Passengers flying across the Pacific Ocean are set for a major upgrade in inflight connectivity performance. Panasonic Avionics and Eutelsat announced this week that Eutelsat 172b is now in service, delivering a massive increase in…
American’s 787 order: Big win – with challenges…
American Airlines used a 5pm Friday news dump to announce a major aircraft order last week. The carrier shed its previously deferred Airbus A350 order that came with the US Airways merger in favor of…
Astronics new USB power takes flight on TUI’s…
The 737 MAX has a new in-seat power option. Astronics' EmPower® UltraLite in-seat passenger power system is now available as a line-fit offer on the newest Boeing jets. TUI will take delivery of the first…
United cutting Polaris service citing customer feedback
The Polaris business class service on United Airlines flights is changing on May 1, 2018. The company will be removing a few of the unique service offerings it launched some 16 months ago, suggesting that…
Icelandair kills off premium economy offering
Icelandair will no longer offer Economy Comfort, its premium economy class of service, effective next month. In a message to travel agents the airline outlined the change, citing competitive reasons for the move. In order…
The man who could save New York’s airports
New York City is famous for its airports, and not in a good way. The city's three main airports – Newark, LaGuardia and JFK – handle north of 100 million passengers annually in facilities that…
Icelandair joins the 737 MAX family; IFC missing…
Ready to fly the 737 MAX regularly across the Atlantic Ocean? A whole lot of that will be coming starting later this year now that Icelandair took delivery of its first 737 MAX8 aircraft from…
Connectivity Revenue: Where does American’s shift leave Gogo?
In last week's earnings call Gogo indicated that expected service revenue for its North America Commercial Aviation segment would be flat YoY in 2018. Considering the impending loss of some 400 American Airlines aircraft from…
Iberia’s first A350 sports a new radome
This week's edition of "What's under that radome?" comes to us from Toulouse, where Iberia's first A350-900 broke cover. The carrier shared a few photos on Twitter and the aircraft is sporting a line-fit radome…