After the A380, whither the new wave of halo products?
With the demise of Airbus’ A380 programme, a crucial aspect of premium passenger experience design finds itself looking for a new home: the ... Continue Reading
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2021 starts off worse than 2020 as travel restrictions bite
Increased travel restrictions are having a crushing impact on global passenger traffic, with total demand in January 2021 – as measured in r... Continue Reading
Filling the premium economy gaps: opportunities and risks for airlines
Premium economy seems set to be the next big thing for airlines emerging from the COVID-19 crisis. Whether it’s business class passengers tr... Continue Reading
How aviation can innovate into the business class travel space
As we power into the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, basic business class — where airlines, as in basic economy, unbundle the various ... Continue Reading
Panasonic works to bring live sports to more airlines under IMG deal
Once the aviation industry begins its recovery phase, real-time entertainment appears poised to explode in-flight. People have grown accusto... Continue Reading
Press Release: Etihad Airways to launch IATA Travel Pass
The International Air Transport Association and Etihad Airways, the national airline of the UAE, today announced a partnership to launch the... Continue Reading
Press Release: Emirates to trial IATA Travel Pass
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) is partnering with Emirates to become one of the first airlines in the world to trial IAT... Continue Reading
Press Release: ATPCO buys SITA’s fare management system
ATPCO today announced it has purchased SITA’s fare management system, Airfare Insight (AFI). The deal enables product consolidation with the... Continue Reading
Press Release: Dubai Airports, GMR create vaccine distribution corridor
Dubai Airports, operator of Dubai International (DXB) and Dubai World Central (DWC), and GMR Hyderabad (GMR-HYD) have joined forces to creat... Continue Reading
Emirates’ premium economy shows upgrades but no category shift
There was a time in the distant past — by which, at the end of 2020, we mean any time before the COVID-19 crisis — when Emirates’ adoption o... Continue Reading
Aviation’s COVID-19 “mad cow burger” problem
In 1990, as years of concern about mad cow disease in the UK reached critical mass, the country’s agriculture minister fed his four-year-old... Continue Reading
Press Release: Vision-Box deploys contactless PaxEx for Emirates
Vision-Box, a world leader in biometrics seamless travel, automated border management and electronic identity management solutions dedicated... Continue Reading
Will COVID-19 drive Basic Business class segmented fares?
In financial terms, the seats on a flight are the most distressed of inventories: once the aircraft doors shut, they have hit a hard “use by... Continue Reading
A toast to first class — and hope for its legacy
Writing about airline premium seats and service often feels like, quite literally, a first class problem. That’s especially the case during ... Continue Reading
Air France bids adieu to flagship A380 with farewell flight
Air France today is making its final Airbus A380 flight, bidding farewell to a young fleet which only entered service for the carrier in 200... Continue Reading
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