FAA safety official is part cheerleader and part den mother
For Peggy Gilligan, aviation safety is the focal point of all that she does. As associate administrator for aviation safety for the FAA, she... Continue Reading
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Afraid to fly? Social media access serves as blessed distraction
What is it about those tiny FaceBook alerts on my smart phone, those little nods of approval? They can keep a writer distracted for hours, g... Continue Reading
Big fish in a small pond or small fish in an ocean of sharks?
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LSG Sky Chefs cooks up a new wireless IFE solution for airlines
Back in April, at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, RGN discovered something quite unexpected while paying a visit to the stand of the... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: A JetBlue RFP
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JetBlue goes 2.0 as low-cost carrier unveils Mint premium product
There is no doubt that the transcontinental premium market is turning over a new leaf in terms of service, product and amenities. Flat-bed s... Continue Reading
Vueling CEO sees 186-seat A320 without loss of pitch
Airbus has yet to announce how it will go about recertifying the A320 for 186 seats, but one operator of the type is hopeful this can be ach... Continue Reading
What if Gogo GTO never flies?
Last September Gogo made a big splash, announcing its Ground-to-Orbit (GTO) solution at the APEX Expo in California. The solution combines s... Continue Reading
Airlines developing NDC-friendly tools to bolster merchandising
Now that US regulators have given their tentative nod to IATAʼs New Distribution Capability (NDC), which offers a framework for XML-based da... Continue Reading
Lufthansa’s 12th Airbus A380 is baptized “Hamburg”
On Thursday, 5 June, I was lucky enough to be among the crowd at Hamburg Airport waiting breathlessly for it to arrive. As it approached the... Continue Reading
Industry-wide approach needed for captioning IFE
One of the most hotly anticipated events at the recent APEX Technology Committee meeting in Universal City, California was the session featu... Continue Reading
Scholarships for would-be woman aviators available: AOPA
Members of Women in Corporate Aviation (WCA), along with 12 corporate aviation companies, have donated more than $100,000 to the organizatio... Continue Reading
Inflight Taste Test: Lufthansa’s new Taste of America menu
Lufthansa has a long and delightful history of creating menus that showcase the cuisine of the destination or country of origin. So when the... Continue Reading
Gogo, AT&T could score as Inmarsat rolls out hybrid ATG in Europe
Inmarsat gave a surprising endorsement to Gogo’s air-to-ground (ATG) business in the United States when it announced plans today to launch a... Continue Reading
Should pilots be free to shut off tracking? That is the question
IATA may be “a bit more nimble” than ICAO and therefore best suited to act quickly on proposed changes to aircraft tracking policies in the ... Continue Reading
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