Inside Singapore Airlines’ training for businesses
For almost half the history of aviation, Singapore Airlines’ flight attendants have been the most iconic design personification of an airlin... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: COVID-19 crisis
Downsizing due to COVID, Diehl eyes return to profitability in 2023
Diehl Aviation is cutting jobs in Germany and undertaking an innovation campaign as it works to weather the current COVID-19 storm and posit... Continue Reading
Creating a ‘me space’ on board with a recyclable solution
As airlines begin to abandon empty middle seat policies adopted at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, passengers may crave a more private... Continue Reading
United impresses with accessible app for the blind
In January 2019, United Airlines launched a new inflight entertainment platform on its Boeing 787-10 aircraft. The IFE system boasts a pleth... Continue Reading
American Airlines goes direct with monthly Wi-Fi plans
Even as the vast majority of business travelers remain grounded, airlines continue to improve their services and offerings. The latest effor... Continue Reading
Why key upgrades hang in the balance for New York City Subway
The last time I wrote about the state of the New York City Subway in 2015, things were not going all that well. Overcrowding was burdening t... Continue Reading
In Conversation Transcribed: Singapore and COVID with Aaron Yong
John Walton: Hello and welcome to Runway Girl Network In Conversation, a deep dive into aviation and the passenger experience. I am RGN cont... Continue Reading
The Eurotunnel’s Channel Tunnel car shuttle shines during COVID
Travel between Europe and the UK has changed to an almost unrecognisable extent during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the UK’s unilateral two-w... Continue Reading
Clearing the longhaul narrowbody #PaxEx perception hurdles
Longhaul narrowbody flights — the ability to fly long and thin routes at a time when many routes will be increasingly thin — are going to be... Continue Reading
Channel ferry COVID protocols reassuring for passengers
With Europe heading back into strict COVID-19 lockdowns, travel has been reduced to the essentials. For an essential, last-minute trip from ... Continue Reading
In Conversation: Singapore and COVID with Aaron Yong
LIFT Aero Design’s Aaron Yong joins aviation journalist John Walton from Singapore, bringing an update from the aviation superpower citystat... Continue Reading
Global pre-flight testing approach could be ready for winter: IATA
Efforts by UN agency ICAO to draft an internationally agreed and recognized approach to pre-flight testing for COVID-19 are progressing, acc... Continue Reading
Gilat maintains aero market strategy as it adjusts costs
Gilat Satellite Networks entered the COVID-19 crisis in a solid financial position, reporting strong profitability for Q4 and full-year 2019... 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
Flying internationally from Mexico during COVID
On a Monday afternoon at Cancun International Airport (CUN), heavy cumulus clouds punctuated the sky as Tropical Storm Gamma churned slowly ... Continue Reading