Asiana’s Solstys stands up to the business class test of time, twice
When Asiana Airlines introduced its OZ Quadra Smartium in 2011, the overall feeling was that the name was wonderfully weird, but that the St... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Airbus A330
Press Release: Avianca starts trial of Inmarsat GX on select aircraft
Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, today announced that its GX Aviation inflight broadband service is now... Continue Reading
Press Release: Garuda selects GX inflight connectivity via Mahata team
Mahata Aero Teknologi (MAT), an Indonesian wireless technology provider, today announced an agreement to provide Indonesian national airline... Continue Reading
Perks of flying Delta One can be had before takeoff
Flying on Delta One from JFK to LHR on an Airbus A330 was all about form and function over flair, a buttoned-up way to fly premium with the ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Airbus, Delta partner on Skywise predictive maintenance
Delta Air Lines has entered into a multi-year contract with Airbus to continue using the Skywise open-data platform and related predictive m... Continue Reading
Doric on why it eschews PaxEx deviations in the secondhand market
German lessor Doric, which specializes in the sale-and-leaseback side of the market, is keen to see greater adoption of common combinations ... Continue Reading
When two aircraft mark an interesting business class watershed
La Compagnie, the “boutique” (meaning “small”) all-business-class airline shuttling between Paris-Orly and Newark, is an unlikely survivor o... Continue Reading
Evolving business class suite privacy beyond just adding a door
After the Aircraft Interiors Expo this April, I noted that quite a lot of seatmakers seemed to have adopted the Beyoncé model: if you liked ... Continue Reading
Air France promises premium #PaxEx, wifi and power upgrades
At Air France’s twice-yearly results briefing in Paris, the airline dropped some interesting passenger experience news for the pointy end of... Continue Reading
Airbus developing SB to address problem on 2Ku-fitted A330s, A340s
Airbus says it is developing a Service Bulletin – and eyeing a longer-term remedy – for a safety issue identified in an EASA airworthiness d... Continue Reading
Internally lit thermoplastics offer infinite PaxEx design palette
Airlines are increasingly designing — or asking their design partners to design — customised LED mood lighting schemes, which both show off ... Continue Reading
Recliner-plus seating evolves for widebody PE and narrowbody business
Several new seating products, familiar from the stands at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, stand out in their extra space, comfort, functionalit... Continue Reading
Press Release: Lufthansa Systems’ pilot apps certified for use on SB-S
Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, today announced Lufthansa Systems, a leader in aviation IT... Continue Reading
Hard product revealed, Air Italy can differentiate with service
Every so often, an airline gets to hit the reset button and totally reinvent itself. In the case of Meridiana, a small and arguably irreleva... Continue Reading
How many doors do you really need, asks Jamco’s Spread Your Wings
Fully flat business class beds with direct aisle access and doors were, of course, all the rage at this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo. But ... Continue Reading
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