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Jamco aircraft lavatory door handle with instructions on how to use wrist and be hands free opening and closing it. Part of touchless travel.

Self-service and the three-segment touchless travel trend

Aviation has seen many changes to the way it operates as the result of COVID-19. In the passenger experience arena, one of the biggest trend... Continue Reading

Southwest flight attendant shows passengers how to put on an oxygen mask for the Health and Safety of passengers

Disruptive passenger problem rears its head again

Unruly passengers causing disruption on aircraft was a hot topic even before the COVID-19 crisis. Now, as some countries start to return to ... Continue Reading

A medium sized bowl full of assorted veggies and chicken.

Will Lufthansa’s new BOB menu delight onboard?

For a notionally full-service airline, moving from an onboard food and beverage offering included in the price of the ticket to a buy-on-boa... Continue Reading

Tap Airlines Airbus hybrid configuration with Recaro. Aircraft seats are grey with red trim on the headrest.

TAP taps Recaro for second-gen Eurobiz-hybrid shorthaul

With the introduction of two of Recaro’s latest economy class seat types on its newest Airbus A320, TAP Air Portugal has clearly decided tha... Continue Reading

Aerial view of a Japanese city and rail tracks on a cloudy day.

The future of airports: Japan’s ekinaka station cluster concept

As aviation considers what its future will look like following the COVID-19 pandemic, and airports try to figure out how the accelerated rem... Continue Reading

Rendering of the Geven SuperEco seat. View of multiple seat triples on board an aircraft, shown from a side angle.

Geven slims down slimlines with new SuperEco economy seat

Italian seatmaker Geven is taking aim at the 28–29-inch pitch ultra-slimline end of the #PaxEx market, where low-cost carrier meets ultra-lo... Continue Reading

Red, amber, green: government communications in the age of COVID

Spare a thought for anybody in the UK named Amber List this week, as the country’s red list, amber list and green list COVID travel categori... Continue Reading

Falcon 10X interior showing 8 seats in cream with light brown details. A carpet with geometric shapes on it.

Dassault answers big questions with Falcon 10X

Business aviation has seen renewed interest during the COVID-19 pandemic, and with its new Falcon 10X business jet, Dassault is answering th... Continue Reading

An Emirates flight attendant stands alongside the carrier's new premium economy seats, which are covered in cream anti-stain leather.

High-impact additions airlines could make to premium economy

As airlines look to return to international operations following the COVID-19 pandemic, it seems clear that premium economy is going to see ... Continue Reading

Thompson Solo business class herringbone seat in grey and brown tones. View is from the top.

Cleansheet design — and regulation — for new herringbone flatbeds

Every novel seat design isn’t just a #PaxEx pathfinder: it’s also a pioneer project for safety regulators and certification of the seat itse... Continue Reading

A male passenger leans back in a business class seat holding a magazine.

W-UP: a winning solution to airlines’ business class demand woes?

Before COVID and the dramatic drop in business travel, some airlines were experimenting, publicly or in theoretical exercises, with a “busin... Continue Reading

Airbus Airspace cabin showing the entryway, geometric design on the ceiling, blue and purple shades cast by LED lights and business class seats in greys and purple. Seats are in a 1-1 configuration.

Interiors suppliers trumpet work on new A320 Airspace brand cabins

In the years since Runway Girl Network first reported Airbus’ work to bring its widebody Airspace cabin brand to the narrowbody A320 family ... Continue Reading

Stelia's aircraft seat from the passengers point of view. The storage shelf, a mirror, the IFE screen, a small plant, a table and the aircraft window are in view.

Stelia learns design lessons from previous herringbone generations

With Stelia’s Opera outward-facing herringbone looking set to be a major part of the narrowbody longhaul future, the company is drawing on a... Continue Reading

Aircraft interior image of Recaro seats in blue with grey thermoplastics used for the seatbacks and tray tables.

Closing the loop: aviation’s post-use thermoplastics footprint

What happens to your aircraft seat after its useful life is over and it’s removed from the aircraft? It’s increasingly likely to end up bein... Continue Reading

Two men putting on the dome of an aircraft antenna as part of demodification outlined by IAMA

IAMA shines a spotlight on IFC demodification complexity

What happens to an inflight connectivity system when an aircraft is returned to its lessor or transferred to a new operator? What needs to b... Continue Reading