Lufthansa vs “Lifthansa”: how the new Vantage XL stacks up
Lufthansa’s new ex-Philippine Airlines Thompson Vantage XL seats are set to fly on four Airbus A350s that the airline has taken over, repain... Continue Reading
Author: John Walton
Op-Ed: Time to banish the bane of the airport lounge: high-top stools
High-top stools in airline lounges: they’re not comfortable, they’re not productive, they’re not space-saving… so why are they everywhere, a... Continue Reading
20+ hours upright in a seat: Qantas’ premium/economy challenge
For those considering flying down the back of Qantas’ ultra-ultra-longhaul Project Sunrise flights between Sydney and New York or London, de... Continue Reading
Air France new seats: more arrière-garde than avant-garde
Air France’s latest business class, a doored outward-facing herringbone minisuite from the Safran Seats Cirrus family — with a front-row lar... Continue Reading
Emirates opens up new premium economy sales, soft product
Emirates finally has a date for selling the premium economy cabins aboard the Airbus A380 and Boeing 777 widebodies it revealed nearly six m... Continue Reading
BA’s outstation lounge outlier: Geneva’s hidden gem
Normally when you fly business from non-hub European airports all you have to look forward to when it comes to outstation lounges is a dim r... Continue Reading
Sunrise but not surprise: Qantas’ London/NY A350-1000
It’s no surprise that Qantas chose the Airbus A350-1000 for Project Sunrise. What is interesting is that it will have a large extra fuel tan... Continue Reading
Reskinned ex-PAL Vantage XL asks Lufthansa hard new biz questions
When Lufthansa’s social-forward @lufthansaviews Instagram released a sneak peek of what it billed as an “updated business class”, your autho... Continue Reading
Northern Ireland’s Alice Blu Aero eyes narrowbody herringbone market
The premium narrowbody business class race is hotting up with a new seat — and new seatmaker — from Northern Ireland: Alice Blu Aero’s Quant... Continue Reading
American earnings call delves into supply and demand challenges
Citing a first quarter net loss of $1.6 billion, American Airlines executives were nonetheless upbeat in discussions during the airline’s ea... Continue Reading
United sounds positive notes about network, #PaxEx improvements
For any other industry at any other time, a first quarter net loss of $1.4 billion would be bad news. As a US airline emerging from the COVI... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic shows off premium leisure space, The Booth
Designing “third places” for passenger experience will continue to grow in importance, especially with an increasing post-COVID premium leis... Continue Reading
Delta’s new ‘domestic’ A321neo: the shape of things to come?
Whenever we dive into the details of a cabin onboard an Airbus A321neo, it seems like we focus on the brand new lie-flat seats of the long-r... Continue Reading
Airlines and charities partner for Ukraine aid
The ongoing humanitarian catastrophe resulting from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is unfolding in all-too-real time on our TVs and mobile pho... Continue Reading
TAP’s Lisbon lounge: fine for the premium economy price
TAP Air Portugal’s business class lounge in Lisbon doesn’t have the best reputation in the industry, so your author’s expectations were fair... Continue Reading