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Acro Aircraft Seating Series 9 slimline economy class seats in an aircraft cabin. This view was snapped aft of the cabin, and shows the seatbacks of this 3-3-configured narrowbody.

‘No excuse’ for making non-recyclable aircraft seats: AIRA

There is no excuse for manufacturers to make aircraft seats that are not 100% recyclable. This is the view of Tony Seville, director of UK-b... Continue Reading

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Accessible rear lavatory with swinging partition between two smaller aft lavs.

Canada mulls next steps as US adopts narrowbody accessible lav rule

A move by the US Department of Transportation to require airlines to install a larger, accessible lavatory on new narrowbody aircraft ordere... Continue Reading

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An older looking embedded IFE screen is showing the landing page for Kenya Airways

Room for improvement on Kenya Airways long-haul

Booked and canceled in 2020, my plan to go to Kenya with my partner for some wildlife tourism was realized this summer. Our Kenya Airways fl... Continue Reading

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A rendering of the ViaSat-3 Americas constellation.

Eyes on Viasat as it readies to update market on ViaSat-3 Americas

Nobody celebrates when a satellite encounters a problem. Every satellite operator understands that the same fate can just as easily befall t... Continue Reading

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An overhead bin with Braille explaining the seat number and row. It is beside the visual numbers and letters that sighted passengers use.

Why United’s decision to add Braille to its cabins is profound

United Airlines recently announced it is in the process of adding Braille signage in the cabins of its mainline fleet, including for seat ro... Continue Reading

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United Express E175 parked and ready to board on a sunny day.

United short-hop flight underscores the power of its amazing app

At just 229 miles as the crow flies, United’s route between Washington Dulles (IAD) and New York LaGuardia (LGA) has become one of my most f... Continue Reading

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Acro Aircraft Seating Series 9 economy class seat view from the front of the cabin. The slimline seats are dark blue.

Acro rated Premium Supplier by Airbus for design, manufacturing chops

Known for designing innovative, lightweight aircraft seats that create space for passengers’ knees and shins even in high-density layouts, A... Continue Reading

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Rendering of a passenger sitting in business class working on his laptop while wearing a Skyted mask.

Allo Allo: How a novel design masks noise from inflight voice calls

The technology to support inflight voice calls has been around for well over fifteen years. Even though the aircraft cabin environment isn&#... Continue Reading

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A Wizz Air Airbus A321ceo is parked at London Luton on a dreary day

Purple challenger Wizz Air offers persuasive PaxEx

Wizz Air, a Hungarian low-cost carrier operating across Europe, has a reputation that is broadly similar to easyJet and Ryanair; you get wha... Continue Reading