Winning the zero-sum game with storage and features, not angles, doors
Much of the design innovation in business class seats over the last few years has focused on resolving the zero-sum problem with staggered s... Continue Reading
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Delta reins in emotional support animals with new guidelines
Delta Air Lines is tightening requirements for the carriage of emotional support animals in its aircraft cabins, after seeing an 84% spike i... Continue Reading
Premium economy bottleneck creates challenges and opportunities
If you walked around the stands at the colocated APEX and Aircraft Interiors Americas expos last fall in Long Beach, California, you could b... Continue Reading
How Google and RailTel are bridging the digital divide in India
A relic of the British colonial era, India’s railway stations are undergoing a transformation. Since 2016, Indian Railways subsidiary RailTe... Continue Reading
Seeking premium economy’s launch airline unearths historical quirks
One of the most intriguing mysteries in the history of modern passenger experience is which airline first designed premium economy: EVA Air ... Continue Reading
PaxEx 2018: Airlines seek to redefine lounges during a time of transition
Airline lounges for first class, business class and frequent flyers remain in a transitional period as airlines continue to reduce the numbe... Continue Reading
Charters prove bright spark in otherwise soft business aviation market
The business aviation market is on a slow recovery. New aircraft sales have been soft for years, which is obviously unfortunate news for air... Continue Reading
From staid to funky, inflight safety card design sends a brand message
Although he wasn’t aware of it at the time, Troy Dixon started collecting airline safety cards at the tender age of eight-months-old o... Continue Reading
Three headrest designs attempting to improve economy class comfort
As aircraft seat width and pitch are continuously cut in bids for greater cabin density, and materials and structures grow thinner to keep w... Continue Reading
How airlines can design multifunctional lounge seating to please all
Airport lounges have a unique set of passenger needs to fill: restaurant, lounge, office, dining room, living room, bar, spa, bathroom, bedr... Continue Reading
TAP Portugal gives high-altitude taster of what to expect when you land
After serving up over 1.2 million bottles of wine to passengers last year, TAP Air Portugal already claims to be the biggest shop window for... Continue Reading
Boeing’s 777X shows off the latest update to overhead bin design
Consider the humble overhead bin as you heft your carry-on luggage into it the next time you’re on an aircraft. These carefully engineered p... Continue Reading
Why window seats on the Boeing 787 seem the narrowest of all
“99.9% of the flying public don’t know which aircraft type they’re flying.” While this generalization, left by a commenter on a past post he... Continue Reading
IAG LEVELs Paris, closes down OpenSkies
LEVEL, the long-haul low-cost carrier from British Airways and Iberia parent IAG, is to start flights to four key destinations from Paris’ s... Continue Reading
Korean Air’s Apex seats raise production, maintenance questions
The past several years have not seen universal success for seatmakers cutting the bleeding edge where design, materials engineering, passeng... Continue Reading
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