From vaporware to real world: the Crystal Cabin Awards, analysed
The Crystal Cabin Awards, presented by the Hamburg Aviation Cluster at the Aircraft Interiors Expo each April, showcase the passenger experi... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: onboard services
Finnair assesses A350 passenger experience using high touch tools
Shortly after Finnair Flight 57 arrived at the gate at Shanghai airport, Heli Pihlaja, the chief purser on the airline’s new Airbus A350 XWB... Continue Reading
Press Release: Passengers can reserve online for inflight shopping
Shopping above the clouds will become easier and more convenient for Lufthansa passengers. As of now leisure and business travelers can rese... Continue Reading
Press Release: Lufthansa digitizes inflight newspapers and magazine
Lufthansa will soon be offering its inflight guests a much wider range of German-language and international newspapers and magazines. The su... Continue Reading
Four Qantas flights prove IATA’s point: crew are the #PaxEx decider
Cabin crew make or break a flight — it’s as simple as that. “The airline with a great seat and a bad crew will get a bad score no matter how... Continue Reading
Press Release : Air France Industries to upgrade four A330s with Rockwell Collins PAVES passenger se...
Air France Industries will soon upgrade four Airbus A330 aircraft for one of its customers with Rockwell Collins’ PAVES™ Passenger Services ... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand Works Deluxe could do with soft product work
Works Deluxe sits as the top offering on Air New Zealand’s Australian and Pacific islands Airbus A320 fleet. It’s a middle-seat-free economy... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand brings the cheer with seatback home wine delivery
Ordering a beverage from the seatback isn’t novel, but ordering a case of wine to be delivered to your home is the new normal for passengers... Continue Reading
ViaSat sees Yahsat move into inflight as sincere form of flattery
Competition is heating up in aviation’s regional satellite connectivity market, with Abu Dhabi’s Yahsat gearing up to trial a Ka-band servic... Continue Reading
Tomlin shines in choice-centered dramedy Grandma
In a holiday movie season dominated by powerful young female characters like The Hunger Games’ Katniss Everdeen and Daisy Ridley’... Continue Reading
Researchers propose tweak to three-hour rule for tarmac delays
Passenger rights activists lobbied for years for the US Department of Transportation to establish a “three-hour rule” for tarmac... Continue Reading
Love actually is all around us when we fly — if we create it
“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport,” says Hugh Grant’s character at the... Continue Reading
Is Disney still the content king with kids in-flight?
With the fourth Wizarding World of Harry Potter set to open at Universal Studios Hollywood in April, Paramount Pictures building theme parks... Continue Reading
2015 marks banner year for airlines selling ancillaries through OTAs
Just 18 short months ago, most airlines were attempting to grasp how they would craft merchandising strategies in order to fully exploit exp... Continue Reading
Jurassic World not nearly as bad as it looks. Really!
Up until the release of a certain high-profile sci-fi sequel this weekend, Jurassic World was the top-grossing film of 2015 with a whopping ... Continue Reading
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