ViaSat sees Yahsat move into inflight as sincere form of flattery
Competition is heating up in aviation’s regional satellite connectivity market, with Abu Dhabi’s Yahsat gearing up to trial a Ka-band servic... Continue Reading
Author: John Walton
Love actually is all around us when we fly — if we create it
“Whenever I get gloomy with the state of the world, I think about the arrivals gate at Heathrow Airport,” says Hugh Grant’s character at the... Continue Reading
Premium economy options are many; actual innovations are few
Premium economy: big seats, big news, big money for smart airlines. Yet, with very few exceptions, premium economy across airlines is the sa... Continue Reading
Indian context drives Delta’s new KLM-Jet partnership
SkyTeam carriers Delta and KLM announced a new codeshare arrangement with Jet Airways that will see the Indian carrier trade Amsterdam for B... Continue Reading
Hoverboard ban debacle highlights airline battery safety failures
Airlines are, finally, more broadly banning hoverboards — the self-balancing mini-Segway devices that are all the rage and the holiday gift ... Continue Reading
Mega #PaxEx event in Singapore will shape APEX Expo’s future
A lot is riding on the successful colocation of the mega #PaxEx event that will combine Aircraft Interiors Expo with the Airline Passenger E... Continue Reading
Boeing’s Rachelle Ornan-Stone: from Space Camp to Starliner
Dr Rachelle Ornan-Stone wanted to be an astronaut when she grew up. Instead, she’s the Regional Director of Cabin Experience and Revenue Ana... Continue Reading
American misses innovation opportunity with Premium Economy
Good news for the passenger experience: American Airlines is to be the first US airline to introduce a proper premium economy product, with ... Continue Reading
Zodiac’s lower deck patent asks more questions than it answers
Zodiac Aerospace is exploring the opportunity of seating passengers underneath the main deck of commercial aircraft, in the area currently o... Continue Reading
Nobody wins when premium economy isn’t Premium Economy
“In the 1980s,” Canada’s Financial Post newspaper predicted in late 1978, “business travelers will look back at air travel in this decade wi... Continue Reading
Air New Zealand’s 787: narrower seats pinch in Business Premier
I’ve long been of the opinion that Air New Zealand offers one of the best business class products for an overnight flight — the kind of leg ... Continue Reading
Capital injection boosts Acro’s longhaul seat strategy
Startup seatmaker Acro is powering forward in its quest for more sales and market share, with a new £7.75 million (US$11.7 million) investme... Continue Reading
Airbus A380 cracks 600 passenger ceiling and 400 passenger floor
Two decks. Four engines. Four classes. And fewer than four hundred passengers on board — or more than six hundred. That’s the reality of the... Continue Reading
Deutsche Telekom gets technical about European ATG network
The hybrid European Aviation Network (EAN) connectivity system, which combines ground-based LTE technology from Deutsche Telekom and an S-ba... Continue Reading
Mitsubishi talks MRJ sales as new day dawns for Japanese aviation
Having achieved first flight this month, the Mitsubishi Regional Jet (MRJ) fulfilled a promise that dates back eight years to the Paris Air ... Continue Reading
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