As the Boeing 777 evolves into 777X, thoughts turn to #PaxEx
Boeing’s best-selling widebody 777 is celebrating 20 years of revenue service, and with more than 1,300 delivered into the worldwide fleet i... Continue Reading
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Boeing SC’s Beverly Wyse urges women to chart their own course
You don’t have to fly an airplane to be a pilot. Just ask Beverly Wyse, vice president and general manager of Boeing South Carolina, where s... Continue Reading
United’s abandonment of JFK leaves BA opportunities in T7
In a huge shakeup of its transcontinental routes to California from New York, United is abandoning New York’s John F Kennedy Airport this Oc... Continue Reading
Airbus works to make 10-abreast A350 a smidge more comfortable
Less than a handful of Airbus A350 XWB customers have selected a 10-abreast configuration in economy class for the twinjet, which has been a... Continue Reading
Embraer must undertake E2 economy and business cabin redesign
LE BOURGET: Embraer is redesigning its staggered E-Jet E2 business class concept cabin to integrate the IFE screens more closely into the se... Continue Reading
Why flawless 777X folding wing functionality is important to #PaxEx
LE BOURGET: For certain flyers the window seat is a highly coveted position in the aircraft cabin. The aisle seat, of course, has its own ad... Continue Reading
Swiss sees CSeries as game changer for #PaxEx (and economics)
LE BOURGET — Bombardier couldn’t have been more effusive about its CSeries mid-size narrowbody airliner launch partner Swiss at today’s Le B... Continue Reading
WestJet and rouge have different motivations for nixing middle seat
Air Canada’s decision to eliminate the middle seat on its rouge Airbus A319s and offer a true business class seat may seem like either a ... Continue Reading
Air France brings the soft product chic in Eurobusiness
It often feels like writing about the experience of flying business in Europe is a broken record: “ow, my knees” in an increasingly tight Eu... Continue Reading
American returns to Sydney, Qantas returns to San Francisco
American Airlines and Qantas are strengthening their trans-Pacific partnership with new flights on AA from Los Angeles to Sydney and the ret... Continue Reading
Airlines lead push for marriage equality for LGBT staff, customers
Airlines within the western world have long been significant employers and proponents of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and trans (LGBT) communi... Continue Reading
Premium Economy costs more (and less) than Airbus suggests
By Airbus’ count 27 airlines now offer a full premium economy class with a recliner seat — not just an extra legroom economy cabin like Unit... Continue Reading
Overhead bin space is increasing…but is it increasing fast enough?
As airframers, cabin interiors houses and design firms work feverishly to expand overhead luggage compartments, airlines too are addressing ... Continue Reading
Airbus expects 11-abreast A380 to attract new breed of customer
If you think social media’s negative response to the recently unveiled 11-abreast seating option for the Airbus A380 has sent the European a... Continue Reading
Panasonic Avionics eyes 4K Ultra-HD displays for aircraft cabins
The key word driving the emergence of 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology – with four times the resolution of 1080p – in t... Continue Reading
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