Is the future of seatback thermoplastics really greige?
Settle down in your airline seat and look at the seatback in front of you. It’s almost certainly grey or beige. So is the armrest, and so is... Continue Reading
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An ode to getting airline breakfasts right — and a plea
Designing premium cabin food menus is hard for any airline, but breakfast always seems particularly tricky. It’s often got surprisingly wron... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Flight Chic talks trends in advance of AIX
Welcome to Episode 56 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest is Marisa Garcia, who has worked directly in the design and manufacturing of aircraft... Continue Reading
Thinking about unpredictable predictability and multi-meal menu design
Airlines are trying hard — and spending serious cash — to move beyond the “chicken-or-beef” stereotype for inflight food, especially in prem... Continue Reading
Embraer delivers first of a highly updated E190-E2 to Widerøe
Norway’s Widerøe Airlines has taken delivery of a brand new Embraer E190-E2. Being the launch customer airline and the first delivery of the... Continue Reading
A look behind the scenes at Boeing’s Interiors Responsibility Center
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner final assembly facility in South Carolina is well-known, but many people are unaware that the airframer has an assor... Continue Reading
“Bleisure”: terrible word, useful thinking concept for airline lounges
Of all the neologisms coined around the airline industry, “bleisure” is one of my least favourite, onomatopoetically speaking. But the idea ... Continue Reading
Southwest Airlines’ dual-source connectivity plan now in play
Having opted to take a dual-source approach to inflight connectivity, Southwest Airlines is now flying with aircraft that have been fitted w... Continue Reading
From diapers to air pillows, Air Transat gets amenity details right
Some airlines provide specially-themed amenity kits to children in-flight in a bid to distract and entertain. Saudia has teamed with Disney’... Continue Reading
In Conversation: Live inside a flydubai Boeing 737 MAX 8
Recorded live in one of flydubai’s 737 MAX aircraft, the airline’s vice president of inflight product, Dan Kerrison, is in conversatio... Continue Reading
Phantom Thread needs a good tailor
Although you’d never know it from the original posters, Phantom Thread has very little to do with fashion. Take away the pretty dresse... Continue Reading
Boeing celebrates delivery of the first 787-10 to Singapore Airlines
Boeing Commercial Airplanes marked a major milestone on Sunday, 25 March, delivering to Singapore Airlines the airframer’s first internally-... Continue Reading
Pint-sized #PaxEx presents challenges for parents
Traveling with a child is harder today than it used to be, and a lot of that is due to prevailing trends in the airline industry. For the fr... Continue Reading
New tech and younger customers are changing the bizjet charter game
Setting aside popular myth that business aircraft are the sole preserve of wealthy celebrities and playboy multimillionaires, and viewing th... Continue Reading
Ku HTS capacity shows it can pack a punch in-flight
As pressure mounts on airlines to ensure their passengers can use inflight Internet in the same manner as they do on the ground – to complet... Continue Reading
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