Air Astana pushes Boeing for middle-of-market 757 replacement
ALMATY, KAZAKHSTAN: Talking to Peter Foster, CEO of Air Astana, it’s clear that the straight-talking Yorkshireman is proud of the ten years ... Continue Reading
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Falcon 9 failure deals blow to inflight high-speed Internet schemes
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket this morning suffered an “anomaly” approximately two minutes into flight, resulting in a loss of the ve... Continue Reading
Vile, tin-eared The Voices not worth listening to
Every few years a small, buzz-worthy film emerges from the Sundance Film Festival that is so awful it threatens to give genuinely good Sunda... Continue Reading
Etihad’s secret Residence lounge at Heathrow cranks up VIP service
If you’re dropping a cool $20,000 to spend seven hours in Etihad’s Residence first class one-bedroom suite, you might expect more than just ... Continue Reading
Airports eye new revenue opportunities from beacon technology
Airports are looking at ways to increase the revenues they extract from non-airline related streams through traveler personalization. But in... Continue Reading
BYOR, bring your own (content) rights, is ready to take flight
The shift from in-seat IFE systems to the bring your own device (BYOD) model is far from complete. After all, nearly all widebody aircraft r... Continue Reading
Kontron comes out loud and proud about wireless system security
News headlines about hackers trying to find vulnerabilities in inflight entertainment (IFE) and communications systems on board aircraft may... Continue Reading
Could A320 P2F conversion have positive impact on #PaxEx?
Airbus is taking another swing at the idea of a passenger-to-freighter (P2F) conversion programme for its A320 family of narrowbodies. The E... Continue Reading
As the Boeing 777 evolves into 777X, thoughts turn to #PaxEx
Boeing’s best-selling widebody 777 is celebrating 20 years of revenue service, and with more than 1,300 delivered into the worldwide fleet i... Continue Reading
OAG wants to make IFE more relevant with its flight data
How can connectivity bring about change to inflight entertainment? It’s all about data and for OAG, a market leader in flight schedule... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Passenger Personalization and Data Rationalization
Welcome to Episode 25 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Nigel Pickford, who serves as director of marketing operations an... Continue Reading
Jupiter Ascending takes Sci-Fi camp to new heights
Depending on where you’re flying and what you’re drinking, Jupiter Ascending is either the worst movie ever made or a howlingly-... Continue Reading
Boeing SC’s Beverly Wyse urges women to chart their own course
You don’t have to fly an airplane to be a pilot. Just ask Beverly Wyse, vice president and general manager of Boeing South Carolina, where s... Continue Reading
United’s abandonment of JFK leaves BA opportunities in T7
In a huge shakeup of its transcontinental routes to California from New York, United is abandoning New York’s John F Kennedy Airport this Oc... Continue Reading
OpEd: Airlines’ data sharing problem hampers #PaxEx progress
BRUSSELS: I often write about the disappointment I face when traveling. As an elite-tiered member of a particular airline, I’m more of... Continue Reading
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