Satcom Direct discusses business aviation IFE play, M&A
Late last month, business aviation communications and avionics provider Satcom Direct (SD) announced it would acquire TrueNorth Avionics, a ... Continue Reading
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Satcom Direct talks laser focus on business aviation (and military)
There is lot of excitement around Satcom Direct (SD) at present, what with the launch of its new SD LIVE television product for the business... Continue Reading
Half-inch seat fitting promises seat pitch flexibility; what of #PaxEx?
When it comes to densifying airline cabins, give most carriers half an inch and they’re happy to take a mile. Yet for the best part of a cen... Continue Reading
Press Release: digEcor, IFPL to deliver integrated USB in-seat power
Mirus Aircraft seating have selected digEcor to provide in-seat USB power for its new Hawk lightweight seat. In conjunction with our partner... 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
Press Release: Rockwell Collins to acquire B/E for $8.3 billion
Rockwell Collins (NYSE: COL), a global leader in high-integrity solutions for aerospace and defense, and B/E Aerospace (NASDAQ: BEAV), the w... Continue Reading
Watch #PaxEx Minute: New first and “above first” innovations shine
In this episode of the #PaxEx Minute, Runway Girl Network contributing editor John Walton highlights how first class is still flourishing on... Continue Reading
Emirates bets on JetBlue Caribbean/LatAm FLL connections
Why on earth, you might have wondered, is Emirates flying to Fort Lauderdale, the second airport for the Miami metropolitan region, rather t... Continue Reading
ACI World calls for common-sense landside security at airports
As the bombings which killed 35 people (three of them suicide bombers) on 22 March in Brussels Airport’s main terminal building show, airpor... Continue Reading
Watch #PaxEx Minute: Economy “enhancements” bite on BA, Cathay
In this episode of #PaxEx Minute, RGN contributing editor John Walton doesn’t mince words about the impact to passengers of CathayR... 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
To Buy. To Serve: British Airways goes full Ryanair on shorthaul food
It’s official: British Airways is replacing its passenger-cherished free bar service and light snack on European economy services with the s... Continue Reading
A first class amenity kit renaissance blossoms
Call them goodie bags, amenity kits, washbags, travel pouches, sponge bags, Dopp kits or something else, but the little pouch of products wi... Continue Reading
When a cruise line designs an airline
Today is the first day of fall in 2016. It is also likely the first time you’re reading the words “Crystal AirCruise”. By this time next yea... Continue Reading
British Airways first class aims to match Virgin biz with LHR “wing”
One of the passenger experience benefits for first class travellers has been missing for eight years at London Heathrow’s Terminal 5, the ho... Continue Reading
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