Is the future of seatback thermoplastics really greige?
Settle down in your airline seat and look at the seatback in front of you. It’s almost certainly grey or beige. So is the armrest, and so is... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Qatar Airways
If you liked it, then you (should) have put a door on it
After the Thompson XL+ in its Delta One suite dress won its category in the Crystal Cabin Awards last year, the theme of business class seat... Continue Reading
Press Release: Crystal Cabin Winners: Eight ideas that make flying better
The 12th Crystal Cabin Awards were presented in Hamburg on Tuesday. The winners of the world’s most famous and highly regarded prize for air... Continue Reading
Press Release: Inmarsat celebrates 250th install of GX
Inmarsat, the world’s leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, today announced a major milestone for its next-generation ... Continue Reading
Thinking about unpredictable predictability and multi-meal menu design
Airlines are trying hard — and spending serious cash — to move beyond the “chicken-or-beef” stereotype for inflight food, especially in prem... Continue Reading
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
Can a 2-2-2 layout ever be better than direct aisle access?
When Emirates unveiled the latest version of its Boeing 777 business class, on the smallest aircraft currently in its fleet — the Boeing 777... Continue Reading
Airline Champagne options bubble with opportunity
It was all the way back in 2014 that I first started sorting inflight Champagne into categories to help discussion of what remains the most ... Continue Reading
Shanghai Airlines unveils Vantage Suite first, doored XL+ business class
You might not have thought that China Eastern subsidiary Shanghai Airlines would be the airline to launch a new first class product on the B... Continue Reading
Not ready for prime time? When media demo flights go wrong
A well-known line in To a Mouse by Robert Burns states, “Even the best-laid schemes of mice and men oft go awry.” The same could be said for... Continue Reading
Press Release: These 24 onboard innovations are the CCA finalists 2018
There is hardly any other prize watched as closely by the aviation industry from year to year as the Crystal Cabin Award. The jury of intern... Continue Reading
Airbus reveals, clams up on A350 “Cabin Get Well” programme
TOULOUSE — Highlighting the continued existence of cabin supply problems with the Airbus A350 XWB family of aircraft during the delivery of ... Continue Reading
Four Qatar Airways flights show remarkable #PaxEx consistency
As airlines grow in size and fleet diversity, ensuring that passengers have a similar — or at least coherent — experience across different a... Continue Reading
Qatar’s Paris CDG lounge shines, with one exception
Paris’ Charles de Gaulle airport is an odd one for lounges, with a surprising number of outstation facilities run by premium airlines sittin... Continue Reading
Qatar QSuite deserves plaudits but raises quality and reliability issues
Qatar Airways’ bespoke Qsuite is almost as impressive in the operational flesh as it was on display at the Paris Air Show last summer and in... Continue Reading
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