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…
Alaska Airlines teases shift in connectivity business model
Alaska Airlines wants more control over the end-user pricing of its inflight connectivity product. As part of the company's decision to upgrade the fleet to Gogo's 2Ku satellite-based inflight wifi solution it will also change…
Streaming to the Electronic Flight Bag: Norwegian, Astronics…
Norwegian wants more data for quickly analyzing aircraft operations. Its current process for getting that performance data off its 737NG fleet relies heavily on manual efforts, reducing flexibility and responsiveness. Thanks to the webFB Wireless…
Southwest teases further network growth, including Canada
Southwest Airlines' plans to grow in to the Hawaiian islands are no secret, but they're also not the only destinations further afield the company is considering. In today's annual meeting CEO Gary Kelly spoke briefly…
Optimizing the east coast: United’s latest schedule shifts
Dulles may finally see some real traffic growth from United Airlines. The carrier announced schedule changes today for the Fall 2018 season that will see the Newark hub transition to focus more on local (O/D)…
Emirates (finally) commits to Premium Economy
Passengers still must wait a couple years, but Emirates is finally set to introduce a premium economy cabin on its A380 fleet. In an internal company podcast (fast forward to 11:55 for the PremY chat)…
United Airlines’ new "Aspire" economy class seat takes…
United Airlines just wrapped a busy week. The carrier unveiled its newest Polaris lounge in San Francisco, complete with the CEO hosting a media preview event. It also increased its stake in Brazilian carrier Azul.…
Qatar Airways brings connectivity gate to gate
Qatar Airways is opening up its inflight wifi connectivity solution for gate-to-gate services. The move comes on the heels of a policy update from the Qatar's Communications Regulatory Authority permitting the use of inflight services…
Bunk beds on board: The new plan to…
There is no better way to generate buzz in the commercial airline space than to promise a better inflight experience to economy class travelers on long-haul flights. Perhaps that is part of the motivation for…