Safran places one-third of Zodiac businesses under review
Safran has placed one third of its legacy Zodiac Aerospace businesses under review, the French multinational corporation confirms. The portf... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: first class
LED cabin lighting specialist STG to unveil Universal Lighting family
STG Aerospace, a long-time manufacturer of LED cabin lighting and emergency floor path marking technology for aircraft, has stayed busy with... Continue Reading
GWR’s first class lounge at Paddington: Victoria in memoriam
First class lounges are not just the pursuit of the jet set: certain UK train companies also offer this service at key stations. However, wh... Continue Reading
Emirates product shines but lax mask attitude surprises
Believe it or not, in over one million miles aloft, your author has never flown Emirates. That is until recently, when the drought finally c... Continue Reading
Diehl dives into data exchange standards with CANSAS cabin platform
Diehl Aviation has developed a new cabin management system that will serve as the baseline central control panel for nearly all aircraft fun... Continue Reading
RAY, the autonomous UVC robot, stands ready to disinfect cabins
As airlines look to enhance disinfection onboard without the repeated use of harsh chemicals, ultraviolet light is having a serious moment i... Continue Reading
Flying United? Charge up your devices and bring wired headphones
While United Airlines continues to take delivery of new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with its new United Next interior, retrofits of the carrie... Continue Reading
Air Canada proves uneventful and reliable on Seattle-Vancouver-London
While big chunks of the outside world opened to vaccinated Americans months ago, I stayed put as friends resumed their international jet set... Continue Reading
Geven reveals new-gen premium/biz recliner Materia
Following hard on the heels of the August release of its fully featured economy class seat, Elemento, Italian seatmaker Geven and London-bas... Continue Reading
Do social zones on planes still make sense?
Following Virgin Atlantic’s decision to bring The Booth to its leisure fleet of 397-seat A350-1000 twinjets in partnership with Factor... Continue Reading
First class on Great Western Railway IET train takes the strain
Intercity travel in the UK is notorious for expensive train tickets and poor service, but there are very good deals available for a more lux... Continue Reading
Collins to install BA new Club Suite on (some) 777s
British Airways is tapping Collins Aerospace to update more of its Boeing 777 aircraft with the new Super Diamond-based Club Suite doored mi... Continue Reading
Breeze wafts 36 seriously nice Safran business seats into its A220s
David Neeleman’s Breeze Airways has unveiled the first of its 80 Airbus A220-300 (né Bombardier C Series CS300) aircraft, featuring a surpri... Continue Reading
Airbus Services highlights recovery opportunity, digitalisation
Aircraft services is big business: in 2019 during its last Global Markets Forecast, Airbus predicted a services market of some US$4.9t over ... Continue Reading
Flying first, flying private: an NBAA travel tale
New digital platforms which connect consumers to private jets, on-demand shared charter flights, travel clubs and semi-private hybrid operat... Continue Reading