Economy Class & Beyond

SWISS to offer pre-flight meal selection

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Swiss International Air Lines is following other airlines, by allowing its Business Class passengers to pre-select their in-flight dining. The service will be offered for Business Class guests on its long-haul services from Switzerland (Geneva and Zurich). SWISS Passengers can now pre-select their main inflight meal before they depart. The new option offers guests both … [Read more...]

Eurowings selects Geven’s Esszena seat for their retrofit programme

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Eurowings has been busy, with them working with Geven for a retrofit programme of the seats aboard their feet. The Esszena seat is no stranger to the Lufthansa group, with the seat being widely deployed as part of a line-fit programme which began in 2017. The Essenza model for Eurowings features an exclusive design scheme and dedicated Eurowings trim and … [Read more...]

The Crystal Cabin Awards – Finalists Announced

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One of the major Passenger Experience highlights of the year is coming soon - with the Crystal Cabin Awards finalists announced. The Crystal Cabin Awards from 2019 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. As usual, there are 8 awards up for grabs. We'll go through the finalists here  Cabin Concepts  Finnair, PriestmanGoode and Tangerine, Collins Aerospace … [Read more...]

Southwest to install some interesting passenger experience upgrades

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It seems some major passenger experience improvements are inbound for Southwest Airlines - with a few surprisingly minor detail things that have caught my eye. Southwest goes ViaSat, upgrades Anuvu's equipment Southwest is to deploy next-generation Ka-band satellite in-flight connectivity (IFC) system to be factory-installed on all new aircraft deliveries, starting … [Read more...]

SWISS and SBB to launch a Munich-Zurich Airport “SWISS Air Rail” route

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Swiss International Air Lines is deepening its collaboration with SBB Swiss Federal Railways to expand its intermodal rail/air travel product under the new name of ‘SWISS Air Rail’. SWISS is adding Munich Hauptbahnhof in Germany to its intermodal SWISS Air Rail network. The new Munich-Zurich Airport route joins the existing rail/air services between Zurich … [Read more...]

Air France unveils new premium seating

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Air France is preparing to update its premium seating, with new seats for both their Business Class and Premium Economy products. The new products will be progressively rolled out on 12 Boeing 777-300ERs from September 2022, each aircraft will be equipped with 48 seats in Business class. The company is also installing its latest Premium Economy (48 … [Read more...]

Turkish Airlines unveils new amenity kits

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Turkish Airlines are updating their premium amenity kits, bringing in the Coccinelle and Hackett brands to the fold. The new amenity kits for Turkish Airlines - Image, Turkish Airlines/Kaelis  The Turkish flag carrier signed an agreement with Coccinelle and Hackett for its travel kits, with the kits produced in conjunction with Kaelis.  These … [Read more...]

Lufthansa rolls out its “new” A350s with revised seating… raising more questions than not…

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Lufthansa last week rolled out its "newest" Airbus A350, which will be configured a lot different than the current A350s out there. Let us take a look. The new aircraft - D-AIVC is named after the city of Munich. It was christened at Munich Airport by the Bavarian Minister, President Dr. Markus Söder. The "Munich" is the first aircraft in the Lufthansa fleet to offer … [Read more...]