Colombia’s Wingo goes for fresh, friendly and unpretentious vibe
Copa Holdings’ new Colombian subsidiary Wingo is positioning its passenger experience, sales and ticket-distribution strategies to appeal to... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: LCC
Air France-KLM seeks a Boost with new longhaul LCC effort
Looking for another long-haul LCC operation? Air France-KLM is set to operate its new "Boost" product a year from now, mixing lower costs an... Continue Reading
Blurring of lines with competition building in Europe
What happens when an LCC runs out of smaller airports to serve? Frankfurt is set to receive service from Ryanair, another step in the blurri... Continue Reading
In increasingly crowded PE/biz market, Acro’s Series 7 stands out
Acro, the British seatmaker best known for its ultra-slimline Series 3 seats, is presenting a head-turning evolution of the larger Series 7 ... Continue Reading
Watch #PaxEx Minute: Sliding seats among new concepts at AIX
In this episode of #PaxEx Minute, RGN correspondent John Walton explores the show floor of the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), Asia in Singap... Continue Reading
Mirus sets new LCC standard with digEcor in-seat power for AirAsia
SINGAPORE — In a potentially gamechanging development for the world of low-cost carriers, innovative upstart British seatmaker Mirus has cho... Continue Reading
Economy class worsens and I’m part of the problem
Tighter seats are (finally) coming to Cathay Pacific. British Airways is (finally) dropping free meals on short-haul routes. Has the industr... Continue Reading
Press Release: SpiceJet selects AeroDocs for paperless cockpit
Aircraft software company Arconics announces a significant software deal to deliver AeroDocs, the leading document management system for avi... Continue Reading
Outcry over BA catering cut underlines importance of inflight food
“Full service carrier reduces second meal service” might not smack of headline-worthy news, and it might be the “silly season” in the summer... Continue Reading
Star finds fitting LCC partners into alliance is still complex
ZURICH — Star Alliance’s initial “connecting partner” program for low-cost carriers to interline — and to an extent recognise alliance benef... Continue Reading
Norwegian’s Irish efforts see competitive support
Aer Lingus, a large competitor to Norwegian's Irish subsidiary, is supporting NAI's application to serve the US. Continue Reading
Booking flights on Amazon? SITAONAIR talks possibilities
How does the aviation industry, which is overall not known for its IT excellence, develop from kludgey, legacy in-house code to effective, m... Continue Reading
Taste-testing Thai AirAsia’s many meals in-flight
Ordering a meal for my recent AirAsia trip was a reasonable choice. Ordering 4 on each flight may have been too much. But it was a lot of fu... Continue Reading
Why time is ripe for Lufthansa’s longhaul LCC Eurowings flights
This winter Europeans will find travel bargains on flights to Dubai, Bangkok and Phuket as Lufthansa’s new low-cost carrier, Eurowings begin... Continue Reading
Seatback IFE’s much-heralded death fails to materialise, again
Harbingers of the demise of embedded seatback inflight entertainment have been prophesying its death for years, but two recent decisions by ... Continue Reading
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