APEX Editor's Blog

If someone told me last week that a celebrity had encamped at the B/E Aerospace booth at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, I would not have been surprised; such was the hubbub and swarm of people surrounding the firm’s cabin mock-up in Hamburg. But Lady Gaga was nowhere in sight. So what was the cause of [...]

In a deal certain to receive a warm welcome from airlines Boeing and Honeywell have inked a technical services agreement (TSA) to jointly research and develop the hardware, software and potential services that will utilise Inmarsat’s forthcoming Global Xpress aeronautical service, with the goal of supporting new aircraft installations in 2015. Boeing has been delivering [...]

Wireless IFE is gradually proving its mettle on metal flown by airlines across the planet. Everyone from Virgin Australia and European budget carrier Condor to South America’s Lan and Gol – as well as a growing list of North American operators – have committed to, are trialling or have fully adopted solutions that allow passengers [...]

MIRABEL: It could have been called The Greatest Show on Earth, or at least The Greatest Show in Aviation, at least in recent years. But instead it was called the “Bombardier CSeries Program Update”. It was held on 7 March in Mirabel, Quebec, with a webcast companion in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Bombardier’s effort to develop [...]

DUBLIN: Norwegian Air Shuttle stunned the aviation world when it ordered nearly 260 Boeing 737-800s, 737-8 Max twinjets and Airbus A320neos in two massive deals – with options for 150 more. With only 62 aircraft at the end of 2011, how could Norwegian possibly use, let alone afford, these massive orders? Furthermore, Norwegian is acquiring [...]

Aircraft interiors giant B/E Aerospace expects Boeing will continue accepting shipments of its aircraft seats and other equipment for the 787 Dreamliner, and does not foresee any schedule disruptions resulting from the twinjet’s grounding. During an investors call today B/E co-founder, executive chairman and CEO Amin Khoury said Boeing “specifically has told us to keep [...]

It’s 2013, and human beings are the largest they’ve ever been. Taller, wider, broader in the shoulders: millennia of evolution and modern lifestyle factors have all contributed to the fact that people are just bigger than they used to be. And part of our modern lifestyle means people travel more — even the largest of us. [...]

Last weekend, Dubai-based low-cost carrier flydubai invited dignitaries, distinguished VIP guests from Boeing, Lumexis, DTI Solutions and dozens of international journalists from around the globe to experience flydubai’s inaugural flight from Dubai, UAE to the Maldives. Tomás Romero, a regular contributor to the Airline Passenger Experience magazine and APEX Media Platform, was lucky enough to [...]

Airline customers of Row 44 are putting pressure on airframers to make the company’s inflight Internet, IPTV and streaming VOD services linefit offerable on aircraft, Row 44 reveals. Speaking to the APEX editor’s blog on board Row 44’s Grumman Albatross test-bed aircraft, company chief technical officer John Guidon said: “We’re doing our groundwork in support [...]

Six years after shuttering its Connexion by Boeing (CBB) division, Boeing has once again begun delivering aircraft that have been line-fit at the factory with inflight high-speed Internet systems. This time around, however, the US airframer isn’t fitting its own Connexion system to aircraft, but instead Panasonic Avionics’ popular eXConnect solution. Boeing has also started [...]