Flying blind in a post-pandemic world – it’s complicated
The airline industry has seen an unprecedented drop in demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Full recovery could take years without widesprea... Continue Reading
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PRMs share their concerns as air travel restarts with new protocols
As aviation begins to recover from the shock impact of the COVID-19 crisis, and #PaxEx changes are implemented on the ground and in the air,... Continue Reading
Qantas to supply masks to passengers but eschews blocked seats
In contrast to the likes of Delta Air Lines – which has committed to block middle seats and select window and aisle seats on aircraft ... Continue Reading
Hot or not? Major US airlines want TSA to make the call
In addition to masks, sanitizing stations and plexiglass barriers, temperature screenings will likely be the new normal at North American ai... Continue Reading
French engineer tables PlanBay seat separation kit in face of COVID-19
They say that necessity is the mother of invention. The COVID-19 crisis is prompting airlines to adopt social distancing measures on board b... Continue Reading
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
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
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
How airports can learn from high-speed train stations
From the Shinkansen in Japan to the TGV in France, the arrival of high-speed rail systems change the way our towns and cities evolve, servin... 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
Op-Ed: Lessons airlines can learn from Singapore’s A380 first class
Who knows if we’ll see A380s flying again, and if so how many? It seems clear that, for many airlines, the downturn caused by the coronaviru... Continue Reading
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