When a crash test dummy-sized human doesn’t really fit in the lav
The coach crunch continues unabated but smaller lavs being installed may present greater issues, even as they seek to address challenges for... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Airbus
Air Lease Corp “very disturbed” with Airbus and P&W as delays bite
Early this year, Airbus assured Air Lease Corporation (ALC) that the lessor’s 2017 new-aircraft deliveries wouldn’t slip any more than... Continue Reading
SIA joins airlines seeking to turn biofuel trickle into a flood
Singapore Airlines (SIA) is hoping its recently-announced operation of 12 long-haul flights partially powered by renewable jet fuel will hel... Continue Reading
Singapore Airlines revisits Business-Premium-only for A350-900ULR
As an increasing number of airlines outfit their aircraft for ultra-longhaul missions, Singapore Airlines has chosen an all-premium passenge... Continue Reading
Air France among A380 operators studying 11-abreast layout
How low will they go? That’s a reasonable question to pose to airlines now that some legacies are further tightening seat pitch – see Americ... Continue Reading
Eurowings “Best” offers excellent alternative Eurobusiness option
Returning from Hamburg to the UK following the Aircraft Interiors Expo, I discovered that Lufthansa’s low-cost carrier arm Eurowings was ope... Continue Reading
Growing pains of Pratt-powered A320neo presents challenges for airlines
To say that the Airbus A320neo family has seen a rough start to service might be underselling the challenges the re-engined aircraft are fac... Continue Reading
Press Release: GX enters commercial service with Lufthansa Group
Inmarsat (ISAT.L), the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, today announced the commercial service introducti... Continue Reading
Airbus aims at flexible business/premium economy Butterfly seat
Convertible seating is something of a holy grail for airlines, seatmakers, and airframers. With the multiple-year lead-time required between... Continue Reading
Hawaiian is making more money making passengers more comfortable
Is there magic to Hawaiian Airlines’ ability to sell first class seats on its flights? It might not be magic, but the company sells nearly a... Continue Reading
Why SriLankan has the best economy class you (probably) aren’t flying
Consider, for a moment, the area often defined on airline route maps as “Indian Subcontinent/Indian Ocean”. The airlines based in the region... Continue Reading
Air France to accelerate connectivity installs, issue RFP for A320s
Acknowledging that passengers expect to be connected in-flight and appreciating that the carrier is behind the eight-ball on this one, Air F... Continue Reading
Zodiac to replace three Cathay A350 Cirrus shipsets, fix rest of fleet
HONG KONG — Zodiac Aerospace is replacing three full shipsets of its latest Cirrus business class seat for Cathay Pacific’s A350 fleet, and ... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: Rouge quietly installed 2Ku across A319 fleet
As director of airline research at Routehappy, your author often finds that juicy data points can emerge from the most unexpected of sources... Continue Reading
Recaro, Airbus promise flexibility with reconfigurable economy pitch
Airlines interested in varying the amount of extra-legroom economy seating they can offer on an aircraft have a new option with the Smart Ca... Continue Reading
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