Airbus, Boeing catalogs either disasters or merely okay: seatmakers
This year at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, interiors providers opened up full bore on Airbus’ and Boeing’s widebody catalogu... Continue Reading
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Spirit Airlines to inflight Internet providers: we want it for free
Ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC) Spirit Airlines has issued a challenge to inflight connectivity providers: give us an Internet solution that w... Continue Reading
Regulators hit back at Air New Zealand’s opt-out add-ons
Remember in the early days of aviation where everything was included in the price of the ticket? There was no paying extra for a meal or for... Continue Reading
Designer and amenity kit maker aim to kill ‘Kleenex mentality’
Just fourteen months into their new partnership, amenity kit dynamos Wessco and designer Philippe Starck are making waves with their stylish... Continue Reading
Experts flag concerns about charging devices on takeoff and landing
Prominent aircraft engineering and certification experts want industry and regulators to take a closer look at the safety implications of al... Continue Reading
Lufthansa signals intent to adopt terrestrial Wi-Fi for short-haul
European airlines are quickly warming to the idea that they’ll soon have the option to equip short- and medium-haul aircraft operating... Continue Reading
How crew applications will make wearables worthwhile in aviation
With the Apple Watch at the front of the tech industry’s mind, the passenger experience industry is also thinking hard about wearables — and... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Gulf stimulation of air travel unrecognized in Open Skies row
On a tour last summer of Doha’s new Hamad International Airport, I was told something peculiar by my guide; every shop and restaurant, every... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Aircraft Seat Shenanigans Feature at AIX
Welcome to Episode 23 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Seth Miller, author of the popular Wandering Aramean blog and a r... Continue Reading
ANZ’s refurbished 777-200 Business Premier raises the bar
When airlines refurbish their existing aircraft, supposedly to bring them up to the standard of newer purchases, more often than not they mi... Continue Reading
ATG, Ku, Ka, who cares? Why it’s all about the bandwidth
Do the letters really matter anymore? Multiple inflight connectivity technologies are available and have been for some time now. Airlines an... Continue Reading
Southwest slims armrests to fiddle the seat width numbers
An aircraft has only so much room inside. With airlines ever more aggressive in squeezing passengers into the planes every inch matters and ... Continue Reading
Airbus, Boeing bring seatmaker Zodiac in from the Hamburg cold
Aircraft seatmaker Zodiac Aerospace has been in the doghouse with airlines and airframers alike, following well-publicised delays to several... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Gogo equips new flying test lab with GTO connectivity
Gogo has wasted no time in installing its new hybrid air-to-ground (ATG)/Ku-band inflight connectivity system Ground to Orbit (GTO) on its n... Continue Reading
“Choice” becomes new PaxEx curse word on 11-abreast A380
In an enormous U-turn on its previous “18 inches for all” economy class campaign, Airbus is finally displaying its much-anticipated eleven-a... Continue Reading
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