Finland flag carrier Finnair will begin installing Panasonic Avionics Corp. (PAC Panasonic) Wi-Fi on its eight Airbus A330-300s in October. Installation is estimated to be completed in May 2017.

LOT Polish Airlines, which recently completed a cabin upgrade in its Boeing 737-400s, placed the first of three newly modernized aircraft into service on its Warsaw-London Heathrow route June 27.

The airlines of the world have tried very hard to keep passengers occupied while flying long distances.

Bombardier delivered the first CSeries aircraft to Lufthansa subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines at ceremonies in Montreal June 29.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has issued a supplemental type certificate (STC) to Hamburg-based MRO provider Lufthansa Technik to install Inmarsat’s GX Aviation Ka-band antenna on Lufthansa’s Airbus A320 family aircraft.

Melbourne Airport (MEL) has completed a three-month trial of self-boarding gates on selected international flights at Terminal 2.

Passenger Experience-June 23, 2016

Brussels Airlines is introducing a third long-haul class, branded as Economy Plus, on its Airbus A330s from July 1.