A tale of two Canadian short-hops and one important inch
While attending Canada Post’s unveiling of its newest aviation-themed stamp collection in March in Ottawa, I considered driving the total 12... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Air Canada
Why airlines are speaking directly to IFC hardware suppliers
More than ever, airlines are educating themselves about inflight connectivity hardware and not solely relying on service providers and integ... Continue Reading
Canada, US ban 737 MAX flights citing new data
Declaring that safety “has to be paramount in our considerations” and “caution has to dominate”, Canada’s Minister o... Continue Reading
North American carriers express confidence in MAX; union wants probe
Updated on 12 March The Association of Flight Attendants-CWA (AFA) is calling on the FAA to temporarily ground the Boeing 737 MAX fleet in t... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Airlines should follow United on seatback IFE accessibility
Earlier this month, United Airlines began flying the Boeing 787-10 between Newark and Los Angeles. While discussing the carrier’s deci... Continue Reading
New terminal designed to be exact opposite of usual LaGuardia
New York’s LaGuardia Airport has long been at the extreme bottom of anyone’s list from which to draw #PaxEx inspiration. That ma... Continue Reading
Delta selects new wireless seatback IFE for A330-900neo
In an announcement regarding a top off order for Airbus A330-900neos released on 16 November, Delta Air Lines dropped what will be, for some... Continue Reading
ThinKom eyes near-term commercial airline launch of Ka-band antenna
When Gogo early this year revealed it was grappling with the problem of deicing fluid seeping under antenna radomes, ThinKom Solutions’ Ku30... Continue Reading
Fatigue, unclear NOTAMs led to Air Canada near-miss: NTSB vice chair
The vice chairman of the US National Transportation Safety Board, Bruce Landsberg, has published a commentary on the NTSB’s blog on the huma... Continue Reading
Air Canada: angled lie-flats now premium economy, not business class
Sometimes, advances in passenger experience come from the strangest places, and the biggest shifts come from the smallest changes. To wit: w... Continue Reading
Press Release: Air Canada and Spafax launch IFEC analytics platform
Air Canada, along with global content media agency Spafax announced today their plans to launch Spafax IQ: a data analytics platform that gi... Continue Reading
Why Air Canada wine is globally sourced and one must include bubbles
Though Air Canada has occasionally come under fire for sourcing wine from around the world instead of largely focusing on Canadian wine, the... Continue Reading
Dominique Giannoni reflects on five intense years at Thales Inflyt
After spending what he calls five “very intense and very interesting years” as CEO of Thales Inflyt Experience, Dominique Giannoni is assumi... Continue Reading
Editorial: Test dummies should be updated to reflect modern traveler size
Do airlines want larger, broader and taller passengers to fly? Do they want passengers with reduced mobility (PRMs) on board their aircraft?... Continue Reading
Air Canada sees end date in sight for onboard newspapers
Four years ago, Runway Girl Network asked – can inflight magazines survive a digital world? At that time, passengers had just been given the... Continue Reading
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