Incidents reveal crucial need for passengers to leave bags behind
It has happened again. A British Airways Boeing 777-200ER sits burning on the ground at an airport, yet passengers from BA2276 continued (an... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Delta Air Lines
SpaceX flags concerns over nextgen ATG service; Gogo hits back
SpaceX has waded into a rulemaking proceeding at the Federal Communications Commission concerning the auction of air-to-ground (ATG) license... Continue Reading
LATAM focuses on wireless IFE rollout instead of inflight Internet
Having deactivated the OnAir mobile and wifi connectivity on 31 equipped Airbus A320s operated by TAM, Latin American airline holding compan... Continue Reading
Gogo receives type certification for 2Ku; eyes commercial launch
Inflight connectivity provider Gogo has received the final Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) required to launch its next generation 2Ku co... Continue Reading
Could a new sort of alliance emerge to benefit passengers?
Delta recently reported a tremendous second quarter 2015 profit, and told investors it is looking to grow those numbers in the third quarter... Continue Reading
Bandwidth constraints bite in North American skies
Like it or not, many people expect free wifi everywhere they go, whether it’s a hotel, coffee shop, or hurtling through the sky over five mi... Continue Reading
Airline lounges are as important as ever – including in economy
The revitalisation of airport lounges is often a sign that business and first class travel is booming — and a series of top-notch lounges ar... Continue Reading
Airlines lead push for marriage equality for LGBT staff, customers
Airlines within the western world have long been significant employers and proponents of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communi... Continue Reading
Overhead bin space is increasing…but is it increasing fast enough?
As airframers, cabin interiors houses and design firms work feverishly to expand overhead luggage compartments, airlines too are addressing ... Continue Reading
US domestic first class: no longer like visiting your grandparents
For too long, flying US domestic first class has been like a Gen-Xer or Millennial visiting the den at their grandparents’. The seat is an o... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: US airlines practically begging for regulatory intervention
As summer approaches, the thought of seasonal air travel on US carriers has grown more and more heartburn inducing. Cheap oil, and the resul... Continue Reading
Emirates should come clean about its non-A380 business class seats
This week at the Arabian Travel Market event in Dubai, Emirates Airline CEO Sir Tim Clark reportedly said passengers would prefer the experi... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Partnership for Fair Skies no longer presenting coherent front
A lot of people seem to think that the fight between the established carriers of the world and the “big three” Middle Eastern ai... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Gulf stimulation of air travel unrecognized in Open Skies row
On a tour last summer of Doha’s new Hamad International Airport, I was told something peculiar by my guide; every shop and restaurant, every... Continue Reading
Can airlines offer a Gravity-defying experience via wireless IFE?
“You can only watch Gravity so many times.” So said a C-level executive at a growing ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC), who confided that he’s s... Continue Reading
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