Norse Atlantic Airways prepares for takeoff in 2022
A new Viking raider is charting a course across the Atlantic. Following in the footsteps of predecessors including Norwegian, Norse Atlantic... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Boeing 787-9
Press Release: American taps Thales in-seat IFE for A321XLR and 787-9s
The world’s largest airline, American Airlines, has selected Thales’ latest AVANT inflight entertainment (IFE) solution to equip its new A32... Continue Reading
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
WestJet’s 787-9 PaxEx impresses on London-Toronto
Roughly a year ago, I anxiously boarded an Air Canada flight to Toronto. Having spent months in lockdown in a central London flat, I was des... Continue Reading
18 months after delivery, Qatar Airways unveils Adient 787-9 cabin
Qatar Airways’ latest Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner cabins — revealed some eighteen months after the airline took delivery of the aircraft — featu... Continue Reading
Self-service and the three-segment touchless travel trend
Aviation has seen many changes to the way it operates as the result of COVID-19. In the passenger experience arena, one of the biggest trend... Continue Reading
JetBlue sets a date for crossing the pond in style with the A321LR
JetBlue Airways has started selling tickets for its very first transatlantic services – from New York JFK to London’s Heathrow and Gat... Continue Reading
Press Release: ANA to install world’s first hands-free lavatory door
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for eight consecutive years, has partnered with JAMCO Corporation to deve... Continue Reading
Boeing confirms 787 interiors work will consolidate in South Carolina
It was the fall of 2009, and legislators in Washington’s state capital of Olympia were grappling with an unhappy prospect: Boeing was eyeing... Continue Reading
Vistara faces in-seat IFE restrictions as it readies for 787-9 service
India’s Ministry of Civil Aviation currently disallows the use of in-seat entertainment touchscreens on board Indian carriers as a health an... Continue Reading
Etihad undertakes extensive MRO program amid coronavirus pandemic
With 80% of its passenger fleet grounded amid the coronavirus pandemic, Etihad has undertaken what it is calling the “most extensive mainten... Continue Reading
Press Release: Vistara 787-9 features Recaro economy and PE seats
Recaro Aircraft Seating’s PL3530 premium economy and CL3710 economy class seats have been installed on Vistara’s first Boeing 787-9 Dr... Continue Reading
International airlines flying into and over India begin offering IFC
International airline clients of Panasonic Avionics’ Ku-band satellite-supported inflight Internet service are flipping the switch on ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Inmarsat GX powers one million free IFC sessions for ANZ
Inmarsat, the world leader in global mobile satellite communications, announces that its award-winning GX Aviation solution has powered more... Continue Reading
United segments 787 fleet, accommodating premium-light sub-fleet
United Airlines’ Boeing 787-8 and some 787-9s were delivered with the carrier’s old business class seats whereas the 787-10 and ... Continue Reading
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