Now arriving: Full #PaxEx upgrade for UK semi-high-speed trains
Over the next three years, passengers travelling between London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Manchester, Glasgow and Edinburgh — and other destin... Continue Reading
Author: John Walton
Inside Geven’s Elemento Wave seat and family design approach
With its new Elemento fully featured economy class seat, Geven is introducing three novel features to its product line: a new kinematic syst... Continue Reading
2021: Aviation’s once-in-a-century opportunity to reset seat sizes
The next twenty years in aviation will define what commercial aircraft — and their cabins — look like for the next century. What looks futur... Continue Reading
IATA backs EU digital COVID vaccine/test/recovery certificate standard
The European Union’s Digital COVID Certificate is rapidly shaping up to be the standard for international vaccination, test and recovery cer... Continue Reading
The hybrid working revolution asks new business travel questions
One of the ways in which COVID-19 is changing the world of work — at least for office and knowledge workers, a substantial part of the workf... Continue Reading
Air France lounges in Paris and Montréal ask consistency questions
Continuity of design between home hub and outstation lounges seems to pose a surprising amount of challenges for airlines. Maintaining a bra... Continue Reading
Aviation stands as a beacon of hope amid Afghan despair
Watching the situation in Afghanistan unfold at speed over the last few days has been almost indescribable, as the disaster on a national, i... Continue Reading
easyJet’s latest green signal: plastic bottle polyester uniforms
When easyJet’s new cabin crew and pilot uniforms take to the skies this month, every one will represent the recycling equivalent of some for... Continue Reading
Beyond “beef or cow”: the future of economy airline meals
“Beef or cow? Beef or cow?” ask the flight attendants aboard ‘Air Afrikaans’, the parody airline from 2008 British comedy Beehive, which wil... Continue Reading
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
Cathay A321neo sets new shorthaul narrowbody standard
With recliner-plus seats in business, fully-featured HAECO Vector seats in economy, Panasonic NEXT 4K screens throughout, and Bluetooth audi... Continue Reading
Queues and holdups mar COVID-era Eurotunnel trip
Travelling between the UK and France during COVID-19 has never been easy, but it has certainly never felt as odd as this last month, with ca... Continue Reading
Spotlight on retail portal design for pre-flight and inflight orders
As with so many parts of commercial aviation and especially the passenger experience, the COVID-19 pandemic is proving to be a catalyst for ... Continue Reading
Crash testing capacity crunch drives new Mirus site expansion
A few hours northeast of London near Norwich, Mirus Aircraft Seating is building its own dynamic test facility for aircraft seats, featuring... Continue Reading
At Hambledon, English sparkling wine asks a tough question
Champagne: it’s the tipple of choice for many passengers — whether up front in business and first classes worldwide, or even in economy on A... Continue Reading