Editorial: Test dummies should be updated to reflect modern traveler size
Do airlines want larger, broader and taller passengers to fly? Do they want passengers with reduced mobility (PRMs) on board their aircraft?... Continue Reading
Author: Mary Kirby
Passengers take note: seatbelt extenders deactivate your airbag
A few months ago, multiple media outlets reported that Thai Airways was disallowing passengers with a girth wider than 56 inches from flying... Continue Reading
Going indirect with GoDirect; Viasat sees value of partners in bizav
When an announcement dropped this spring that Honeywell will offer Viasat’s high-speed Ka-band connectivity to large and mid-cabin bus... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Fifty-year pilot John O. Graybill on flying private safely
Welcome to Episode 59 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this show is John O. Graybill, a FAA designated master pilot with over 50 years o... Continue Reading
Airbus developing SB to address problem on 2Ku-fitted A330s, A340s
Airbus says it is developing a Service Bulletin – and eyeing a longer-term remedy – for a safety issue identified in an EASA airworthiness d... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: (Update 2) Air France to Airbus – your move
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Rockwell Collins anticipates diversity of aircraft pipes, including HF
Today many operators use VHF and HF ground stations as well as Inmarsat or Iridium satcom, with billions of ACARS messages sent per year. Bu... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: AD impact included in stated guidance
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Why Classic cockpit comms are being offered on new A330neo jet
Airbus’ re-engined A330neo may boast new bleed and cockpit systems, in addition to new pylons and nacelles, but its satcom pipe for flight d... Continue Reading
Delta and other Gogo 2Ku customers see system reliability improve
When a high-profile #PaxEx data cruncher and journalist tweets about a dreadful inflight connectivity experience, fellow journalists, analys... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Coming clean on subsidies
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Global Eagle eyes connected inflight gaming as airline interest grows
Airlines, their content service providers, inflight entertainment specialists and of course passengers are all too aware of the fact that in... Continue Reading
Airbus seeks to sell passengers on “experience” of A330neo
Having sold more than 200 Airbus A330ceos through the end of May since the launch of the new engine A330neo program, the European airframer ... Continue Reading
Flyers Rights questions FAA evidence for not setting seat standards
Consumer advocacy group Flyers Rights is hitting back at the FAA’s decision not to regulate aircraft seats, calling into question the eviden... Continue Reading
United to remove DirecTV seatback entertainment from nine 757s
When United Airlines’ chief digital officer, Linda Jojo, said the carrier was reviewing its position on embedded inflight entertainment, she... Continue Reading
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