Emirates partnership with Inmarsat evolves as it taps GX for A350s
Despite a legacy of powering cockpit and cabin connectivity for Emirates with its L-band satellite services, Inmarsat has historically not e... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: A350-900
Airbus’ A350 NPS variant: lower weight, more MTOW—and bigger cabin
Airbus is planning to transition the A350-900 and -1000 to what it calls a “new production standard” (NPS) between now and 2024, reducing ai... Continue Reading
Despite COVID screening delay and HEL freezing over, Finnair soars
When my SAS flight from Stockholm to Copenhagen canceled and left me without a way to catch my connecting flight to New York, I had to scram... Continue Reading
Press Release: World2Fly to offer GX Aviation onboard A350-900
Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, today announced that its award-winning GX Aviation inflight broadband ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Airbus delivers first A350 from its centre in Tianjin
Airbus has delivered the first A350 from its widebody completion & delivery centre in Tianjin (C&DC), China, taking additional steps... Continue Reading
Delta vows to equip domestic fleet with enhanced IFC by end of 2022
Delta Air Lines is vowing to equip nearly all its domestic mainline fleet with “enhanced” inflight connectivity by the end of 2022, after it... Continue Reading
Singapore Airlines expands US flights as vaccine spurs recovery hopes
Singapore Airlines will significantly increase its existing US flight schedule on 18 January 2021, expanding to daily departures from Los An... Continue Reading
COVID cluster “demonstrates in-flight transmission”: report
A single widebody flight to Ireland this summer with 49 passengers on board “demonstrates in-flight transmission” among some 13 passengers, ... Continue Reading
Qatar Airways celebrates 100th aircraft with broadband Internet
Qatar Airways is celebrating the launch of its 100th aircraft to feature high-speed inflight Internet, which enables passengers to stay conn... Continue Reading
Press Release: Delta to retire 777s by end of 2020
Delta plans to retire its 18 widebody Boeing 777s by the end of 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The retirement will accelerate th... Continue Reading
Aeroflot impresses with bold colors and Horizon suite on new A350
Aeroflot today took delivery of its first A350-900 XWB at Airbus’ delivery centre in Toulouse. The ceremony was marked by musical performanc... Continue Reading
Air France worries A350-1000 will help low-cost, long-haul competitors
Air France is concerned that new generation aircraft like the Airbus A350-1000 will undermine the competitiveness of its de facto in-house l... Continue Reading
Thai Airways A350 doesn’t disappoint in economy class
Scheduled to fly between gorgeous Phuket, Thailand and Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport on a Thai Airways Boeing 747-400, I was surprise... Continue Reading
Vietnam deserves consistency award for PaxEx aboard 787-9 and A350
On a recent personal trip to Vietnam, I had a choice of connecting through Seoul on either Korean Air or Vietnam Airlines. Having already tr... Continue Reading
PaxEx on point on Singapore Airlines inaugural from Seattle
Singapore Airlines recently launched a brand new service to Seattle, capping a year-long push to increase flights to North America. The airl... Continue Reading
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