2021: the year of clean slate startup airlines?
When Virgin America created its award-winning Blah Airlines marketing campaign seven years ago to differentiate itself on the basis of passe... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Virgin America
Move over Eurobiz: here comes Main Select Ameribiz
The American Airlines Shuttle is dead… long live Main Select, American’s flexible, priority-line replacement economy ticket bundle for its h... Continue Reading
Alaska Airlines offers compelling transcon option with A321neo
While an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 is not at the top of my preference list for a transcon flight, the airline regularly schedules one of it... Continue Reading
Singapore Airlines offers real-time seatback shopping on A350s
During the COVID-19 crisis, people have grown accustomed to buying big ticket items online via screens at home. So, it stands to reason that... Continue Reading
Interiors suppliers trumpet work on new A320 Airspace brand cabins
In the years since Runway Girl Network first reported Airbus’ work to bring its widebody Airspace cabin brand to the narrowbody A320 family ... Continue Reading
Flying first in Alaska’s sparkling new A320 cabin amid COVID
Like many frequent fliers of yore, the pandemic clipped my wings for most of the past year. But an intra-state business trip from Seattle to... Continue Reading
CPI uniquely positioned with aircraft radome solutions for two rivals
Having designed unique antenna radome solutions for both Gogo and Viasat, Communications & Power Industries (CPI) appears to be in a sol... Continue Reading
Alaska Airlines hard product largely shines on A321neo
Alaska Airlines found itself in a weird position when it acquired Virgin America. Virgin operated an all-Airbus fleet that Alaska didn’t wan... Continue Reading
Satcom players eye China IFC opportunities; will ATG thwart their plans?
Though the Chinese domestic inflight connectivity market is in somewhat of a flux at the moment, that isn’t stopping IFC industry players fr... Continue Reading
Trading Alaska nonstop for cash and an upgrade proves winning choice
Alaska has a small but consistent presence at Love Field, having taken over Virgin America’s gates following its merger a few years ba... Continue Reading
Press Release: Now arriving: Alaska Airlines’ new cabin experience
Starting this month, guests flying on Alaska Airlines will experience a comfortable and modern new cabin, as the West Coast airline shifts i... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: Saudia A320 emerges with hybrid IFC plus seatback
In a rather quiet announcement released only in Arabic, Saudia has officially placed into service the newest entrant into the inflight conne... Continue Reading
Viasat shares narrowbody IFC growth expectation for North America
Suggesting it has secured 20% of the narrowbody inflight connectivity market in North America, Viasat believes it can grow its market share ... Continue Reading
Getting whimsical: the importance of designing joy into #PaxEx
Virgin America (RIP) had a point when it launched its Blah Airlines marketing campaign: when it’s done wrong, flying can be a boring, beige ... Continue Reading
Gogo, Inmarsat find themselves on same page in linefit/retrofit debate
Alaska Airlines’ decision last month to adopt Gogo 2Ku across its Boeing and (Virgin America) Airbus fleets was certainly a coup for the Chi... Continue Reading
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