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SmartSky responds to patent challenge from Gogo

SmartSky Networks has filed a preliminary response to Gogo Business Aviation’s challenge of 20 claims in its Patent 9312947. The patent cove... Continue Reading

Press Release: Crystal Cabin Award: Winners to be announced in 2021

The awards ceremony for the 14th Crystal Cabin Awards in Hamburg, originally planned for 1 April 2020, has been rescheduled for 13 April 202... Continue Reading

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Delta to diversify IFC provider base; amends pact with Gogo

Delta Air Lines has informed Gogo that it plans to diversify its inflight connectivity provider base in order to generate competition betwee... Continue Reading

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Inflight Dublin aids airlines in communicating new safety protocols

Hygiene and safety are at the forefront of everyone’s mind in commercial aviation right now. That’s why Inflight Dublin has tailored i... Continue Reading

An aisle passenger and a window passenger look at each other on board a Lufthansa narrowbody, where the middle seat has been blocked as part of the airline's Eurobusiness service

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Delving into the economics of middle-seat-free flying

Airlines restarting operations to and from those countries and regions where the COVID-19 pandemic is coming under some semblance of control... Continue Reading

The managing director of Blue Dart, wearing a sari with a red sash, stands in front of a large jet engine. In the background is a Blue Dart 757.

From the backroom to the boardroom: Blue Dart boss excels in air cargo

Spending over 40 years in air cargo has not dampened Tulsi Nowlakha Mirchandaney’s love affair with the industry. The managing directo... Continue Reading

Press Release: Lufthansa Technik wins A380 passenger-to-cargo mod

Lufthansa Technik’s new technical and engineering services for temporary operational changes from passenger to cargo aircraft have met... Continue Reading

Notes from first class for future #PaxEx design

After making the most of sweet spot redemptions in several frequent flyer mile programs recently, I got to thinking about how the lessons of... Continue Reading

US airlines require passengers and employees to wear face masks

Aligning with best practices from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), US airlines are requiring that customer-facing emplo... Continue Reading

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Low cruising on Pacific Coastal produces stunning views, induces gulps

Nestled across the water from the sprawling city of Vancouver, British Columbia, is an island of the same name. Along its bucolic and oft re... Continue Reading

Press Release: Gogo to furlough 60% of workforce in face of COVID-19

Gogo today announced that effective May 4, it will furlough approximately 60% of its workforce and reduce compensation for most other employ... Continue Reading

Rethinking the aircraft seat for a new market reality

The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis for the airline industry, but it is also an opportunity to reevaluate the design of the passenger exper... Continue Reading

Press Release: Reed cancels this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo

Due to the escalation of COVID-19 globally, Reed Exhibitions has today announced that the next edition of Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), Wor... Continue Reading

Rising like a phoenix from the ashes to conquer the skies anew

This is not the whole story, but we don’t have time. I’ll tell you the full tale over a beer when we next meet at an aviation event. We’ll h... Continue Reading

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Goodbye floppy disks? Teledyne touts new era for aircraft data loading

People who don’t work in aviation are often surprised to learn that the antiquated floppy disk is still used in some instances to load... Continue Reading