A whole new Club World? Or pie in the sky?
With yet another potential British Airways next-generation Club World business class seat released into the wild via the patent application ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: John Walton
UK passengers revolt over airport retail taxes
In what might just be the most British event of the entire year, British passengers are refusing to show their boarding passes to airside ai... Continue Reading
New LHR T5 Aspire lounge puts #PaxEx ball firmly in BA’s court
The most anticipated airport lounge of the year — certainly for British travellers — is now open at London Heathrow’s terminal 5, the home o... Continue Reading
Qatar’s denser 777 shows gulf widening between business, economy
Travelers sometimes wonder whether more spacious business and first class seats come at the expense of passengers further back in economy. T... Continue Reading
What do you want in business class: seats or service?
Despite the increasing homogenisation of airlines as carriers merge to form ever-larger conglomerates, there are still differences in what a... Continue Reading
Aer Lingus launches not-business-class European business class
Aer Lingus is returning to the premium market on select European flights with a new Aer Space shorthaul product, but the Irish carrier’s new... Continue Reading
Bandwidth constraints bite in North American skies
Like it or not, many people expect free wifi everywhere they go, whether it’s a hotel, coffee shop, or hurtling through the sky over five mi... Continue Reading
Airline lounges are as important as ever – including in economy
The revitalisation of airport lounges is often a sign that business and first class travel is booming — and a series of top-notch lounges ar... Continue Reading
British Airways sticks with first class on its bellwether 787-9
British Airways is keping a first class cabin in one of the linchpins of its future longhaul fleet, an indication that the airline intends t... Continue Reading
Happy birthday, dear PAX NAME, says United Airlines
United Airlines will soon be wishing passengers a happy birthday if they fly on the day they were born, with flight attendants notified by t... Continue Reading
United’s abandonment of JFK leaves BA opportunities in T7
In a huge shakeup of its transcontinental routes to California from New York, United is abandoning New York’s John F Kennedy Airport this Oc... Continue Reading
US domestic first class: no longer like visiting your grandparents
For too long, flying US domestic first class has been like a Gen-Xer or Millennial visiting the den at their grandparents’. The seat is an o... Continue Reading
Acro aims to revolutionize recliners like it shook up economy seats
Why is every premium economy and domestic US first class recliner seat basically the same? Acro Aircraft Seating managing director Chris Bra... Continue Reading
Designer and amenity kit maker aim to kill ‘Kleenex mentality’
Just fourteen months into their new partnership, amenity kit dynamos Wessco and designer Philippe Starck are making waves with their stylish... Continue Reading
Why I tell people to avoid flying on a 787
“New rule: never fly on a 787.” That’s what I found myself advising some non-aviation industry friends who were planning a trip this week, d... Continue Reading
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