Will changes in aircraft transition market lead to vanilla PaxEx?
As commercial aircraft move between operators, the passenger experience hard product inside them — seats, IFE, galleys, monuments, and so on... Continue Reading
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Panasonic tables Active Surfaces to support hygienic design
How can aircraft interior designers eliminate the debris-accumulating crevices and gaps created by high-touch buttons on aircraft seats, whi... Continue Reading
2021 starts off worse than 2020 as travel restrictions bite
Increased travel restrictions are having a crushing impact on global passenger traffic, with total demand in January 2021 – as measured in r... Continue Reading
Cut carbon or face passenger exodus, Europe’s airlines warned
Policymakers have welcomed the European aviation industry’s roadmap for reaching net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 as an impor... Continue Reading
Five years on: how the A320neo is changing aviation
For many who followed the development of Airbus’ A320neo family of aircraft very closely during the first half of the 2010s, it will seem as... Continue Reading
Mural celebrates legacy of Madam C.J. Walker at Indianapolis Airport
The pandemic put a stop to a lot of things, but it did not halt the creation, installation, and celebratory unveiling of a giant mural at In... Continue Reading
Cathay first and business passengers can sleep lie-flat without masks
Passengers flying in first or business class on Cathay Pacific are permitted to remove their masks when sleeping in the lie-flat position, u... Continue Reading
Faradair aims for hybrid aircraft service entry in 2026
IATA in 2009 set the air transport industry on a path toward carbon neutrality. It targeted carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and a reduction ... Continue Reading
CO2 sucked from the air and turned into jet fuel shows promise
Efforts are underway in Europe to develop electro-fuels for airlines using carbon dioxide captured directly from the atmosphere as a feedsto... Continue Reading
Air Canada’s takeover of Transat progresses
Air Canada’s proposed takeover of Transat AT Inc. has received Canadian government approval, and is now under antitrust scrutiny by th... Continue Reading
Etihad Airways, Singapore Airlines vaccinate their crews
Etihad Airways and Singapore Airlines have made it a priority to provide the COVID-19 vaccine for their frontline crew members to lower thei... Continue Reading
Qatar Airways upgrading legacy IFE on 787-8s with Thales AVANT
Qatar Airways is upgrading the legacy Thales TopSeries inflight entertainment systems on its Boeing 787-8 twinjets with the latest generatio... Continue Reading
Breeze Airways takes first E190; teases PaxEx details
US start-up Breeze Airways has taken delivery of an Embraer E190 — the first of 15 aircraft on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ... Continue Reading
US mask mandate in effect on planes and all public transport
Under the Biden administration, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is requiring all travelers on public conveyances – includi... Continue Reading
Canada adopts new international travel restrictions to curb COVID-19
While the Canada-US border has been closed to drivers of non-essential travel since 17 March 2020, many Canadian snowbirds were still able t... Continue Reading