Why infotainment-focused airline safety videos pose a safety concern
Airline safety videos have been around since overhead monitors, and later in-seat screens became commonplace on board aircraft decades ago. ... Continue Reading
Author: Fintan Horan-Stear
JAL First Class Lounge at Haneda brings the nostalgia and charm
Japan Airlines (JAL) may not trace its history back to the flying boat era, but in the last 70 years it has established itself as one of the... Continue Reading
JAL first class continues to shine despite delayed hard product
To say that Runway Girl Network is excited about Japan Airlines’ (JAL) forthcoming new first class product is an understatement. Featu... Continue Reading
Come dine with me at BA’s Heathrow T3 First Class Lounge
Oneworld Alliance member British Airways (BA) is among a small group of European airlines that still offer a true first class product both o... Continue Reading
Iberia’s nice Velázquez lounge at Madrid could get even nicer
Iberia’s hub in Madrid Barajas offers two lounges that cater to its business class and elite status passengers, with the smaller of th... Continue Reading
How to elevate the Eurobiz concept beyond the cocktail table
When taking an hour-long flight in Europe, there is a very valid question to ask: what is the point of Eurobusiness? Sure, getting a glass o... Continue Reading
How Iberia is transforming its product with subtle statements
In recent years, Iberia has been modernising its fleet, uniforms, hard product and onboard service in a bid to take its place amongst the pa... Continue Reading
New doored suite; now what? Iberia’s NPS A350 business class
Iberia has been on a journey to modernise its passenger experience, and now boasts some new Airbus A350s with Recaro doored mini-suites in b... Continue Reading
British Airways’ LHR-NCL domestic flight seems hard to justify
In the United States, where long distance travel options are limited, there are few good substitutes to flying. In Europe, however, intercit... Continue Reading
Allo Allo: How a novel design masks noise from inflight voice calls
The technology to support inflight voice calls has been around for well over fifteen years. Even though the aircraft cabin environment isn&#... Continue Reading
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
Thales’ new QLED-based IFE system wows, needs content to match
French multinational company Thales last month brought its new ‘AVANT Up’ inflight entertainment system to the Aircraft Interior... Continue Reading
Airframers offer complementary sustainable cabin visions
Cabin sustainability was a hot topic at this year’s Passenger Experience Conference in Hamburg, which takes place one day before the A... Continue Reading
In Vino Veritas: elevating the wine experience on board
With “full-flat’ and “direct aisle access” hard product features largely seen as baseline requirements for business ... Continue Reading
Viva España: Iberia Express is effective if uninspired in economy
Iberia subsidiary Iberia Express, which feeds its Spanish parent by providing short- and medium-haul flights from Madrid, is a curious offer... Continue Reading