Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
Aug 02, 2016
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) saw its first scheduled landing of a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner Aug. 1 as a British Airways nonstop from London Heathrow made its inaugural flight to Baltimore, Maryland.
Aug 02, 2016
Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) welcomed its first scheduled Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner service Aug.1, a British Airways’ upgraded daily nonstop from London Heathrow Airport. The 787-8 accommodates 214 passengers in a three-class configuration—Club World (business class-35 seats), World Traveller Plus (premium economy-25 seats) and World Traveller (economy-154 seats). ATW online editor Linda Blachly was onsite for the inaugural flight.
Jul 29, 2016
Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) signed a wet-lease agreement with SriLankan Airlines for three A330s, PIA CEO Bernd Hildenbrand confirmed to ATW.
Jul 28, 2016
Passenger Experience-July 28, 2016
Jul 25, 2016
Carlsbad, California-based broadband services company ViaSat was awarded a contract to provide internet and connectivity services to Air Force One and other senior US government aircraft, the company announced July 25.
Oct 17, 2017
Saudi Arabian Airlines has a 72-year history and is undergoing a major change for future operations. Within two years, the carrier has taken delivery of 60 new aircraft; by 2020 fleet size should reach 200. ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann is the first Western journalist to visit the carrier's head office in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Oct 11, 2017
Older aircraft with obsolete cabin and entertainment systems will likely be condemned to the scrapheap when prospective buyers see how much it costs to upgrade them to today’s standards.
Oct 10, 2017
Air New Zealand has begun the first operational trials of its new onboard Wi-Fi service, which eventually will be rolled out across its international jet fleet.
Oct 02, 2017
Cabins, Interiors & Connectivity Briefs-Oct. 2, 2017
Sep 29, 2017
American Airlines is planning more enhancements to its onboard products as it pursues a strategy of segmenting cabins to offer multiple levels of service at different fares.
Sep 29, 2017
UK LCC easyJet is set to trial onboard intranet-based IFE, supplied by Barcelona-headquartered technology firm Immfly, from this fall and is evaluating Inmarsat’s European Aviation Network (EAN) for future full Wi-Fi connectivity.
Sep 29, 2017
American Airlines is planning more enhancements to its onboard products as it pursues a strategy of segmenting cabins to offer multiple levels of service at different fare points.
Sep 29, 2017
A study by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) partnered with global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat forecasts a $130 billion global market resulting from the proliferation of inflight broadband connectivity in the airline industry over the next 20 years.