Airbus on why it is bringing more and more cabin upgrades in-house
Airbus’ recent focus on bringing cabin upgrades in-house is part of a shift in how the airframer sees its role in servicing — rather than ju... Continue Reading
Author: John Walton
Qantas’ new London lounge shows whimsy and style
After a delay of nearly a year, Qantas has opened its surprisingly large new lounge at London Heathrow terminal 3, and the initial launch im... Continue Reading
IAG LEVELs Paris, closes down OpenSkies
LEVEL, the long-haul low-cost carrier from British Airways and Iberia parent IAG, is to start flights to four key destinations from Paris’ s... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic, Bluebox provide world-first fleetwide accessible IFE
In a major step forward for fleetwide IFE accessibility, Virgin Atlantic is using iPads from software house Bluebox to offer inflight entert... Continue Reading
Korean Air’s Apex seats raise production, maintenance questions
The past several years have not seen universal success for seatmakers cutting the bleeding edge where design, materials engineering, passeng... Continue Reading
In Conversation: Brexit’s impact on the UK aviation industry
The Royal Aeronautical Society’s Tim Robinson joins RGN deputy editor John Walton to talk about what the UK leaving the EU will mean for the... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Group unveils staggered direct aisle access in business
Following the publication of this article, both Zodiac Aerospace and Aviointeriors have gone on record stating they are not the seatmakers f... Continue Reading
AlulA proffers data integration box, comms network at Airbus BizLab
A small startup joining Airbus’ BizLab accelerator in Hamburg is hoping to combine air-to-ground airline tracking, mesh networks, machine le... Continue Reading
Delta starts selling 757 recliners as international premium economy
Almost exactly three years ago, a senior passenger experience executive from Delta Air Lines sat down with me at the APEX Expo and laid out ... Continue Reading
Vantage-Recaro-RAVE is new ‘standard’ for flydubai 737 MAX 8s
Narrowbody operator flydubai is pushing the boundaries of Boeing 737 passenger experience with a new cabin for its Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft... Continue Reading
Burled walnut and outdated seats one last hurrah for Emirates 777?
From the looks of things, we’ve seen Emirates’ last fully flat bed without direct aisle access — at least on the Boeing 777-300ER. The Dubai... Continue Reading
How much of a game changer is Emirates’ new first class suite?
Even the most jaded of industry observers were wowed by Emirates’ new first class suite this week in Dubai: insane, stunning — but is it the... Continue Reading
Emirates 787-10 order provides an opportunity to think again on #PaxEx
Emirates’ order for 40 Boeing 787 aircraft at this week’s Dubai Airshow, initially for the stretched -10 model, and to be delivered from 202... Continue Reading
Smart design hacks can really nail the #PaxEx details
Every so often, you come across a piece of design that’s so smart yet so simple that you sit back and wonder why it’s not used across the wo... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik goes multi-role with four new Airbus MRTT cabin types
These days, fitting out an Airbus A330 for either passenger, government or private use feels almost blasé. But Lufthansa Technik is now offe... Continue Reading
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