Options for a light-touch, low-cost “business plus” product
When aviation returns after COVID-19, the front of the aircraft will look different. Some of that will be a passenger positive: older aircra... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Air France
EAN-powered Internet offered on more than 250 aircraft flown by IAG
International Airlines Group operators British Airways, Iberia and Vueling are now offering inflight connectivity to passengers via the Euro... Continue Reading
Press Release: Flight tests validate Orolia autonomous distress tracking
Orolia recently organized a series of flight tests to demonstrate and qualify capabilities of the GADSS global aircraft safety program’s en... Continue Reading
Gogo’s John Wade on IFC models set to dominate industry
Gogo Commercial Aviation president John Wade predicts that “freemium” and third-party payer models will dominate inflight connectivity in th... Continue Reading
Press Release: Air France and SNCF extend TRAIN + AIR product
For 25 years, Air France and the SNCF have been offering their customers a service allowing them to combine train and air travel in a single... Continue Reading
Aviation’s COVID-19 “mad cow burger” problem
In 1990, as years of concern about mad cow disease in the UK reached critical mass, the country’s agriculture minister fed his four-year-old... Continue Reading
KLM selects Viasat inflight Internet for majority of European fleet
KLM has picked Viasat inflight connectivity for “a majority of its European fleet”, Viasat revealed today in a fiscal 2021 second quarter ea... Continue Reading
Global Eagle to exit Chapter 11 within months
Inflight entertainment and connectivity firm Global Eagle Entertainment expects to exit Chapter 11 within months, after receiving bankruptcy... Continue Reading
COVID-19 crisis expected to heighten passenger expectations for IFC
With millions of people teleworking and using high-bandwidth applications to facilitate business amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it stands to re... Continue Reading
Diehl Aviation sees US growth opportunities despite the COVID storm
Aircraft interiors and avionics specialist Diehl Aviation sees opportunities to grow its business in the United States with both Boeing and ... Continue Reading
British Airways doffs its hat to the Boeing 747 as fleet is retired
After nearly five decades of service and millions of miles flown around the globe, British Airways is retiring its remaining fleet of 31 Boe... Continue Reading
Press Release: AFI KLM’s Barfield to distribute Electrostatic Cart
Barfield Inc., a subsidiary of Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) in the Americas, will now distribut... Continue Reading
Air France bids adieu to flagship A380 with farewell flight
Air France today is making its final Airbus A380 flight, bidding farewell to a young fleet which only entered service for the carrier in 200... Continue Reading
Premium economy: premium privacy and premium distancing?
As cash-strapped businesses look for efficiency in their travel budgets, the global economy affects leisure passengers’ willingness and abil... Continue Reading
FlightPath3D gives airlines new window into what passengers want
There is no shortage of predictions about how inflight entertainment will evolve in a post-pandemic world. Will airlines grow to favor wirel... Continue Reading
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