Portuguese wet-lease airline, Hi Fly, has converted its Airbus A380-800s for cargo operations, offering more than 300m3 of volume capacity and close to 60 tons of cargo capability. Here’s how the engineering team did it…
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The Oneworld alliance has teamed up with SkyTeam and Star Alliance to highlight the health and safety measures that member airlines have put in place for Covid-safe flying. The aim is to build passenger confidence
Every year, PriestmanGoode works with London’s Royal College of Art, setting students on the Textiles course a brief to develop materials for future transport environments. This year, the students were challenged to develop sustainable materials for application in luxury travel in 2030. Get inspired…
Molon Labe Seating has created a new version of its S2 staggered economy class, featuring a headrest that serves as a physical barrier between passengers and can be rotated to individual preferences. Cabin air is fed into the headrest and vented out to the occupant’s face for a clean, fresh feeling
70-year-old Man Van Tran is one of the last fluorescent light blowing artisans left in the USA, and over the past 37 years at PWI he has blown thousands of fluorescent (neon) lights for aircraft cabins. See the master in action…
Emirates has modified its 10 Boeing 777-300ER passenger aircraft to create additional cargo capacity, achieved by removing seats from the economy cabin. The modification allows for up to 17 tonnes or 132 cubic metres of additional cargo capacity per flight, on top of the 40-50 tonne cargo capacity in the belly hold. Here’s how it’s done…
Airlines looking to reduce costs while under pressure to have their aircraft cabins looking pristine might like Lufthansa Technik’s new SkyShine system, which enables damaged components to be repaired on the spot rather than replaced
Following 12 weeks of hibernation, the birds at Brussels Airlines are ready to spread their wings again. Each aircraft took 400 man-hours to put into stowage, but it takes half that time to get them flight-ready again. The tasks in this video that seemed mundane yesterday have such significance today: who would have thought the sight of removing an engine cover could bring a lump to one’s throat?
Airlines around the world require cabin crew to wear face coverings to help protect them against Covid-19. However, those coverings can make the inflight experience a little less relaxing, and make lipreading impossible. EPFL has developed a simple but effective solution: a fully transparent mask
As UNWTO leads the restart of tourism, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, has sent a landmark message to the world, highlighting the sector’s unique role and value