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
Tag Archives: Air Canada
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
Access to early window movies drives Air Canada seatback IFE adoption
The ability to provide early window movie content to passengers is a driving force behind Air Canada’s continued adoption of in-seat IFE acr... Continue Reading
Exit row seating age raises safety questions
The age at which airline passengers can be classified as “adults” raises questions about the effective operation of emergency exits in the e... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Airlines say they want more women but can’t find their C-Spot
Talk about gender diversity — and diversity on the whole — during the IATA Annual General Meeting in Sydney this week highlights an all too ... Continue Reading
Air Canada looks to stop gadgets from slipping into business seats
Personal electronic devices have a way of slipping out of passengers’ hands and into the crevices of business class seats, which can create ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Air Canada picks Gogo 2Ku connectivity for CS300s
Gogo, the leading global provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation, announced today that Gogo’s industry leading... Continue Reading
SES on inflight connectivity partners: “We love all our children equally”
Given that ViaSat and Inmarsat are now more directly serving airlines, Runway Girl Network sees a benefit in occasionally checking in with o... Continue Reading
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