Brussels Airlines: the new paradigm of Lufthansa Group efficiency
Brussels Airlines is a bit of an odd duck. Part of the Lufthansa Group, the Belgian flag carrier is not considered a hub carrier alongside L... Continue Reading
Author: John Walton
Narrowbody herringbones: the 3D Wave and why it needs a comeback
Seatmakers are always seeking to carve out space from the airline cabin, but a new set of challenges are arising, particularly aboard the ne... Continue Reading
Lufthansa, Austrian, Swiss tap EAN connectivity for 150+ narrowbodies
Lufthansa Group is planning to offer inflight connectivity on “more than 150 additional aircraft” flying for Austrian, Lufthansa and Swiss v... Continue Reading
A retrospective on Cathay Pacific’s Cirrus business class
2024 looks set to be a bumper year for a new generation of business class cabins arriving onto aircraft, so it’s perhaps fitting that your a... Continue Reading
The new cabins of 2024 — and what they will tell us about aviation
Business and first class remain the linchpin of most full service airlines’ revenues, and 2024 looks set to offer a fascinating mixture of n... Continue Reading
What aircraft cabin designers can take from the newest Shinkansen
NAGOYA — It has always amused your author that one of Japan’s best railway museums, JR Central’s SC Maglev and Railway Park, sits in the cit... Continue Reading
Cathay’s Vivian Lo talks design language of new Aria business suite
There are few things as anticipated in the passenger experience world this year as Cathay Pacific’s forthcoming Aria business class product.... Continue Reading
Cathay’s revamped business soft product is as strong as OG Cirrus
Cathay Pacific’s 777-300ER implementation of the Cirrus seat (originally produced by Sicma, then Zodiac, now Safran) is the reference busine... Continue Reading
JAL516 reflections and a visit to the Airbus Safety Promotion Center
On a mountain ridge west of Tokyo, in rural Gunma prefecture, sits a shrine dedicated to the 520 lives lost in the crash of Japan Airlines f... Continue Reading
Cathay can draw inspiration for new first class from iconic product
Cathay Pacific is one of the few airlines looking to retain an international first class cabin and service in its next-generation of aircraf... Continue Reading
JAL A350 interiors supply chain issues raise spectre of delays in 2024
TOULOUSE — As Japan Airlines’ (JAL) first Airbus A350-1000 waggled its wings on takeoff from Blagnac en route to Tokyo, the airline’s execut... Continue Reading
JAL’s new flagship A350-1000 astounds with aesthetics and space
TOULOUSE — It sounds cliché to say that a new airline cabin is hard to capture in media images, and that it really pops when you experience ... Continue Reading
Etihad designs enlightening new Abu Dhabi Terminal A lounge complex
As Abu Dhabi flag carrier Etihad transitions its flights to the massive new Terminal A at its home airport starting this week, it’s also unv... Continue Reading
Delta taps Hughes for Ka-band GEO connectivity on 400-plus 717s, RJs
Hughes Network Systems, a relative newcomer to direct-to-airline inflight connectivity, is to install Ka-band satellite-supported inflight c... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Delta taps Hughes for Ka connectivity on 717s, RJs
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