American turns to beacons to improve passenger experience
BRUSSELS: Oneworld alliance member American Airlines intends to play a steering role in using beacon technology at airports in North America... Continue Reading
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Kymeta’s timeline for testing over Global Xpress moves to the right
Kymeta, the company that wants to bring super-skinny, metamaterials-based antennas to aviation and other industries, is seeing its timeline... Continue Reading
VIDEO: JetBlue’s new live TV system represents evolutionary step
JetBlue did not invent inflight entertainment, but some say the carrier redefined what it meant to passengers after it launched operations i... Continue Reading
Streaming data firm Flyht tables plan to IATA, makes gains in China
As IATA surveys vendors on flight tracking options, Flyht – the maker of the real-time flight data streaming system AFIRS – has ... Continue Reading
JetBlue readies to retrofit A320s with new seats; studies pivot bins
JetBlue Airways is pressing forward with plans to retrofit its Airbus A320s with B/E Aerospace’s Pinnacle seat, in-seat power and its new LT... Continue Reading
Line-fit offerability makes big difference in 787 connectivity race
Global Eagle Entertainment and Gogo are eager to bring their Ku-band satellite-supported inflight connectivity solutions to the Boeing 787. ... Continue Reading
United uses dynamic pricing to shore up Economy Plus revenue
After pioneering a version of the ‘premium economy’ concept in the US market roughly 15 years ago, United Airlines is fully accu... Continue Reading
FAA safety official is part cheerleader and part den mother
For Peggy Gilligan, aviation safety is the focal point of all that she does. As associate administrator for aviation safety for the FAA, she... Continue Reading
Afraid to fly? Social media access serves as blessed distraction
What is it about those tiny FaceBook alerts on my smart phone, those little nods of approval? They can keep a writer distracted for hours, g... Continue Reading
LSG Sky Chefs cooks up a new wireless IFE solution for airlines
Back in April, at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, RGN discovered something quite unexpected while paying a visit to the stand of the... Continue Reading
JetBlue goes 2.0 as low-cost carrier unveils Mint premium product
There is no doubt that the transcontinental premium market is turning over a new leaf in terms of service, product and amenities. Flat-bed s... Continue Reading
Vueling CEO sees 186-seat A320 without loss of pitch
Airbus has yet to announce how it will go about recertifying the A320 for 186 seats, but one operator of the type is hopeful this can be ach... Continue Reading
What if Gogo GTO never flies?
Last September Gogo made a big splash, announcing its Ground-to-Orbit (GTO) solution at the APEX Expo in California. The solution combines s... Continue Reading
Airlines developing NDC-friendly tools to bolster merchandising
Now that US regulators have given their tentative nod to IATAʼs New Distribution Capability (NDC), which offers a framework for XML-based da... Continue Reading
Lufthansa’s 12th Airbus A380 is baptized “Hamburg”
On Thursday, 5 June, I was lucky enough to be among the crowd at Hamburg Airport waiting breathlessly for it to arrive. As it approached the... Continue Reading
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