India inflight meal ban minimizes mask removal, ancillary revenues
The aggressive resurgence of COVID-19 in India has pushed back aviation industry recovery in the region, and removed an ancillary revenue st... Continue Reading
Safety
Flying first in Alaska’s sparkling new A320 cabin amid COVID
Like many frequent fliers of yore, the pandemic clipped my wings for most of the past year. But an intra-state business trip from Seattle to... Continue Reading
Connect Airlines sets its sights on Canada-US business day-tripping
Boston-based charter operator Waltzing Matilda Aviation (WMA) in October 2021 plans to launch a scheduled carrier called Connect Airlines, w... Continue Reading
Rollout of Aireon in the Caribbean could start next year
The US Federal Aviation Administration’s evaluation of Aireon space-based ADS-B in the Miami Oceanic and Caribbean area has been extended du... Continue Reading
ALPA opposes cockpit video recorders despite continued NTSB push
The US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has renewed its call for commercial aircraft to have crash-protected cockpit video record... Continue Reading
AIM Altitude to launch single-aisle version of ARCA galley at AIX
Aircraft interiors specialist AIM Altitude later this year plans to formally launch a single-aisle version of its unique ARCA galley system,... Continue Reading
Fairness in travel: the UK’s for-profit travel testing conundrum
The United Kingdom is in an enviable epidemiological position at present: emerging from a months-long lockdown, with its National Health Ser... Continue Reading
Principal interior designer Stephanie Chahan talks Exosonic
I suggested to Stephanie Chahan, principal aircraft interior designer & business development analyst at Exosonic, that she is perhaps th... Continue Reading
Vaccinated can fly in US without tests. Vaccine passport clouds ahead
With new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US travellers who have been fully vaccinated — in other words, ... Continue Reading
How OTG is pivoting out of the pandemic
OTG, the hospitality company that pioneered order-by-tablet technology at a few airports way back in November 2010, now operates 350 tech-le... Continue Reading
Winners announced for Crystal Cabin Awards honoring PaxEx innovation
The Crystal Cabin Awards, hosted by Hamburg Aviation, is informally known as the “Oscars” of the aircraft interiors industry. Every year, th... Continue Reading
Embraer announces hygiene guidance, but conceals details from press
As airlines continue to seek more effective ways of disinfecting flight decks, passenger cabins and onboard facilities, Embraer has announce... Continue Reading
Collins adds mid-cabin Switch to door-bar monument family
As airlines look to outfit their future longhaul aircraft — whether that’s the new Airbus A321XLR, for example, or a refit of existing... Continue Reading
KID-Systeme talks aircraft W-IFE linefit, retrofit and monetization
KID-Systeme GmbH confirms it is supporting Airbus’ new linefit W-IFE solution by providing the wireless hardware for the ALNA-Open Software ... Continue Reading
US wildlife strike data show improvements, but risks still high
A recent report published jointly by the Federal Aviation Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture examines 30 years o... Continue Reading