United tries out Polaris soft product on “test flights”
United Airlines is conducting test runs for its new Polaris business class, unveiled in June and set to debut in December. These mock flight... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: onboard services
EK521 Dubai 777 evacuation raises numerous safety questions
Regardless of the cause of the crash landing of the Boeing 777-300 operating Emirates flight EK521 in Dubai last month, the initial facts of... Continue Reading
The necessity of smart stowage for smartphones on aircraft
“I will always have a scar on my hand from a 767.” Andy Miles, a frequent flyer who often crosses the Pacific in premium seats, messaged me ... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Farm to tray table, how inflight food is evolving
Welcome to Episode 38 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Nik Loukas, founder of the popular InflightFeed.com website, wher... Continue Reading
Launch date of Aireon satellites uncertain after Falcon 9X explosion
Yesterday’s explosion which destroyed a SpaceX Falcon 9X launcher and its payload during a static test-firing on Cape Canaveral’s Laun... Continue Reading
Flying first class on Team GB’s #victoRIOus BA Olympic 747 charter
After a record-breaking medal haul at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, British Airways — like many other national carriers — had the hon... Continue Reading
Overlooked and Underloved: An ode to airline salt & pepper shakers
Google “airline salt and pepper shakers for sale.” Go ahead. I’ll wait. Typing that exact search into Google yields over 6.3 million results... Continue Reading
Flip-up economy seat to undergo 16g certification tests this fall
Having completed 9g static tests of its innovative new “s:two” economy-class seat, start-up aircraft seating company Rebel.Aero ... Continue Reading
Big business, premium changes on NZ’s 787, 777-300ER
Air New Zealand is replacing its unique premium economy Spaceseat product with the much more standard seats found on the rest of its longhau... Continue Reading
LSG and RiM still studying integration opportunities
Looking at how the Lufthansa Group’s catering subsidiary LSG SkyChefs has gradually taken over Dublin-based Retail inMotion and its Me... Continue Reading
#PaxEx TV: Indian carriers face off for foodies in the sky
In this episode of #PaxEx TV, Mumbai-based correspondent Neelam Mathews reports on how Indian carriers are tempting passengers’ taste buds i... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Airline Guys talk cabin crew jobs, safety and service
Welcome to Episode 37 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guests for this episode are Sylvester Pittman and Darin Topham, two veteran former flight a... Continue Reading
Press Release: Thales, JAL celebrate EIS of 777-200 fleet IFE retrofit
During this week’s Farnborough Airshow, Thales celebrated with Japan Airlines the entry into service of Boeing 777-200s retrofitted wi... Continue Reading
Sugar makes medicine go down with dark Zootopia
The Good Dinosaur may have won over the kinder crowd and Inside Out may have walked away with all the award-season kudos last year, but when... Continue Reading
IBM and gategroup take Cathay Pacific’s catering ops into the cloud
The task of catering a large, full-service airline is complex on the back end, to say the very least. An extensive network of vendors is req... Continue Reading
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