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
Tag Archives: John Walton
Corporate travel and physical distancing: a duty of care?
After past external shocks that have affected the airline industry, corporate travel has usually been among the very first sectors to reboun... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Should pandemic safety be sold to the highest bidder?
If you’re sitting directly next to someone else on a two-hour US domestic flight, there’s a 1 in 4,300 possibility that you’ll contract COVI... Continue Reading
Interiors innovation, at speed, in the time of COVID-19
In a time of crisis, it would be all too easy for a paralysis of innovation to set in for aircraft interiors suppliers. Airframers are endin... Continue Reading
Let’s evolve airport lounge thinking from the “business center”
The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way our world works — and the world of work — in myriad different ways, including for people with the ... Continue Reading
How I fell in love with aviation
Everyone who loves aviation comes to it in their own special, unique way. For me, this most changeable of industries has been one of the few... Continue Reading
Steaming through Japan on a literary train journey with the SL Ginga
There’s something delightfully comforting about riding a slow train through the mountains, and even more so when it’s one of Japan’s “joyful... Continue Reading
Notes from first class for future #PaxEx design
After making the most of sweet spot redemptions in several frequent flyer mile programs recently, I got to thinking about how the lessons of... Continue Reading
Thoughtful details and stellar service from ANA first class
It’s always a little tricky to make a decision when people ask me what was my best flight ever, but All Nippon Airways’ first class is high ... Continue Reading
Finding the moments of pure aviation joy
It always feels a little funny to tell people that I find joy in aviation, in traveling by air, in the airline passenger experience that mos... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Lessons airlines can learn from Singapore’s A380 first class
Who knows if we’ll see A380s flying again, and if so how many? It seems clear that, for many airlines, the downturn caused by the coronaviru... Continue Reading
In Conversation Transcribed: Business class with Virgin and BA
John Walton: Hello and welcome to Runway Girl Network, In Conversation, a deep dive into aviation and the passenger experience. I’m RG... Continue Reading
In Conversation: Business class with Virgin and BA
Joanna Bailey and Thomas Boon from Simple Flying join aviation journalist and interiors expert John Walton to face off about the newest busi... Continue Reading
In Conversation Transcribed: Hong Kong problems with Jamie Freed
John Walton: Hello and welcome to Runway Girl Network In Conversation, a deep dive into aviation and the passenger experience. I’m RGN... Continue Reading
In Conversation: Hong Kong problems with Jamie Freed
Reuters’ chief correspondent, Asia aviation and defence, Jamie Freed joins aviation journalist and interiors expert John Walton for a wide-r... Continue Reading
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