Pint-sized #PaxEx presents challenges for parents
Traveling with a child is harder today than it used to be, and a lot of that is due to prevailing trends in the airline industry. For the fr... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: overhead bins
Op-Ed: Airline industry must not rely on good luck to prevent disaster
Every day in airports and airplanes around the world, there is a game of cat and mouse being played out by airlines and their passengers. Th... Continue Reading
Boeing’s 777X shows off the latest update to overhead bin design
Consider the humble overhead bin as you heft your carry-on luggage into it the next time you’re on an aircraft. These carefully engineered p... Continue Reading
Cathay first needs a soft product focus and soon a hard product upgrade
Ten years ago, Cathay Pacific’s first class seat on its Boeing 777-300ER aircraft was almost as much a gamechanger for the commercial aviati... Continue Reading
Boeing dispute underscores strength of CSeries product: Bombardier
It’s difficult to remember the last time an aircraft has generated so much positivity amongst passengers, and journalists who have reviewed ... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: The integration of connectivity and cabin environments
This is an Op-Ed contribution from Werner Lieberherr, executive vice president and chief operating officer, Interior Systems for Rockwell Co... Continue Reading
Zodiac ECOS evolves with smarter bins, lights and extra overhead space
Zodiac Aerospace continues to evolve ECOS, the cabin demonstrator it renamed from ISIS for obvious geopolitical reasons, with new innovation... Continue Reading
United’s domestic 777 presents mixed bag in economy class
In 2016, United began reconfiguring about a dozen Boeing 777-200 aircraft from international configurations to a new densified domestic vers... Continue Reading
Business class problems: stowing the softest soft product
Watching my Runway Girl Network colleagues Harriet Baskas, Seth Miller and Jason Rabinowitz — and a bevy of other US media — trying out the ... Continue Reading
Surprise Qantas business outshines usual NZ Jetconnect
Qantas’ flights between New Zealand and Australia are, in some ways, an odd bunch. Operated by cheaper New Zealand subsidiary Jetconnect, wh... Continue Reading
Watch #PaxEx Minute: Delving into details of passenger experience
In this episode of the #PaxEx Minute, RGN correspondent John Walton explores the small details that make for a great passenger experience. H... Continue Reading
Business class: bring back our bins
Part of the benefit of flying business and first class is the additional carryon luggage space — either to avoid checking a back, to tote th... Continue Reading
AA383 Chicago 767 fire highlights evacuation safety issues
The passenger and crew casualties of the uncontained engine failure of the Boeing 767-300ER operating American Airlines flight 383 from Chic... Continue Reading
Mitsubishi 70-90-seat MRJ still on for mid-2018 entry into service
As Bombardier and Embraer concentrate their efforts on the higher end of the regional jet market, Japan’s regional jet — the 76-88 seat Mits... Continue Reading
As the Boeing 777 evolves into 777X, thoughts turn to #PaxEx
Boeing’s best-selling widebody 777 is celebrating 20 years of revenue service, and with more than 1,300 delivered into the worldwide fleet i... Continue Reading
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