Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
Apr 01, 2019
The airline industry must speed up its pace of innovation, not by 10%, “but by ‘times x,’” Lufthansa Group chief digital officer Christian Langer said April 1.
Apr 01, 2019
Airbus has extended its Airspace customer definition center (CDC) at Hamburg Finkenwerder to include the cabin customization of its A320 and A330 programs, which complements existing A350 XWB customization areas, which launched in 2014.
Apr 01, 2019
UK carrier Virgin Atlantic is planning to use the acquisition of UK regional Flybe to boost its own long-haul growth, which will have a renewed business traveler focus.
Mar 26, 2019
Nav Canada began space-based tracking of aircraft flying in the eastern part of its Edmonton flight information region (FIR) March 25, marking the first operational use of the Aireon surveillance system carried by new Iridium Next satellites.
Mar 22, 2019
Collins Aerospace offers an enhanced business class seat while others borrow racing technology or look to improve experience for disabled passengers.
Dec 22, 2020
Airlines look at new ways to safely provide inflight customer care.
Dec 17, 2020
Austrian aerospace company FACC believes the worst of the COVID-19 crisis is over for first-tier suppliers such as itself, which provide parts and services to the likes of Airbus and Boeing.
Dec 10, 2020
British satellite operator Inmarsat has puts its very-high-throughput GX5 satellite into commercial service, boosting inflight broadband capacity for its commercial and business aircraft customers in Europe and the Middle East.
Dec 09, 2020
United Airlines passengers will soon have access to virtual, on-demand customer service at the Chicago-based carrier’s hubs, giving people a contact-free option to get real-time information and support.
Dec 02, 2020
Satellite services provider Intelsat has completed its $400 million cash acquisition of Gogo’s commercial aviation business, creating a new internal division led by Gogo president John Wade.
Dec 02, 2020
The pandemic panic is mostly over in some parts of the world as 2020’s end nears, while in others COVID-19 is rampaging or resurging.
Nov 27, 2020
As part of its efforts to roll out a touchless flying experience, Singaporean LCC Scoot will be introducing an inflight mobile portal for its passengers starting from late December.
Nov 25, 2020
The numbers of airline accidents and accident fatalities are tracking down this year, although a factor in the decline will be the big drop in flights caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.