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Looking above the Cathay Pacific 777-300ER Cirrus seat in business class. The seat is all grey with a white pillow and off-white thermoplastics.

Cathay’s revamped business soft product is as strong as OG Cirrus

Cathay Pacific’s 777-300ER implementation of the Cirrus seat (originally produced by Sicma, then Zodiac, now Safran) is the reference busine... Continue Reading

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Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 parked at the gate

Alaska and United discover loose door plug hardware on some MAX 9s

Alaska Airlines and United Airlines have discovered loose door plug hardware on some of their Boeing 737 MAX 9 twinjets during preliminary i... Continue Reading

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Airbus Safety Promotion Center. A mock-up of the cross section of an aircraft serves as the start of the center, sitting alongside a set of stairs.

JAL516 reflections and a visit to the Airbus Safety Promotion Center

On a mountain ridge west of Tokyo, in rural Gunma prefecture, sits a shrine dedicated to the 520 lives lost in the crash of Japan Airlines f... Continue Reading

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Alaska Airlines safety card being held up for a photo on the Boeing 737-9. The NTSB is currently investigating a recent incident.

NTSB begins probe of Alaska MAX 9 door plug blowout amid grounding

Investigating why an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 experienced a mid-air blowout of an emergency door plug, the US National Transportatio... Continue Reading

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The nose of the Allegiant aircraft as it is being boarded via ramp

Enjoying PIE and the sky on Allegiant flight from St. Pete to PIT

Convincing my partner to celebrate New Year’s Eve with me in Tampa took a bit of convincing so I was eager to sweeten the proposition by sco... Continue Reading

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Inside an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9

Alaska Airlines temporarily grounds 737 MAX 9s after mid-air incident

Alaska Airlines has temporarily grounded its fleet of 65 Boeing 737 MAX 9 aircraft, after one of the twinjets, registered N704AL, was forced... Continue Reading

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Overhead view of the Cathay Pacific first class suite, showing expansive living space, a large IFE screen, and lots of comfortable bedding atop the seat bottom.

Cathay can draw inspiration for new first class from iconic product

Cathay Pacific is one of the few airlines looking to retain an international first class cabin and service in its next-generation of aircraf... Continue Reading

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OneWeb satellite in space. Panasonic, Intelsat and Hughes are among the distributors

Panasonic’s Wade on how OneWeb LEO differentiates in aero

Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite operators OneWeb and SpaceX are shaking things up in aviation, with the former partnering with industry inte... Continue Reading

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Connect large advertisement signage for Hughes, Echostar and Dish.

Will opportunity knock in IFEC as EchoStar and Dish complete merger?

Satellite communications provider EchoStar Corporation has completed its all-stock merger with American television provider Dish Network Cor... Continue Reading

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A demo IFE screen showing the new SPI accessible interface.

VIDEO: Safran Passenger Innovations reveals accessible IFE

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