Airbus ends A380 production with Emirates swap to A330neo & A350
With the cancellation of the last 39 Airbus A380 orders from Emirates, and following a series of trickled-out final cancellations from other... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Airbus A330
Cathay aims for IFC critical mass, narrowbodies and new portal
As Cathay Pacific progresses in its Gogo 2Ku installation, the airline is looking ahead to the next steps in its inflight connectivity strat... Continue Reading
Exploring business class trends for 2019
As airlines head into 2019, a number of key trends are coinciding to make the year particularly exciting in the business class space, with d... Continue Reading
Near-term IFC opportunities in China prove head-scratcher
When Air China vice president and general manager, North America, Zhihang Chi, this spring told attendees at the Global Connected Aircraft S... Continue Reading
Press Release: Safran presented Janus award for Skylounge Core seat
The jury at the Institut Français du Design has unanimously awarded its Janus Label of Excellence to the Skylounge Core seat in business cla... Continue Reading
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
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
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