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Turning human waste into jet fuel Firefly boasts Wizz Air as partner

UK startup Firefly has announced its intention to commercialize a unique pathway to sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) production, tackling the... Continue Reading

A Wizz Air Airbus A321ceo is parked at London Luton on a dreary day

Purple challenger Wizz Air offers persuasive PaxEx

Wizz Air, a Hungarian low-cost carrier operating across Europe, has a reputation that is broadly similar to easyJet and Ryanair; you get wha... Continue Reading

A Wizz Air pilot is using the eTLB in the cockpit of an aircraft.

Press Release: EASA approves AVIATAR eTLB processes of Wizz Air

The European Aviation Safety Agency, EASA, approved the processes of Wizz Air to use the electronic Technical Logbook (eTLB) of Lufthansa Te... Continue Reading

Wizz Air A321 in its pink, white and blue livery at Luton Airport. A Wizz Air A321 is fitted with the fflya Bluetooth connectivity system, which talks to Iridium NEXT satellites via unique window antennas.

Novel fflya system sends live CC payments out the window

Among the many benefits of installing cabin connectivity on aircraft is its ability to facilitate live credit card transactions in support o... Continue Reading

Screenshot of Wizz Air UK app with ASIP free text messaging application integrated in it.

Wizz Air UK to expand free messaging via ASIP Bluetooth connectivity

Wizz Air has selected AS-IP Tech (ASIP) to install its novel Bluetooth connectivity solution, with window-mounted antennas, across the carri... Continue Reading

Rendering of WIZZ AIR supereco seat by Geven

Press Release: Wizz Air selects Geven SuperEco seats for A321XLRs

Per “l’esprit de l’escalier”, it seems you can never come up with the perfect comeback at the right moment! Not today for Geven ... Continue Reading

ASIP bluetooth connectivity solution with unique window antennas, as seen onboard Wizz Air UK

Iridium Certus 100 now available; will custom IFEC apps be pursued?

Iridium’s announcement this week that its Certus 100 “midband” service is commercially available could be music to the ears of certain infli... 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

Blue seats on an aircraft. Seats have red trim and are in sets of 3.

ASIP completes ground testing of Bluetooth IFC on Wizz Air A321

US firm AS-IP Tech (ASIP) recently completed ground testing – including electromagnetic interference (EMI), network performance and full fun... 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

Press Release: Wizz Air launches chatbot: Amelia

Wizz Air, Europe’s fastest growing airline, today announces the introduction of its new virtual assistant chatbot, Amelia, which will enabl... Continue Reading

Frontier SL3710 seat with grey fabric and sunlight shinning in from an aircraft window.

Press Release: Recaro SL3710 makes North American debut on Frontier

Recaro Aircraft Seating’s (Recaro) lightweight SL3710 seat made its North America debut on Frontier Airlines’ (Frontier) A320 aircraft on Ma... Continue Reading

An Iridium antenna attached to an airliner's window, from inside the cabin. The antenna is small and circular. Blue slimline seats are in view.

ASIP seeks to open the window to low-cost messaging for LCCs

Long-time industry veteran Ron Chapman might be the world’s foremost authority on installing Iridium antennas in airliner windows. He starte... 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

Press Release: Wizz Air selects ELeather to dress 32,000 seats

Wizz Air and ELeather have entered a new partnership to dress 32,000 seats across 146 new Airbus aircraft, entirely in sustainable, high-per... Continue Reading