Auf wiedersehen, Brot: Lufthansa Group goes buy-on-board for shorthaul
Farewell to Lufthansa’s much-derided complimentary economy class half-sandwich: from spring 2021, the airline group is moving to a buy-on-bo... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Pandemic
Press Release: Lufthansa launches COVID testing pilot on MUC-HAM
Lufthansa has launched a pilot testing program on its Munich-Hamburg routes. On two daily flights (LH2058; LH2059), passengers at the airpor... Continue Reading
Downsizing due to COVID, Diehl eyes return to profitability in 2023
Diehl Aviation is cutting jobs in Germany and undertaking an innovation campaign as it works to weather the current COVID-19 storm and posit... Continue Reading
Press Release: entegra and Bureau Veritas partner on safety certification
Air travel has been among the hardest hit industries by the global pandemic, but the human desire to explore cannot be replaced, and it will... Continue Reading
Press Release: ELeather launches ‘Essence’ sustainable material
ELeather Group has launched their new material, Essence, designed to meet the needs of the public spaces and transport markets and based on ... Continue Reading
Korean’s Asiana takeover to reshape NE Asia passenger landscape
Korean Air is to take over its struggling hometown challenger Asiana Airlines for the equivalent of US$1.6 billion, in a move that will resh... Continue Reading
SES confident Gogo will honor Ku commitments after Intelsat buy
Satellite operator SES is confident that Gogo will continue to honor its Ku-band satellite capacity commitments after Intelsat completes its... Continue Reading
Creating a ‘me space’ on board with a recyclable solution
As airlines begin to abandon empty middle seat policies adopted at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, passengers may crave a more private... Continue Reading
United impresses with accessible app for the blind
In January 2019, United Airlines launched a new inflight entertainment platform on its Boeing 787-10 aircraft. The IFE system boasts a pleth... Continue Reading
Press Release: XpresCheck named Hawaii state trusted testing partner
XpresSpa Group, Inc.(“XpresSpa” or the “Company”), a health and wellness company, today announced that XpresCheck has been named a State of ... Continue Reading
Press Release: 777 converted from passenger to cargo cabin for SIA
Jamco Aero Design and Engineering (JADE), a subsidiary of JAMCO Corporation (JAMCO) and Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC), has ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Hawaiian offers miles redemption for COVID mail-in test
Hawaiian Airlines, Hawai‘i’s biggest and longest-serving airline, today became the first U.S. carrier to allow members in its loyalty ... Continue Reading
American Airlines goes direct with monthly Wi-Fi plans
Even as the vast majority of business travelers remain grounded, airlines continue to improve their services and offerings. The latest effor... Continue Reading
Press Release: We are back! United announces return to New York JFK
United Airlines announced today that it will be returning service to New York City’s John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) on February 1, 2021 with ... Continue Reading
FAA sounds warning on aircraft interior disinfection processes
As airlines worldwide continue their additional cleaning and disinfection protocols in order to combat the risk of onboard spread of the SAR... Continue Reading