Ready or not, Google Glass is here, and it represents what may be the next frontier of mobile computing. Passengers already have multiple screens to distract them while in-flight, from their smartphone, to their iPad, and now a screen literally in front of their eyes. Is the airline industry ready for this new generation of inflight [...]
March 12, 2013
NEW YORK: Last week at New York’s JFK airport, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines highlighted the next iteration of sustainable aviation by initiating the first-ever series of biofuel-powered intercontinental flights. The biofuel, which is derived from used cooking oil and is blended into traditional aviation fuel, is helping to power a Boeing 777-200 across the Atlantic [...]
March 8, 2013
As Delta Air Lines gets closer and closer to opening its new terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York, we are learning more about the features and dining options that passengers can expect. Delta is spending over $1 billion on the new terminal, which will bring the airline into the 21st century [...]
February 23, 2013
EVERETT, WASHINGTON: Statistics and surveys can only tell you so much about how people would like to see the passenger experience improved. While companies undoubtedly spend millions of dollars trying to figure out what passengers will be looking for, there may be an easier way. Over Presidents Day weekend, AirlineReporter.com, the Future of Flight and Boeing held their [...]
February 20, 2013
MIAMI: Distribution and optimization technology company Farelogix believes its next generation airline e-commerce ‘gateway’ can bring the industry out of the “Mad Men Era” and into the 21st Century. Global distribution systems (GDSs) hamper airlines’ efforts to upsell premium options such as inflight Wi-Fi and premium economy seating, Farelogix suggested last week at a media event [...]
January 26, 2013
NEW YORK: Change is sometimes necessary, sometimes feared. In the case of American Airlines, a change to its iconic 45-year old livery seems to be out of necessity, though public response has been extremely mixed. The old livery – designed by Massimo Vignelli and featuring red, white, and blue strips on bare aluminium with a [...]
January 18, 2013
File this story under the “what will they think of next” category. A German company is transforming inflight food and beverage trolleys into wireless inflight entertainment (IFE) systems that can be simply rolled onto aircraft. Cabinnet Akkurt Group’s so-called intelligent IFE ‘iTrolley’ contains a server and wireless equipment. It is designed to run off of [...]
January 10, 2013
(Updated to include comment from Gogo) American Airlines has revealed that Gogo’s next generation air-to-ground based inflight Wi-Fi system, ATG-4, plus the company’s new Ku-band satellite-supported Wi-Fi system will be installed on its new-delivery domestic aircraft. “American plans to offer Gogo’s next generation ATG-4 technology beginning in July 2013 with the new Airbus A319 deliveries,” [...]
December 13, 2012
Several months ago, social seating took flight. KLM began allowing customers to link their social network profiles – on FaceBook and LinkedIn – with the airline’s seat maps through a programme called “Meet & Seat”. And airBaltic started working with social seating company Satisfly, which – unlike Meet & Seat – conducts the research and [...]
December 12, 2012
“Kosher meal? I don’t want a kosher meal. I don’t even know what a kosher meal is.” In the 1992 episode of Seinfeld, appropriately titled “The Airport”, the character Elaine Benes heads to the lavatory just before the meal service, only to emerge and discover that the only meal still available is a kosher option. [...]
May 13, 2013
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