Korean Air’s Nutgate saga opens dialog about family dynasties
You’d have to be living under a macadamia nut-shaped rock this past week to have missed the Nutgate story, where a Korean Air vice-president... Continue Reading
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Eager to secure customer loyalty Alaska puts makeover plan on ice
This year saw the rebranding of a trio of carriers in the United States – Frontier Airlines, Spirit Airlines and Southwest Airlines. Keen ob... Continue Reading
Etihad does a hard sell on soft product
Inside the aircraft cabin, airlines have two principal levers to affect the passenger experience: hard product, like seats, inflight enterta... Continue Reading
Singapore Airlines to implement door fix across entire A380 fleet
Singapore Airlines plans to modify the doors across its entire fleet of Airbus A380s to address a micro crack issue that first came to light... Continue Reading
IATA submits aircraft tracking recommendations to ICAO
GENEVA: An expert task force established by the International Air Transport Association in the wake of the tragic disappearance of Malaysia ... Continue Reading
High Throughput Satellite to support faster Wi-Fi on Southwest
The demand for ever more bandwidth is a story told by customers and service providers alike. In the US aviation market Ku-band satellite cap... Continue Reading
Air France-KLM CEO won’t let personal concerns stop IFC rollout
NEW YORK: Air France has been going through a fair bit of change recently. Just a few months ago, the airline rolled out its new widebody ca... Continue Reading
Delta product rebrand leaves room for further improvement
In March 2015, Delta will bid farewell to BusinessElite, Economy Comfort and Economy, replacing them with Delta One, Comfort+ and Main Cabin... Continue Reading
IATA urges operators to assess risks related to battery transport
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is strongly recommending that operators of cargo and passenger aircraft conduct an assess... Continue Reading
Navigating the premium passenger path with airline bubbles
Since the halcyon, rose-tinted, faintly blurry golden age of travel, airlines have provided Champagne to their premium passengers. Grape cép... Continue Reading
Safety recommendations issued after flydubai IFE smoke event
United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has issued safety recommendations to flydubai, following a 9 April 2014 smoke ... Continue Reading
Air France forges IFC deal with telco; a sign of things to come?
Last week, Air France published a press release announcing it plans to offer inflight connectivity on two short- and medium-haul Airbus A320... Continue Reading
New attitudes about race relations fly to new altitudes
The other night, I saw a Facebook post on Mary Kirby’s timeline about a grand jury in New York City declining to indict a white police offic... Continue Reading
Inmarsat makes headway on new air-to-ground service for Europe
For the last several years US airlines have been able to avail themselves of a relatively simple air-to-ground (ATG)-based inflight Internet... Continue Reading
Exclusive: United to stream DirecTV to some passengers’ devices
As United Airlines puts planes into service without in-seat screens questions are being asked about the future of the inflight entertainment... Continue Reading
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