LATAM Airlines Group has announced that it is installing premium economy class in its Airbus A320 family of aircraft. This new and differentiated cabin class gives customers a third choice of economy travel on short and mid-haul routes
British Airways has announced that it is refreshing its First and Club lounges at Chicago O’Hare Airport, and has also revealed details of its lounge improvement programmes at Edinburgh and Berlin
Alaska Airlines has promoted four staff to key guest experience roles, with a view to creating future growth for the company
Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian has announced several technology innovations that he says will transform the future of air travel. Bastian was keynote speaker at CES in Las Vegas this week, where he outlined several initiatives that will be introduced beginning this year, including enhanced IFE and app technology, Parallel Reality display screens, AI machine learning, and even exoskeletons
Ethiopian Airlines and Boeing are continuing their partnership to deliver aid supplies to organisations across Ethiopia. In December 2019, when the airline took delivery of a new Dreamliner from South Carolina, the jet was loaded with books and school supplies, clothing and medical supplies for the flight to the airline’s hub in Addis Ababa
Vietnam Airlines has signed an agreement with FPT Telecom to introduce the company’s FPT Play IFE application to passengers travelling on the airline’s domestic flights
British Airways is exploring the possibility of using 3D printers to create aircraft parts, beginning with non-essential cabin parts including pieces of tray tables, IFE systems and lavatories
WestJet has announced Juliet, its digital travel assistant available on Google Assistant, which can give customers a hands-and screen-free way to have their questions answered on the day of travel
Beginning this month, US-based JetBlue is expanding its inflight entertainment (IFE) options on its aircraft equipped with HD seatback displays, with content including TV shows from Showtime, podcasts from Spotify, meditation and relaxation content from Inscape, and headline news from PressReader
As part of a pilot project, Recaro Aircraft Seating has installed ‘connected seats’ on a TAP Air Portugal A321 single-aisle aircraft. The trial also marks the first time that Recaro has designed, produced and certified an aircraft installation under its own DOA authority