Cheap flights, skinny seats: welcome to no-frills Allegiant
On a recent trip to Los Angeles, I decided to get adventurous when booking my travel home to Seattle, Washington. Allegiant Air doesn’... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: slimline seats
Breeze Airways makes the case for kindness as a business model
“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” The old maxim from Scottish author and preacher John Watson is a worthy principl... Continue Reading
ANA updates domestic 787-9 with Safran, Toyota Boshoku seats
A decade into the Boeing 787’s service with Japan’s All Nippon Airways, the airline is expanding the premium cabin and installing new seats ... Continue Reading
Cebu’s 459-seater A330neo: density beyond “greige”
When Cebu Pacific announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show how many seats it was putting on its Airbus A330neo, there were gasps of shock. 460 w... Continue Reading
Geven to launch “super” economy seat for ULCCs, LCCs
Italian aircraft seatmaker Geven is preparing to launch a brand new economy class seat model aimed at meeting the needs of ultra-low-cost ca... Continue Reading
My kingdom for a slimline: honesty and reality in PaxEx
Once COVID-19 vaccinations enable safe, sensible and responsible travel, there’s a generational opportunity for some airlines to change tack... Continue Reading
Beyond Eurobusiness: the trend towards fully featured economy up front
What do British Airways, Frontier Airlines, KLM and TAP Air Portugal have in common? No, this isn’t the setup to a #PaxEx punchline — it’s a... Continue Reading
Press Release: Wizz Air taps Recaro for nearly 32,000 slimline seats
Recaro Aircraft Seating has secured a deal with Wizz Air for 31,767 passenger seats. The SL3710 economy class seat will be installed on 146 ... Continue Reading
HeadZone gives passengers more control of personal space
If travelers did not relish being seated in snug economy class seats before the COVID-19 crisis, will they be content to return to the same ... Continue Reading
What the Euro-LCC model can tell us about the future of aviation
“The future’s bright. The future’s orange.” That iconic UK advertising strapline — for the 1990s’ UK mobile phone network Orange — may ring ... Continue Reading
Traveling with an allergic child trained me for a post-pandemic world
Before the World Health Organization named COVID-19 a pandemic, I was invited to attend an exclusive preview of Air Canada’s newest premium ... Continue Reading
Slim seats are an eco-start but recycling makes bigger difference: AIRA
Slimline economy class seats get mixed #PaxEx reviews, especially when they’re used by airlines to add more rows in tightly-configured... Continue Reading
Super Eco Seat brings minimalism to new heights
Spanish design consultancy firm Mormedi has won a German Design Award for its Super Eco Seat proposal for the Future Cabin of the Asian Mark... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast Transcribed: Suppliers assess MAX production pause
We are pleased to provide a transcript of the #PaxEx Podcast, Episode 70, the audio recording of which was published on 20 December 2019. Mu... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Considerations as suppliers assess MAX production pause
Welcome to Episode 70 of the #PaxEx podcast, which tracks how the airline passenger experience is evolving in a mobile, social, vocal world.... Continue Reading
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