Press Release: SITA to repatriate lost items at Passenger Terminal Expo
SITA has signed an exclusive agreement with UKi Media & Events to trace and repatriate lost items at this year’s Passenger Terminal Expo... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: luggage
Air Canada A220 business seat excites with comfort options
With over 24 hours of transit under my belt, the last flight of a multi-leg trip home to Seattle from Dubai was finally here. I had been loo... Continue Reading
Move over Eurobiz: here comes Main Select Ameribiz
The American Airlines Shuttle is dead… long live Main Select, American’s flexible, priority-line replacement economy ticket bundle for its h... Continue Reading
Opinion: Evacuation testing must reflect passengers taking bags
After yet another aircraft emergency evacuation with passengers bringing personal items and carry-on baggage, it is time for the aviation in... Continue Reading
Flying first, flying private: an NBAA travel tale
New digital platforms which connect consumers to private jets, on-demand shared charter flights, travel clubs and semi-private hybrid operat... Continue Reading
Delta’s domestic widebody flights are a treat
With international travel still largely off the table for most people, 2021 has seen the resurgence of highly sought after US domestic wideb... Continue Reading
Comparing Delta’s 737-900ER and 757 on New York-Seattle
If I were to tally up all of my flights over the years, New York-Seattle probably tops the list of routes I’ve flown the most. It’s a rather... Continue Reading
Flying the elusive 328JET at Denver Air Connection is a treat
Looking to visit the bucolic splendor of Telluride, Colorado, but without the six-hour drive from ‘nearby’ Albuquerque? Well, sh... Continue Reading
Clearing the longhaul narrowbody #PaxEx perception hurdles
Longhaul narrowbody flights — the ability to fly long and thin routes at a time when many routes will be increasingly thin — are going to be... Continue Reading
Bag retrieval during aircraft evacuations begs test criteria changes
A meaningful number of airline passengers continue to waste precious seconds during time-critical evacuations by prioritizing the retrieval ... Continue Reading
Loving low-fares carrier Southwest in spite of little inconveniences
Southwest Airlines isn’t everybody’s go-to. The carrier’s open seating policy, known as the “cattle call” experience, can be a b... Continue Reading
United CRJ550 impresses in revenue service but lack of power smarts
United Airlines, in tandem with regional carrier GoJet, recently rolled out its shiny new Bombardier CRJ550 regional jet at its Chicago, Ill... Continue Reading
Press Release: Air France chooses Safran’s ECOS bins for A320 fleet
Air France is the first airline in the world to choose Safran Cabin’s latest ECOS luggage compartments to equip its A320 and A321 sing... Continue Reading
Ease and efficiency make for pleasant Ryanair flight to Stansted
A recent trip to London brought me back to Stansted Airport after many years away, and gave me a fresh opportunity to fly on low-cost carrie... Continue Reading
British Airways’ frustrating failures in joined-up #PaxEx
We hear an awful lot about how combining disparate data points into new systems will lead to better information for passengers, and indeed i... Continue Reading
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