Ethiopian’s 767 refit to support four more years of service
If you thought that the Boeing 767’s heyday was over, Ethiopian Airlines’ recent decision to install Optimares’ fully flat ZEST seats on its... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: business class
Qantas to retain and update A380, with massive premium boost
Qantas wants new twinjets that will fly nonstop from its largest markets on Australia’s east coast to New York and London, but it will also ... Continue Reading
Emirates designs new Dubai co-branded Moët business lounge
Airlines are the world’s biggest Champagne buyers, and Emirates is no exception: every year, the seven lounges in Dubai International Airpor... Continue Reading
Finnair’s Norra Embraer E-190: great Eurobiz, apart from the seats
It’s a commentary on the state of European business class when an 18”-wide seat, no neighbour, a tasty hot meal and some chilled Champagne i... Continue Reading
Press Release: AIM and Thompson Aero Seating collaborate at Toulouse
AIM Altitude and Thompson Aero Seating have collaborated for the first time as AVIC companies to create stunning integrated front-row furnit... Continue Reading
May only be a matter of time until amenity kits are digital deliveries
Tiny toothpaste. Eyemask. Antiseptic towelette. Socks. Amenity kits today have changed very little over the more than 60 years they’ve been ... Continue Reading
PaxEx odds and ends: BA brings pain and Ethiopian 767 no longer plain
Just because you know something is coming doesn’t make it hurt any less when it actually arrives. We have known for nearly a year that Briti... Continue Reading
Airframers can’t shift all responsibility for narrowing seats
In January 2015, RGN published an article entitled “Why I tell people to avoid flying on a 787“. Two and a half years later, the piece... Continue Reading
Airberlin doubles up and doubles down on Eurobusiness
In what feels like a counterpoint to the rest of the European business class passenger experience, Airberlin is doubling down on Eurobusines... Continue Reading
Eulogy for a proper British Airways afternoon cream tea
Allow me for a moment to bring you on an unashamedly rose-tinted journey down passenger experience memory lane, all the way back to my child... Continue Reading
Is British Airways’ First Wing just lipstick on a horselamp?
Understanding that travellers who pay a premium value a premium airport experience, airlines are increasingly investing in fast-track and el... Continue Reading
The most traveled airline keepsake isn’t going anywhere
If business class passengers arriving off long-haul KLM flights seem to have a little extra smirk to their smile, it may be because there’s ... Continue Reading
Basic Economy, you say; how about Basic Business?
Is it time to consider a “basic business” class product as viable? According to one major airline CEO who spoke with your author, the ... Continue Reading
Broad horizon for next-gen large narrowbody premium #PaxEx
Whatever happens in the middle of the market — to be filled by what Boeing calls the NMA and everyone else calls the 797, and by Airbus’ A32... Continue Reading
United’s Zodiac Polaris 767 beats Vantage on American, Delta
If there’s anywhere that the venerable Boeing 767 continues to serve passengers well, it’s in the United States. That’s certainly been the c... Continue Reading
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