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Premium Economy is a focus as Delta retrofits 767 and A330 fleets

As the pandemic continues to severely impact the aviation industry, there are emerging signs that some airlines are once again getting ready... Continue Reading

3 AirFi units stacked on top of each other. Two black units on the bottom with an orange unit sitting on top.

Press Release: AirFi nears rollout completion on Eastern Airlines’ 767s

Eastern Airlines is just one tail away from having outfitted all ten of its B767 aircraft with AirFi’s FASE (Fully Autonomous Semi-Embedded)... Continue Reading

KLM customer inflight, masked, and looking at a mobile device.

KLM starts flying Viasat-fitted 737s after installing amid Covid-19

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is now offering Viasat’s high-speed inflight connectivity service to passengers on two Boeing 737-800s and will fit... Continue Reading

Cirrus NG rendering on a white backdrop.

Inside herringbones: a decade and a half of Cirrus

This is the first in a series of interviews with the movers and shakers behind herringbone seats, at a time when RGN would normally be roami... Continue Reading

An Iridium antenna attached to an airliner's window, from inside the cabin. The antenna is small and circular. Blue slimline seats are in view.

ASIP seeks to open the window to low-cost messaging for LCCs

Long-time industry veteran Ron Chapman might be the world’s foremost authority on installing Iridium antennas in airliner windows. He starte... Continue Reading

FAA to require 777 inspections after United engine incident

The US FAA will require inspections of Boeing 777 aircraft equipped with certain Pratt & Whitney PW4000 engines, after a United 777-200 ... Continue Reading

Dubai International Cargo and Logistics building with aircraft parked out front

Press Release: Dubai Airports, GMR create vaccine distribution corridor

Dubai Airports, operator of Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC), and GMR Hyderabad (GMR-HYD) have joined forces to creat... Continue Reading

The original 2018 Air Rest didn't feature three-point belts (or, here at the annual AIX show that same year, any belts). Image shows Air Rest on the show floor, covered in grey fabric

Nij crunch leads to new three-point seatbelt default

When Cathay Pacific’s new A321neo business class seat — the Collins Aerospace Air Rest recliner — recently broke cover, Runway Girl Network’... Continue Reading

A Korean Air widebody with signature teal seats, and a smartly-dressed flight attendant

Korean’s Asiana takeover to reshape NE Asia passenger landscape

Korean Air is to take over its struggling hometown challenger Asiana Airlines for the equivalent of US$1.6 billion, in a move that will resh... Continue Reading

A Qatar Airways Boeing 777 taking off is being equipped with Starlink

Press Release: Qatar Airways to launch Panasonic “EcoFW” IFE upgrade

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) today announced Qatar Airways as the launch customer for its new EcoFW 10” inflight entertainment... Continue Reading

An airborne Airbus A350 in Cathay's livery

Cathay taps Deutsche Telekom to provide consistent Wi-Fi portal

Cathay Pacific has selected Deutsche Telekom to develop and support the carrier’s future inflight Wi-Fi portal across its entire conne... Continue Reading

Research, “bad math” and real-world cases show COVID uncertainty

Is flying safe? Airlines and aviation trade groups would very much like passengers to think so, and have been focusing much energy on provin... Continue Reading

A Mekco truck, delivering AirFi wireless IFE to an aircraft

Press Release: MEKCO Group secures Americas distributorship for AirFi

MEKCO Group is pleased to announce that it has been named as the North and South American distributor for AirFi’s in-flight entertainment &a... Continue Reading

A Safran premium seat bathed in pink LED lighting on board an aircraft

Reduced volumes and widebody exposure hit Safran revenue

Safran’s aircraft interiors business saw revenues drop roughly 35% in the first half of the year, as large jetliner programs suffered ... Continue Reading

An Etihad 787-10 in-flight. The skies are blue with clouds, ecoDemonstrator

Optimizing transmissions to cut emissions part of ecoDemonstrator test

Through the years, Boeing has used multiple aircraft types as “ecoDemonstrators” to test and refine the use of new technologies and methods ... Continue Reading