Gogo under pressure to use alternative methods to block YouTube
Gogo is under pressure to use alternative methods for preventing airline passengers from accessing YouTube, after a Google executive cried f... Continue Reading
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When oil prices rise, will airlines be left with angry sardines?
Between January 1, 2010 and the end of the third quarter 2014, the Gross Domestic Product of the United States rose 11.1%. Over the same per... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Hidden-city ticketing not so hidden to the masses anymore
The concept of hidden-city ticketing is not a new one; airlines have been dealing with it for years. But millions more people recently becam... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand casts a new net in connectivity studies
Air New Zealand studied inflight connectivity in the past including for its 787-9s but like many carriers, chose to sit tight and not equip.... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Virgin emphasizes real-world #PaxEx in new advert
“So you’ve got an idea,” leads off Virgin Atlantic’s new television spot — and for the airline industry, the ‘idea’ is using passenger exper... Continue Reading
Factors to consider when predicting the future of embedded IFE
Pressed to describe how we see the IFE industry evolving in the face of CNN reports such as these – “Say buh-buh to seat-back s... Continue Reading
New inflight safety apps seek passenger attention and retention
Nowadays it seems almost quaint, but there was a time, not so long ago, when passengers actually put down their books and newspapers to pay ... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: In focus with Flight Focus
Welcome to RGN Premium content. This page is only available to active members. Already a member? LOGIN HERE Interested in becoming a member?... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Airlines should take control of the mobile payments process
Seven years ago at a banking forum in Europe, a group of future-looking experts predicted that 20% of payments handled in Western countries ... Continue Reading
All Nippon Airways cautiously enters high-density economy seating
Asia had been a holdout in embracing 10-abreast seating on long-haul Boeing 777s, but 2014 saw All Nippon Airways (ANA), China Airlines and ... Continue Reading
RGN analysis: QZ8501 weather not as ‘unusual’ as reported
The weather systems above the Java Sea at the time Jakarta control lost contact with Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 look like angry red boi... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Don’t take standardization too far in airline alliances
A healthy debate is underway on RGN following publication of what I would categorize as a modest, non-controversial article about how the 28... Continue Reading
Industry running out of excuses for lack of global aircraft tracking
As Indonesia halted its aerial search for Indonesia AirAsia flight QZ8501 for the night, the world asked again – how is it possible th... Continue Reading
Middle East bizjet operators use IFC to improve operations, safety
The aviation industry is abuzz with chatter about the operational and safety benefits that can be gleaned from aircraft e-enablement. But wh... Continue Reading
Toddler flight simulator introduces daughter with dollies to aviation
For decades women have been smashing barriers that hinder them from entering the aviation industry, including the pervasive psyche that this... Continue Reading
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