United to improve 767 dispatch reliability with interior overhaul
A decision by United Airlines to extend the life of its Boeing 767-300ER fleet means more widebody aircraft crossing the Atlantic Ocean (and... Continue Reading
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Boeing, Airbus bolster inflight connectivity options on narrowbodies
Under pressure from airline customers to provide factory-fit broadband Internet systems on narrowbody aircraft, Boeing and Airbus have each ... 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
#PaxEx Podcast: Hacker Claims and Inflight Games
Welcome to Episode 24 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Dominic Green, executive VP, Americas at Inflight Dublin, which i... Continue Reading
United celebrates women during Boeing 737-900ER delivery flight
There’s always a bit of real and ceremonial paperwork, and often a dinner and some sort of party, when an airline takes delivery of a brand ... Continue Reading
Boeing, IFE experts hit back at hacker claims in FBI report
Boeing and IFE experts are hitting back at claims in a FBI report that suggest security researcher Chris Roberts hacked an inflight entertai... Continue Reading
Airbus, Boeing catalogs either disasters or merely okay: seatmakers
This year at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, interiors providers opened up full bore on Airbus’ and Boeing’s widebody catalogu... Continue Reading
Airbus, Boeing bring seatmaker Zodiac in from the Hamburg cold
Aircraft seatmaker Zodiac Aerospace has been in the doghouse with airlines and airframers alike, following well-publicised delays to several... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Flight Data Streams and Indian Aero Dreams
Welcome to Episode 22 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Neelam Mathews. Based in Delhi, India, Neelam has been writing ab... Continue Reading
Time to take a fresh look at aircraft emergency egress testing
It’s understandable if airframers and regulators are reluctant to discuss the emergency egress requirements for commercial airliners. Nobody... Continue Reading
Norwegian wants to move 737 health data over broadband
NEW YORK: Passengers flying budget operator Norwegian in Europe might be growing accustomed to accessing free Internet on board, but the car... Continue Reading
Airframers’ India commitment doesn’t yet extend to PaxEx
BANGALORE: Airbus and Boeing are eager to boost business with Indian aerospace manufacturers, but despite constraints in the interiors suppl... Continue Reading
FAA to establish aircraft cyber security working group
The US Federal Aviation Administration is establishing a new industry working group to provide guidance on how to bolster aircraft cyber sec... Continue Reading
An autopsy may prove contaminated cabin air causes death
Most pilots have smelled the passing odor of engine fumes while flying, but industry can’t say much about what chemicals, exactly, air crew ... Continue Reading
Industry progresses in effort to streamline IFE-seat testing
Aircraft seat makers and IFE manufacturers are progressing in their efforts to streamline certification testing of seats integrated with ele... Continue Reading
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