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Aircraft flying overhead with green trees in view

Press Release: oneworld supports global ambition for 10% SAF by 2030

The oneworld® Alliance has supported the World Economic Forum Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition’s 10% sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) by 20... Continue Reading

Flight attendant serving a piece of bread to a Business Class passenger.

Press Release: Lufthansa offers “Tasting HEIMAT” menu in business

What does home actually taste like? Lufthansa Business Class guests will be able to experience this on short- and medium-haul flights from 1... Continue Reading

Two crew members in uniform on an aircraft next to a stack of water bottles.

easyJet’s latest green signal: plastic bottle polyester uniforms

When easyJet’s new cabin crew and pilot uniforms take to the skies this month, every one will represent the recycling equivalent of some for... Continue Reading

A wooden stand with a pillow and blanket on top of it

John Horsfall on updating design for the post-COVID era

With a leadtime of months to years, airline product designers like the textiles specialists at John Horsfall are a crucial bellwether for ca... Continue Reading

Press Release: United adds 270 Boeing and Airbus aircraft to fleet

United Airlines today announced the purchase of 270 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft – the largest combined order in the airline’s... Continue Reading

Safran, GE target open-fan RISE engine at -20% fuel burn by 2030s

PARIS: On what would have been the first day of this year’s Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, Safran and GE announced a generational efficiency ... Continue Reading

eVTOL aircraft on a helipad. Image provided by Avolon and Vertical Aerospace

Vertical’s eVTOL aircraft attracts Avolon, American, Virgin

Zero-emissions aircraft that could potentially transport customers quickly around urban city centers and to airports are having a serious mo... Continue Reading

Safran Seats Z110i in a 3-2 configuration. Black seats with white trim and headrest. A blue line near the centre back.

Designing for versatility: Safran Seats talks Z-series PaxEx

Safran Seats has been focusing on supporting the long-haul, narrowbody market of late. Its Z-series seats are meant to meet the needs of tha... Continue Reading

An Alaska Airlines 737-9, shown as a rendering here in-flight, is serving as the flying test lab for Boeing's 2021 ecoDemonstrator program, which will evaluate about 20 technology projects. (Boeing rendering)

Press Release: Boeing and Alaska partner on ecoDemonstrator program

Boeing and Alaska Airlines announced today they are partnering on the latest Boeing ecoDemonstrator program and will flight test about 20 te... Continue Reading

The Overture supersonic aircraft in United Airlines' livery, flying high above the clouds

United Airlines forges pact for Boom Supersonic airliners

Interested in flying from Newark to London in just three-and-a-half hours? Nearly eighteen years after the Concorde stopped flying, United A... Continue Reading

Grey thermoplastic aircraft seatback with a lighter grey tray table and a bungee style literature pocket. Image: Boltaron in aerospace

Boltaron achieves true recycling of aerospace grade thermoplastic

As aviation begins to emerge from the COVID-19 crisis, the industry is doubling down on its efforts to achieve a more environmentally sustai... Continue Reading

Female Alaska Airlines flight attendant wearing a mask and holding up a boxed water product onboard an aircraft.

Press Release: Alaska Airlines announces partnership with Boxed Water

Boxed Water Is Better® – the most renewable packaged water alternative to plastic bottles– is teaming up with Alaska Airlines to offer less ... Continue Reading

Singapore Airlines serviceware being displayed on a cream table cloth. Multiple different dishes are pictured.

Singapore Airlines on designing modern and cross-cultural serviceware

The way airlines are serving meals in the sky has undergone a complete revolution in the time of COVID, with plastic forks and disposable pa... Continue Reading

ANA beef bowl meal in the new biodegradable meal tray.

Press Release: ANA introduces plastic-free meal trays

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for eight consecutive years, will become the first Japanese airline to in... Continue Reading

JetBlue A220 view from the front showing light grey seats with a dark grey headrest and orange trim.

Press Release: JetBlue reveals interior of new Airbus A220-300

JetBlue today introduced the all-new onboard experience which will soon greet customers aboard the airline’s Airbus A220-300, a next-generat... Continue Reading