wood joined the UK’s R... Continue Reading
Opinion: 737 MAX, NMA, FSA and regulatory geopolitics: “too big to fail”?
Near the end of the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October, the US National Security Adviser peers over the rim of his glasses at the Soviet amb... Continue Reading
How will A321XLR longhaul travel compare to golden age 707 flying?
The success of the Airbus A321XLR at the Paris Air Show led to an interesting dialogue among industry watchers and even a particular airline... Continue Reading
Podcast 067 Transcribed: Deciphering Airbus and Boeing in Paris
Runway Girl Network is pleased to now provide transcripts of the #PaxEx Podcast. Please, if you use and appreciate this transcript, email us... Continue Reading
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