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Collins' MiQ seats with greyish seat covers and black headrests

Filling the premium economy gaps: opportunities and risks for airlines

Premium economy seems set to be the next big thing for airlines emerging from the COVID-19 crisis. Whether it’s business class passengers tr... Continue Reading

A snowy apron at EWR, with a Delta aircraft parked at the gate, and deicing trucks.

Delta sets high standard for cleanliness and comfort amid pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way we plan for travel. Lockdowns, border closures and COVID-19 testing requirements must all be consi... Continue Reading

The growing case for middle-seat-free class

Premium economy seems set to grow in importance to airlines as the world starts to recover from the COVID-19 crisis, with what was already t... Continue Reading

Businesswoman in medical mask holding airplane ticket and mobile phone

OPINION: Aviation and the question of requiring COVID-19 vaccination

More than a month on from the announcement of a more contagious and indeed more deadly variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19,... 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

My kingdom for a slimline: honesty and reality in PaxEx

Once COVID-19 vaccinations enable safe, sensible and responsible travel, there’s a generational opportunity for some airlines to change tack... Continue Reading

The new Moynihan Train Hall is expansive, and well lit, as the ceiling features a massive skylight ceiling with lots of windows

New York offers impressive PaxEx at Moynihan Train Hall

“Through [Pennsylvania Station] one entered the city like a god. Perhaps it was really too much. One scuttles in now like a rat.” The late a... Continue Reading

A brown wooden table in a lounge. A computer screen, a keyboard, a light and a landline phone sit on the table.

Reshaping O&D: the remote trend and business/work travel

As we look towards 2021, one thing is clear in the future fog swirling around the COVID-19 pandemic: the way that many people will work has ... Continue Reading

A side view of a seat aboard a Shinkansen, with a view out the window showing Japanese countryside

Deconstructing the Japanese high speed rail passenger experience

Japan’s Shinkansen high-speed network is a marvel of technology, engineering, infrastructure investment, speeding a thousand passengers seam... Continue Reading

Innovating into leisure travel in the COVID transition and beyond

Leisure travel is a massive part of the puzzle for aviation’s COVID-19 recovery, but it remains a big unknown as we continue to read into su... Continue Reading

Coronavirus cells in an electron microscope. 3D illustration

Aviation’s COVID-19 “mad cow burger” problem

In 1990, as years of concern about mad cow disease in the UK reached critical mass, the country’s agriculture minister fed his four-year-old... Continue Reading

A near-empty subway car, with orange and yellow seats. The car appears to be sparkling clean

Why key upgrades hang in the balance for New York City Subway

The last time I wrote about the state of the New York City Subway in 2015, things were not going all that well. Overcrowding was burdening t... Continue Reading

A photo taken from inside a vehicle which is driving towards the Channel Tunnel. There is a car in front. A blue sky and a green hill can be seen in the background

The Eurotunnel’s Channel Tunnel car shuttle shines during COVID

Travel between Europe and the UK has changed to an almost unrecognisable extent during the COVID-19 pandemic. With the UK’s unilateral two-w... Continue Reading

A photo of the Normandie ferry brochure on the author's steering wheel

Channel ferry COVID protocols reassuring for passengers

With Europe heading back into strict COVID-19 lockdowns, travel has been reduced to the essentials. For an essential, last-minute trip from ... Continue Reading

The VeriFLY lane, as marked by stanchions and signage at DEN

A new socially distanced airport experiment comes to Denver

In mid-September, Denver International Airport (DEN) introduced a program called VeriFLY in order to help calm passengers’ anxieties about s... Continue Reading