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An Air India Boeing 777-300ER in-flight; the orange-liveried underbelly of the plane is shown

Op-Ed: How do you solve a problem like Air India?

Air India, India’s national carrier, has a long and complicated history littered with missteps, failures, and some successes. Its current si... Continue Reading

A head-on view of the JetBlue Mint cabin

JetBlue’s new Mint, new route, give new reasons to shout

Last year at this time, a JetBlue flight was practically a carnival in the clouds. Whatever you wanted to drink, eat or watch could be done,... Continue Reading

A top down view of the Jamco Vantage Pristine seat, with sparkling white and light grey seat accents emphasizing the antimicrobial aspects of the seat

Jamco reveals new antimicrobial seat, Venture Pristine

If the aircraft interiors story of 2020 was figuring out how to get aircraft clean, the story of 2021 seems set to be designing cleanliness ... Continue Reading

Two men crouched on the floor of a green aircraft, looking at specs for an interior mod

IAMA recommends airlines price options as airframers enter W-IFE

Airbus and Boeing late last year separately announced plans to play a more meaningful role in bringing wireless entertainment to aircraft. W... Continue Reading

The entrance to an A320, with the airframer's signature Airspace cabin, including LED lights and projected designs on the ceiling

Beyond seats: getting the new longhaul narrowbody cabins right

Longhaul narrowbody aircraft like the Airbus A321neo’s LR and XLR variants are going to be key to the COVID-19 recovery — and to future rout... Continue Reading

Graphical image of a service dog handler and his dog. The handler is shown standing by the dog, as well as separately being led by the dog while walking.

Exploring airline form accessibility for service animal handlers

After a lengthy rulemaking process, the US Department of Transportation’s new amendments to the Air Carrier Access Act finally went into eff... Continue Reading

Close-up side view of Airbus A320 operated by British Airways Copy Space. Airbus A320-232 (G-EUUP)

EAN-powered Internet offered on more than 250 aircraft flown by IAG

International Airlines Group operators British Airways, Iberia and Vueling are now offering inflight connectivity to passengers via the Euro... Continue Reading

A side view of the the fully flat Allegra business class seat

Aviointeriors aims for the other side of COVID with new seats

With aircraft fleets grounded, many routes operating on a lifeline essential-only basis, and growing restrictions in many parts of the world... Continue Reading

Aerial view of industrial cargo ships fleet moving to the harbour of Singapore in south east Asia - Retro contrasted dramatic filter

Panasonic Avionics to focus on aviation as it sells ITC Global

Inflight entertainment and connectivity giant Panasonic Avionics is pulling out of the maritime, energy and enterprise satellite communicati... Continue Reading

The Airtek business class seat concept, as envisaged by JPA Design, featuring different athleisure seat fixtures such as coat hooks and retaining straps

Beyond yoga pants: athleisure seat fixtures reach business class

Remember back in 2017 when there was a big discussion about whether yoga pants — those ultra-comfortable, stretchy athletic-leisure garments... Continue Reading

An image showing multiple streaming providers on a screen, including Netflix and Hulu Plus

Gogo envisages Bring Your Own License connected IFE

As the movie landscape is reshaped amid the COVID-19 crisis – and on the heels of the bombshell decision by Warner Bros. to exhibit it... Continue Reading

Finding the middle road: Virgin Australia’s MAX 10 PaxEx options

When Virgin Australia takes delivery of its 737 MAX 10 aircraft starting in 2023, it will be as part of the airline’s future: charting a #Pa... Continue Reading

Flight attendant wearing a mask and gloves while serving passengers. LED lights and seatback screens are in view

US lawmaker wants mob of rioters added to No-Fly List

A US lawmaker who chairs the House committee on Homeland Security is urging the Transportation Security Administration and the Federal Burea... Continue Reading

Two software-defined OneSat satellites in orbit, with an image of earth alongside them

Software-defined network part of Intelsat plan for aero

Intelsat is evolving towards software-defined, reconfigurable satellite assets that will allow the company to direct high-throughput capacit... Continue Reading

All of the contents of the new amenity kit spread out on the hard surface of the Mint seat.

Wanderfuel makes wellness addition to JetBlue Mint cabin

A refreshed first class or business class cabin always drew attentive excitement in the carefree days of aviation, but now as the pandemic s... Continue Reading