Fifth grade USO-style girl group HOPE takes flight at B-17 tour stop
Founded in 1941 by Mary Ingraham at the request of then-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the United Service Organization’s (USO) missi... Continue Reading
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Legacy 450 to become largest aircraft at La Mole after key clearance
Working closely with Embraer, European operator ASL has cleared the Legacy 450 for operations into the challenging St Tropez, La Mole airpor... Continue Reading
Some foreign carriers cleared to activate Wi-Fi in Chinese airspace
As satellite based inflight connectivity systems continue to get faster and roll out to additional airlines, one thing has been resistant to... Continue Reading
Delta’s Comfort+ upgrades could turn into frequent flyer problem
Some of Delta Air Lines’ most valuable passengers are being hit with a predictable problem as the carrier transitions to selling its Comfort... Continue Reading
Video of Delta’s new IFE user interface confirms radical update
The graphical user interface (GUI) of an inflight entertainment system is a tricky beast. Over the course of a flight, that little seatback ... Continue Reading
Etihad VP of guest services Linda Celestino talks #PaxEx, leaning in
Linda Celestino was named Etihad’s vice president of guest services in February 2015. In her job, she oversees 6,000 cabin crew at a carrier... Continue Reading
Spanish Affair 2 is second helping of awesome
Calanda-born writer-director Luis Buñuel put Spanish cinema squarely on the map during his long, storied career with such surrealist classic... Continue Reading
Emirates talks up premium economy for unique “comfort canyons”
In announcing Emirates’ 2015-16 financial results, president and chief executive officer Tim Clark gave the most positive signal yet for pas... Continue Reading
Breastfeeding pilots file discrimination charges
Four women pilots at Denver-based ultra-low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines on 10 May filed discrimination charges with the Equal Employment ... Continue Reading
Chinese airlines begin to install Wi-Fi beyond trial basis
As airlines based in the United States are wrapping up their inflight Wi-Fi rollouts – and eyeing nextgen upgrades – and many Eu... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: End false alarms from prejudiced flyers scared of brown people
This outbreak of airlines allowing prejudiced passengers to decide that a fellow traveller is too brown, or too Muslim, or — in the latest e... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: The state of IP in airline seating
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United and illy make a coffee date in bid for passenger affection
If you are wondering how much mileage one can get out of a cup of good strong coffee, take a look at the half dozen journalists who, barely ... Continue Reading
EU: UK commercial aviation strongly in favour of Remain Brexit vote
FARNBOROUGH — On 23 June, the United Kingdom will hold a referendum on whether to withdraw from the European Union. While a significant, and... Continue Reading
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