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Parked Aer Lingus aircraft with the carrier's signature green and white livery

US to welcome vaccinated visitors, but questions remain

Airlines, air travelers and passenger experience advocates alike are celebrating the Biden Administration’s plan to enable fully vaccinated ... Continue Reading

Elemento Economy class seat by Geven rendered on a blue background.

Geven reveals first next-gen economy seat Elemento

With its newest seat Elemento, Italian seatmaker Geven is marking two firsts: the first of what it calls the “next generation” of its aircra... Continue Reading

Breeze Airways issues RFP to serve international markets with A220s

US start-up Breeze Airways confirms it has issued a request for proposals on Routes’ community platform, Route Exchange, seeking to se... Continue Reading

Young woman sitting using phone on the aircraft seat wearing face mask

One-on-one with WhileFly CEO Yosi Avraham

Portable battery-powered and aircraft-powered Wi-Fi boxes have become — pardon the pun — somewhat of a fixture on LCCs and indeed other oper... Continue Reading

Rendering of the Geven SuperEco seat. View of multiple seat triples on board an aircraft, shown from a side angle.

Geven slims down slimlines with new SuperEco economy seat

Italian seatmaker Geven is taking aim at the 28–29-inch pitch ultra-slimline end of the #PaxEx market, where low-cost carrier meets ultra-lo... Continue Reading

Avelo aircraft at the gate with an entry ramp extended for passenger to walk on.

How Avelo is delivering on its refreshingly smooth travel promise

Something good is brewing in Burbank. At least that’s my takeaway after spending a recent afternoon with the newest airline in the US,... Continue Reading

Frontier Airlines Airbus A321 at the gate

Frontier – ULCC, nothing more, nothing less and that’s AOK

Have you tried Frontier Airlines recently? I have, on a recent flight between Denver and Seattle. Prior to that, the last time I flew the ai... Continue Reading

Handshake of two business people in the office

Air Canada and Transat terminate tie-up plans

Air Canada on 2 April announced it has reached mutual agreement with Air Transat parent Transat A.T. Inc. to terminate its proposed acquisit... Continue Reading

Breeze's first E190, parked, in the carrier's signature blue livery

Breeze Airways takes first E190; teases PaxEx details

US start-up Breeze Airways has taken delivery of an Embraer E190 — the first of 15 aircraft on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ... Continue Reading

The Geven Essenza slimline, pictured here aboard Lufthansa, has traditionally sat at the lower end of Geven’s passenger experience spectrum. But now Super Economy will be the low end, while Essenza moves to higher-end. Image: Geven

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

Generic An easyJet A320 at the gate, with the jetway in view

easyJet to trial inflight digital retail platform from gategroup

European budget airline easyJet plans to trial a new digital solution which will enable customers to browse, order and buy retail items on b... Continue Reading

Two passengers, one seated at the window and the other in an aisle seat, are facing forward, with the HeadZone cardboard solution shown in view. Both passengers are wearing masks. HeadZone provides an added layer of privacy to the passengers.

Creating a ‘me space’ on board with a recyclable solution

As airlines begin to abandon empty middle seat policies adopted at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, passengers may crave a more private... Continue Reading

Breeze Airways could prove well positioned when air travel recovers

As US start-up Breeze Airways quietly hones its route network plan, the ultra low-cost carrier is factoring in the anticipated pent up deman... Continue Reading

Airbus A330 Eurowings gets ready for take-off at Munich Airport

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Lufthansa’s second approach at low-cost, long-haul will have new brand

Lufthansa’s foray into low-cost, long-haul by using Eurowings was unpopular with passengers, unions and one important person: Lufthansa Grou... Continue Reading

Two AirAsia female crew members and one male pointing to the WIFI now available sign on the aircraft entry way

Inmarsat has high hopes for fitting GX to carriers across Asia-Pacific

Even as Indian carriers lag behind in introducing inflight connectivity for passengers, there is action in the Asia-Pacific region, which is... Continue Reading