APEX Editor's Blog

A Scottish leather firm has much to shout about after landing what it says is the biggest deal in aviation leather history. Glasgow-based Muirhead Leather, part of the Scottish Leather Group, stands to benefit significantly from the recent restructuring at American Airlines, which saw the carrier acquire 460 new narrowbodies. The company reveals that it [...]

IATA’s Checkpoint of the Future security initiative should start to get off the ground in 2015 when a series of “effective tests” are expected to take place, according to the organisation’s former chief executive and director general Giovanni Bisignani. Speaking to the APEX Editor’s Blog ahead of the launch of his new book, Shaking the [...]

DUBAI: How does one go about making the world’s largest airliner, the Airbus A380, look small? Park it at the new Concourse A at Dubai International Airport, which was designed to handle the giant aircraft and all the high-end passengers who will fly in its premium cabins. Earlier this year Emirates and Dubai International Airport [...]

People with reduced mobility (PRMs) are accustomed to filling out complicated forms to inform airlines of their needs in advance of flying so that they can be assisted through the airport and onto their aircraft. Many are put off travelling altogether because of the lack of consistency and communication between the airline and the airport, which sometimes [...]

JFK airport in New York City used to be called Idlewild, but in anticipation of its revamped Terminal 4 opening later in May, Delta Air Lines is doing anything but idling about. A pop-up space is showcasing the expanded terminal and new passenger experience. Dubbed T4X, it is not just in Manhattan but key neighborhood [...]

Airlines that largely rely on slick advertising campaigns to convince travellers that their product is better than the next guy should prepare to up their game. The first and only travel site to rank billions of flights and connections worldwide based on what it calls “happiness factors” – such as seat size, entertainment, Wi-Fi, PED [...]

PHOENIX: American Airlines believes the US Transportation Security Administration’s (TSA) move to delay lifting the ban prohibiting small knives on aircraft allows the agency to reverse course and seek proper feedback regarding changes on its barred items list. TSA’s original plan to lift the ban on 6cm (2.36in) knives in carry-on bags drew sharp criticism [...]

PHOENIX: US Airways admits it lags behind its peers in mobile technology, but aims to close that gap in the near future with the launch of a new mobile phone application for customers. The app would put the carrier on par with it US legacy airline rivals American, Delta and United who all presently offer [...]

For frequent travellers, an airport’s parking is their first contact with the facility. Two east coast airports are taking their parking to the next level by catering to virtually every passenger demographic. Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) boasts nearly 25,000 parking spaces – 4,900 in its hourly lot, 8,400 in its daily garages, 1,300 in its [...]

In July of 2011 my wife and I emigrated from Indiana to Ireland. We have no kids, but moved with two cats, and what can generously be described as a “special needs” dachshund. In the six months leading up to our departure, we learned volumes about moving overseas. And in this age of outsourcing, Skype, [...]