Channel ferry COVID protocols reassuring for passengers
With Europe heading back into strict COVID-19 lockdowns, travel has been reduced to the essentials. For an essential, last-minute trip from ... Continue Reading
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In Conversation: Singapore and COVID with Aaron Yong
LIFT Aero Design’s Aaron Yong joins aviation journalist John Walton from Singapore, bringing an update from the aviation superpower citystat... Continue Reading
COVID cluster “demonstrates in-flight transmission”: report
A single widebody flight to Ireland this summer with 49 passengers on board “demonstrates in-flight transmission” among some 13 passengers, ... Continue Reading
Research, “bad math” and real-world cases show COVID uncertainty
Is flying safe? Airlines and aviation trade groups would very much like passengers to think so, and have been focusing much energy on provin... Continue Reading
Inside Japan’s brand new N700S Shinkansen
Travellers taking Japan’s Shinkansen trains to Nagoya, Osaka and points west of Tokyo have a new train to look forward to, with updated pass... Continue Reading
Questions remain about COVID cabin safety testing
If we are to believe Airbus, Boeing, Embraer and airline trade group IATA — which last week conducted an unprecedented joint briefing on the... Continue Reading
COVID-19 turns PaxEx “nesting” trend upside down
Before COVID-19, “nesting” was a trend on the rise in aviation. Creating cosy, comfortable, hygge–fied spaces with plenty of storage n... Continue Reading
Designing faster and smarter with IAMA’s updated Rulebook
You might not think that a new set of rules and guidelines for creating consistency and improving quality in supplemental type certification... Continue Reading
Stelia sings 44°-angle tune with single-aisle Opera suite
The curtain is up on Opera, Stelia’s latest outward-facing herringbone business class seat, designed expressly for single-aisle aircraft. Th... Continue Reading
Hygiene expectations post-COVID: a generation of Naomi Campbells?
“I love travelling.” Naomi Campbell proclaimed aboard a Qatar Airways Airbus A380 in Nice during July of 2019, as she proceeded to don prote... Continue Reading
The key to lounge design: creating the perfect spot for everyone
Before the COVID-19 crisis, lounge users were, by and large, a group of people with diverse needs. She’s a busy businesswoman, he’s travelin... Continue Reading
Lufthansa doubles down on airport testing — and “premium” model
As airlines continue to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s clear that a polyvalent, multifaceted approach – inclusive of airport tes... Continue Reading
What passenger experience future for Airbus hydrogen aircraft?
Airbus has chosen its preferred technology for the next generation of aircraft power: hydrogen. With the release of three concepts in the re... Continue Reading
Recaro aims at density, quality with revamped CL6720 suite
When premium class travel demand returns after COVID-19, the landscape will look very different: fewer first class products, fewer older and... Continue Reading
Will COVID-19 drive Basic Business class segmented fares?
In financial terms, the seats on a flight are the most distressed of inventories: once the aircraft doors shut, they have hit a hard “use by... Continue Reading