Can Rockwell Collins deliver beauty to the economy cabin?
Rockwell Collins is re-imagining the economy cabin experience, from seating to decor and cabin service. The manufacturer’s economy seating l... Continue Reading
Author: Marisa Garcia
New restraint system addresses airline passenger violence
A workplace conflict consultancy in Britain has developed a passenger restraint system which will be easier for crew to use while reducing t... Continue Reading
Electrified foam composite structure has tray table application
French composites manufacturer Equip’Aero Technique and Rockford UK have revealed a new electrified composite material which can be used to ... Continue Reading
How the design of cabin safety equipment works
Following Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, there has been active speculation and energetic discussion on social media about possible design i... Continue Reading
EU court ruling on wild cat strikes is wild card for airlines, passengers
The Court of Justice of the European Union announced this week that German leisure airline TUIfly will be responsible for paying compensatio... Continue Reading
After SWA 1380, is it time for deep human factors study of emergencies?
Images from inside the cabin of Southwest Airlines flight 1380, which made an emergency landing in Philadelphia following an engine failure,... Continue Reading
Something ventured, something gained from blue sky cabin proposals?
It’s too easy to dismiss blue-sky design proposals for cabin design as too difficult to deploy or impossible to sell, but Airbus and Zodiac ... Continue Reading
Can Airbus add seats to the A320 without irritating passengers?
With talk spreading in the industry that Airbus is looking to add six to nine more seats to the A320, we asked ourselves whether such a conf... Continue Reading
Little things matter in airline amenity kits
Last night was another successful annual gathering of airline inflight product representatives, and suppliers of inflight amenity kits which... Continue Reading
Battery risks on aircraft garner closer scrutiny
This February, the risk of personal electronic device (PED)-related battery fires on board aircraft became more evident after French safety ... Continue Reading
UK on black box streaming: money drives delay
As the world grapples with the loss of contact with Malaysia Airlines MH370, Runway Girl Network believes it’s important to shine the ... Continue Reading
Asiana fine raises questions
The US Department of Transportation recently fined Asiana for violating the Foreign Air Carrier Family Support Act of 1997 in the aftermath ... Continue Reading
Bird strikes have big safety and financial impact
The FAA estimates that the cost associated with bird strike damage to civil aircraft could be as high as $957 million per year in the US. In... Continue Reading
Crash dummies no longer represent passenger size
Current percentiles used by regulatory bodies to gauge passenger size and test the safety of aircraft seats are significantly out of date an... Continue Reading
How United plans to grow Economy Plus sales
Unitedʼs Economy Plus seating has returned to the Travelport global distribution systems (GDS) Worldspan and Galileo with its Economy Plus e... Continue Reading
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