Smaller seatmakers look to meet narrowbody seat needs of airframers
As the passenger experience stands as 2019 draws to a close, the overwhelming majority of narrowbody airliners, whether from the Airbus A320... Continue Reading
Author: John Walton
Can Novotel’s bizarrely delightful Prosecco Barn room inspire airlines?
Everyone loves a special livery, the uniquely designed paint jobs that celebrate an airline’s history via a retrojet, a partnership with a b... Continue Reading
Latécoère picks Signify, Huneed as hardware partners for lifi work
Lifi, the use of light to wirelessly transmit data, is seeing a remarkable amount of momentum within the aviation and passenger experience w... Continue Reading
Pay-to-charge inflight power options continue to evolve
Out of all the ancillary revenue options in the world of airline passenger experience that have yet to come to pass on a meaningful scale, b... Continue Reading
In Conversation Transcribed: Airline food with Nik Loukas
John Walton: Hello and welcome to Runway Girl Network In Conversation, a deep dive into aviation and the passenger experience. I’m RGN... Continue Reading
British Airways, Collins to revise Club Suite emergency door mechanism
It is something of a truism that no new airline seating product enters into service entirely smoothly. So it was with the table situation on... Continue Reading
In Conversation: Airline food with Nik Loukas
Nik Loukas from InflightFeed.com joins RGN deputy editor John Walton for a wide-ranging conversation about onboard catering and how airlines... Continue Reading
BA’s new A350 Club Suites: scores on the doors?
British Airways is at a crossroads in passenger experience, with its new Collins Aerospace Super Diamond doored mini-suites arriving on its ... Continue Reading
Airbus plans upgraded but non-ULR A350-1000 for Project Sunrise
Airbus has never officially confirmed that its entrant for the Qantas Project Sunrise competition, for nonstop flights from Sydney to New Yo... Continue Reading
Four industry leaders predict the future of onboard power
September’s annual APEX EXPO usually comes shortly after the latest round of consumer personal electronic device changes from Apple, making ... Continue Reading
Travel as commodity: identity and brand in a homogenous EuroLCC world
It’s hard to think of a region where air travel is so much of a commodity as Europe: the same planes, largely Airbus A320s and Boeing 737s, ... Continue Reading
Formia’s latest Aeromexico amenity kits tell a surprising story
Let me tell you a story… about storytelling. That’s the latest watchword in amenity kit design, the particularly fascinating passenger exper... Continue Reading
Whither first class for British Airways in age of doored mini-suites?
British Airways’ unveiling of its Collins Aerospace-designed Super Diamond-with-a-door Club Suite is, for business class, a major upgrade fr... Continue Reading
With new CEO, Aviointeriors tests “higher business class” waters
Italian seatmaker Aviointeriors is having quite the run of interesting momentum this year, not least because of airline industry veteran and... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic’s new A350 business class: impressive beyond flaws
During a sort of #PaxEx duel between the UK’s two largest airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, each is launching a new business cl... Continue Reading
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