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
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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
Cape Verde seeks Icelandic help to privatize and grow state airline
Cape Verde is hoping to follow Iceland’s example in developing as a transatlantic aviation hub. The tropical archipelago nation is seeking I... Continue Reading
Smart design hacks can really nail the #PaxEx details
Every so often, you come across a piece of design that’s so smart yet so simple that you sit back and wonder why it’s not used across the wo... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik goes multi-role with four new Airbus MRTT cabin types
These days, fitting out an Airbus A330 for either passenger, government or private use feels almost blasé. But Lufthansa Technik is now offe... Continue Reading
The premium cabin trend du jour: privacy doors
Champagne? Check. Amenity kits? Check. Plush bedding and fine linens? Check. Check. What can a premium cabin product do to differentiate its... Continue Reading
Air France-KLM’s Flying Blue gets gamified but lacks key details
In a bid to woo lucrative regular travellers to its frequent flyer programme, Air France-KLM is revamping Flying Blue with what the airline ... Continue Reading
LIFT by EnCore doubles down on design with an eye to future products
LIFT by EnCore’s Boeing 737 and 787 seats are pitched by the company as being among the very best economy products designed for these airfra... Continue Reading
Ryanair continues to play hardball against pilot unionization efforts
Ryanair is refusing to meet with an unofficial pilots’ union that was formed in the wake of its recent crew rostering fiasco, and says... Continue Reading
Airlines continue to improve the mobile passenger experience
The modern age of the smartphones that we now take for granted began a decade ago with the 2007 release of the Apple iPhone (running the iOS... Continue Reading
RiM/MiM consolidate commerce platform amid Lufthansa consolidation
LSG Sky Chefs-owned Retail inMotion’s Media inMotion arm is looking to develop the company’s role as an airline servicing platform, with key... Continue Reading
A long goodbye to the “Chauffeur-Drive” premium airline amenity
The image of a sunglasses-wearing, leather passport holder-toting airline passenger stepping out from behind the darkened windows of a priva... Continue Reading
Guestlogix shopping platform brings real-world tech to onboard retail
Guestlogix, the Toronto-based company best known for its point of sale machines, is pushing upstream after restructuring its operations, and... Continue Reading
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