#Humpspotter Alert: Rouge quietly installed 2Ku across A319 fleet
As director of airline research at Routehappy, your author often finds that juicy data points can emerge from the most unexpected of sources... Continue Reading
Author: Jason Rabinowitz
New York starting to see the regional airport it deserves in LaGuardia
LaGuardia is an airport that needs no introduction. From the leaky roof patched up with garden hoses and buckets to the extreme overcrowding... Continue Reading
Spirit Airlines exploring inflight connectivity options
Amid rumors that ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, an airline known for offering spartan amenities with its trademark “bare fare”, was... Continue Reading
United’s domestic 777 presents mixed bag in economy class
In 2016, United began reconfiguring about a dozen Boeing 777-200 aircraft from international configurations to a new densified domestic vers... Continue Reading
PaxEx odds and ends: Air France’s new USB and download IFE revealed
Since 2015, Air France has been slowly refurbishing its narrowbody Airbus A320 family of aircraft with new B/E Aerospace and Recaro economy ... Continue Reading
Gogo 2Ku connectivity impresses on Delta east coast flight
With Gogo rolling out its new 2Ku satellite connectivity system at the pace of about one equipped aircraft per day, the odds of ending up on... Continue Reading
Passenger friendly initiatives part of New York rail improvements
Nearly 100 years ago, the first plans for New York City’s Second Avenue Subway were drawn up. The new line was to be part of a major transit... Continue Reading
United sets itself apart with Polaris lounge particulars
The first thing you notice when entering United Airlines’ Polaris business class lounge in Chicago O’Hare is that there is no mi... Continue Reading
When T-Mobile promo is managed for consistency, 2Ku doesn’t shine
Almost a year to the day after the first media demo flight of Gogo’s 2Ku inflight Wi-Fi system, your author finally had an opportunity to tr... Continue Reading
Amtrak readies to expand nextgen wifi, unlocks streaming on Acela
With a shoestring budget, 44 routes covering a staggering 21,300 miles and an aging fleet, Amtrak is slowly but surely working on bringing h... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Gogo’s next-gen ATG antenna revealed
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Flightradar24 gears up for a new wave of flight tracking
FlightRadar24, the live flight tracker service that myriad news outlets rely upon when an aircraft goes off radar, has begun experimenting w... Continue Reading
AeroMobile 3G inflight connectivity, is it enough?
When the first iPhone was launched in 2008, it was only capable of painfully slow 2G data speeds. That same year, AeroMobile launched its fi... Continue Reading
Portable Wi-Fi boxes gain in popularity at airlines, but are they safe?
Lufthansa on 1 July inaugurated service between Frankfurt and San Jose, the first new nonstop between continental Europe and the California ... Continue Reading
Some foreign carriers cleared to activate Wi-Fi in Chinese airspace
As satellite based inflight connectivity systems continue to get faster and roll out to additional airlines, one thing has been resistant to... Continue Reading
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