Air Canada proves uneventful and reliable on Seattle-Vancouver-London
While big chunks of the outside world opened to vaccinated Americans months ago, I stayed put as friends resumed their international jet set... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: aircraft seats
Press Release: SEKISUI acquires CCM equipment for thermoplastics
SEKISUI Aerospace, a subsidiary of SEKISUI Chemical, has completed an investment in Continuous Compression Molding (CCM) thermoplastics tech... Continue Reading
Geven reveals new-gen premium/biz recliner Materia
Following hard on the heels of the August release of its fully featured economy class seat, Elemento, Italian seatmaker Geven and London-bas... Continue Reading
Move over Eurobiz: here comes Main Select Ameribiz
The American Airlines Shuttle is dead… long live Main Select, American’s flexible, priority-line replacement economy ticket bundle for its h... Continue Reading
Almost private: JSX makes flying easy and enjoyable
For those who could afford it, flying private during the pandemic quickly emerged as a desirable alternative to first class on a legacy airl... Continue Reading
Do social zones on planes still make sense?
Following Virgin Atlantic’s decision to bring The Booth to its leisure fleet of 397-seat A350-1000 twinjets in partnership with Factor... Continue Reading
Opinion: Evacuation testing must reflect passengers taking bags
After yet another aircraft emergency evacuation with passengers bringing personal items and carry-on baggage, it is time for the aviation in... Continue Reading
Collins to install BA new Club Suite on (some) 777s
British Airways is tapping Collins Aerospace to update more of its Boeing 777 aircraft with the new Super Diamond-based Club Suite doored mi... Continue Reading
Confident in Reno, aha! CEO Subodh Karnik talks growth prospects
Having launched bare-bones Embraer E145 service from Reno-Tahoe International Airport last week, aha! admits it hasn’t invented anythi... Continue Reading
Press Release: SalamAir introduces new seating class, Luban
To offer a unique travel experience, Sultanate’s fastest-growing value-for-money airline, SalamAir, has introduced Luban seating across its ... Continue Reading
Breeze wafts 36 seriously nice Safran business seats into its A220s
David Neeleman’s Breeze Airways has unveiled the first of its 80 Airbus A220-300 (né Bombardier C Series CS300) aircraft, featuring a surpri... Continue Reading
US airline start-up aha! joins the pack
Eighteen months of an ongoing global pandemic has wreaked havoc across the global airline industry. Yet here in the United States, 2021 has ... Continue Reading
Airbus Services highlights recovery opportunity, digitalisation
Aircraft services is big business: in 2019 during its last Global Markets Forecast, Airbus predicted a services market of some US$4.9t over ... Continue Reading
Flying first, flying private: an NBAA travel tale
New digital platforms which connect consumers to private jets, on-demand shared charter flights, travel clubs and semi-private hybrid operat... Continue Reading
Spirit hones Wi-Fi portal as partners prepare for SES-17
Spirit Airlines is conducting inflight Wi-Fi testing on a limited number of aircraft and, according to its aero ISP partner Thales InFlyt Ex... Continue Reading