Small tweak to fare rules could have an outsized impact on travelers
It is only a small change. The word “departure” switched to “arrival” in certain fare rules. And it is going to have... Continue Reading
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Mars One semi-finalist Laura Smith-Velazquez reaches for the stars
Laura Smith-Velazquez is a human factors & systems engineer at Rockwell Collins’ Advanced Technology Center. She is also a pilot w... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: What US can learn from Japan about high-speed rail
Welcome to Episode 39 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is aviation journalist, world traveler, aircraft interiors expert an... Continue Reading
Press Release: Side-Slip seat passes 16G sled test
Molon Labe Seating will unveil its Side-Slip Seat to the market this month. This seat was specifically designed for short and medium range o... Continue Reading
Press Release: Lufthansa Technik goes digital for maintenance logs
From now on Lufthansa Technik is documenting the resolution of defects on aircraft from Lufthansa Airlines and Lufthansa Cargo in electronic... Continue Reading
Innovation, customisation on minds of APEX, AIX Asia, FTE exhibitors
As the airline passenger experience industry prepares for the colocated APEX–Aircraft Interiors Asia–Future Travel Experience ex... 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
From caterer to cabin: AirFi discusses logistics of portable wifi
A bevy of European carriers, including KLM, Small Planet, Arkefly, Estonian, and Adria Airways are already using AirFi’s portable wifi boxes... Continue Reading
Shark vs. surfer sleeper The Shallows dives deep
Ever since that poor, doomed skinny dipper was eaten alive in the opening scene of the original Jaws, no great (or more appropriately, not s... Continue Reading
Delta among carriers adopting PED fire containment solutions
The risk of inflight fires is not new to commercial aviation but the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 problems have elevated it in the public conscious... Continue Reading
Press Release: Austrian launches virtual assistant for customers
Austrian Airlines is now offering its new myAustrian Messenger Service. This cost-free, virtual assistant supports customers by responding t... Continue Reading
JetBlue’s experience design secret: a crowdsourced music playlist
Next month one airline will celebrate a very odd anniversary, and although it won’t be announced with parties or banners, or even logo-print... Continue Reading
#PaxEx TV: Gyrocopter joy and Galaxy Note 7 fiasco
Airline passengers are permitted to carry most portable electronic devices on board aircraft, but regulators and airlines are having to rema... 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
Press Release: Chicago Jet Group is authorized dealer for SmartSky
The list of SmartSky 4G network distribution partners continues to grow. Chicago Jet Group will serve as an authorized dealer for hardware s... Continue Reading
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