Beyond residential: moving towards the lounge-as-Starbucks model
The driving design trend behind most airport business class (and especially first class) lounges over the last decade has been “residential”... Continue Reading
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TSA reviews crew security program but immediate policy change halted
After reports that screening procedures for pilots and cabin crew enrolled in the Known Crewmember (KCM) program had changed suddenly over t... Continue Reading
A350 premium economy trends towards narrower 2-4-2 layout
What does premium economy look like? For most of the life of this middle cabin — launched in 1992 by either Virgin Atlantic or EVA Air, whic... Continue Reading
Behind the rise and rise of the Recaro CL3710
It may not have the snappiest name — like any good Recaro seat, it shares a product number with an old Nokia phone — but the Recaro CL3710 i... Continue Reading
Industry reviews creative air travel accessibility solutions
The number of passengers who will need special assistance traveling by air is expected to grow over the coming decades, and airlines face pr... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: DOT made the right call with service animal guidance
Almost two years ago, I was paired with PJ, a black lab guide dog from The Seeing Eye. He gave me a level of independence I hadn’t enj... Continue Reading
Longer flights, more differentiation: 8-hour vs 18-hour business class?
Airlines creating business class products today find themselves at the complicated crest of two trend waves. First, the mission range of wid... Continue Reading
Adient warmly received for bringing design ethos to premium seating
Adient Aerospace, the new joint venture between leading automotive seatmaker Adient and aircraft manufacturer Boeing, appears to have, pardo... Continue Reading
Cathay Pacific chairman John Slosar ready for LCC HK Express
The premium passenger experience has been so important to Cathay Pacific chairman John Slosar that he spent the night at headquarters sleepi... Continue Reading
British Airways’ hot-weather meltdown has lessons for climate crisis
Dozens of flights cancelled. Overheating terminals in chaos. Passengers sleeping on emergency mats at checkin. Air conditioning failing to k... Continue Reading
Hyper-realistic VR rendering helps BA bring new Club Suite to life
Hyper-realistic virtual reality (VR) models of aircraft cabins offer airlines and designers a new opportunity to test and promote products w... Continue Reading
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
Passengers want practicality as ACJ320neo business jets are delivered
As the Airbus A320neo family of aircraft continue to roll out into the commercial airline sector, their private aviation counterpart — the r... 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
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