Qatar faces user experience decisions as A350s get fitted with GX
A Qatar Airways Airbus A350, MSN42, has been installed with Inmarsat Global Xpress inflight connectivity, the carrier’s GX integrator and va... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: United Airlines
Landmark Sony, Global Eagle pact is music to passengers’ ears
When Pete Seeger adapted the third chapter of The Book of Ecclesiastes into the hit song “Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a ... Continue Reading
Design flaws spotted as United reveals new first class seat
United Airlines has new first class seats for its Airbus and Boeing narrowbodies. Representing a collaboration with London design house Prie... Continue Reading
How ViaSat will preserve bandwidth for hungry airline passengers
ViaSat’s overall fiscal first quarter results were positive, with company-wide revenues up 8% over the same period last year, but management... Continue Reading
United Airlines advertises wireless IFE option on tray tables
United Airlines is building awareness about its wireless IFE product via tray tables. With more than 150 aircraft offering a BYOD streaming ... Continue Reading
Thinking about a flight attendant career? United gives the lowdown
More than a decade ago, when Vonn Crosby, now 40, worked as the manager of the Burger King at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, fligh... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Bells, Whistles and Lipstick on a Pig
Welcome to Episode 26 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is John Walton, an international aviation journalist who writes for ... Continue Reading
United to improve 767 dispatch reliability with interior overhaul
A decision by United Airlines to extend the life of its Boeing 767-300ER fleet means more widebody aircraft crossing the Atlantic Ocean (and... Continue Reading
Happy birthday, dear PAX NAME, says United Airlines
United Airlines will soon be wishing passengers a happy birthday if they fly on the day they were born, with flight attendants notified by t... Continue Reading
New United amenity kit aims for younger business/first flyers
United Airlines is hoping to attract a younger business and first class market as it sets a surprisingly upmarket tone with a new amenity ki... Continue Reading
US domestic first class: no longer like visiting your grandparents
For too long, flying US domestic first class has been like a Gen-Xer or Millennial visiting the den at their grandparents’. The seat is an o... Continue Reading
Beyond the band lie great expectations for inflight connectivity
Increasingly, inflight connectivity isn’t about the connection technology, but what passengers can do with it. This is going to be esp... Continue Reading
United celebrates women during Boeing 737-900ER delivery flight
There’s always a bit of real and ceremonial paperwork, and often a dinner and some sort of party, when an airline takes delivery of a brand ... Continue Reading
Emirates should come clean about its non-A380 business class seats
This week at the Arabian Travel Market event in Dubai, Emirates Airline CEO Sir Tim Clark reportedly said passengers would prefer the experi... Continue Reading
The personal electronic device holder comes of age in aircraft seats
If last year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo was the event where personal electronic device storage arrived on the scene, 2015 is the year when it... Continue Reading
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