Some of the most bougie seats flying in the USA may soon be on some of the smallest planes. JSX announced plans to acquire a pair of ATR42-600 turboprops to expand its fleet at the 2025 Paris Air Show, fitted in an all-premium layout.
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Qatar Airways Pivots to PAC’s Converix, Astrova for 777X Digital Experience
Qatar Airways will implement Panasonic Avionics’ Astrova IFE platform, running on its Converix on-board data and application hosting platform, for its upcoming 777X fleet.
"THE Room FX" Brings Business Class Update to ANA’s 787s
ANA’s new 787-9 cabin features an impressively wide sofa-style, yin-yang layout. This is a step-change update from the existing offering, and incremental update to THE Room, currently flying on its 777-300ER fleet.
Safran, Greenerwave Team for Metasurfaces ESA Development
Safran Passenger Innovations is teaming with metasurfaces specialists Greenerwave to develop a new inflight Ka-band terminal compatible with the satellites of today as well as future GEO and NGSO constellations.
Eve Projects Three Billion eVTOL Riders Over 20 Years
Urban Air Mobility is a booming market, according to one of its largest proponents. But it will still be a tiny fraction of urban transport.
Recaro to extend seats into Embraer catalog
E-Jet customers will soon be able to select seats from Recaro as part of their order from Embraer. Recaro’s SL3710 and BL3710 models will become part of Embraer’s Supplier Furnished Equipment (SFE) catalog from 2024.
LiFi takes flight with Air France, Latécoère
Move over WiFi; LiFi is now flying. Delivering on a promise made during the Paris Air Show Air France and hardware supplier Latécoère operated the LiFi (Light Fidelity) system on board a commercial flight this week, bringing a new means for high speed data transmission into service.
Mitsubishi’s SpaceJet buys Bombardier’s support
We are mere months away from the production of the final CRJ passenger jet. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) announced this morning a deal to acquire Bombardier’s regional jet program, bringing it to a close as the SpaceJet will take its place.
Boom’s supersonic timing slips
Boom still plans to bring supersonic passenger flights back to the general public, just not as soon as previously predicted. And there are still a LOT of open questions about getting there at all.
Different business models, same aircraft model: American, Frontier and JetBlue take on the A321XLR
Three very different US airlines all ordered the same plane during this week’s Paris Air Show. How will JetBlue, Frontier and American put the A321XLR to use??