Economy Class & Beyond

Farnborough Air Show 2024 Day 4 Daily Digest – Life at the end of the show

by

It's the final big day of the Farnborough Air Show 2024 - and a quiet year, to put it mildly. Let's check-in for the final round of announcements for this show before the aviation circus packs up for its next event. As usual, we'll be presenting this alphabetical order of the Civil Aircraft OEMs, followed by any other headlines that raise an eyebrow. Airbus flynas goes … [Read more...]

LOT Polish Airlines commits to Viasat for connectivity

by

LOT Polish Airlines has signed with Viasat to provide inflight connectivity for its Boeing 787 fleet. LOT Polish Airlines new business class - Image, LOT Polish Airlines/Viasat The agreement will cover the installation of Viasat's Ka-band connectivity across 15 aircraft in LOT’s wide-body Boeing 787-8 and 787-9 Dreamliner fleets. This will be the first time that LOT … [Read more...]

Farnborough Air Show 2024 – Day 3 – A Calm Before an Order Storm?

by

Day three of the Farnborough Air Show has passed, so it's time to dive into what headlines there are. If any. It's been a little dry, to put it mildly As usual, we'll be presenting this alphabetical order of the Civil Aircraft OEMs, followed by any other headlines that raise an eyebrow. ATR Aircraft Air Tahiti to add four ATR72-600 to its fleet Air Tahiti has … [Read more...]

What does Corn have to do with seat armrests? Soisa Aircraft Interiors shows off a sustainable armrest

by

Airlines are constantly looking for ways to reduce their environmental footprint and weight and turn to others to help. Soisa Aircraft Interiors launched a new armrest... which is primarily made of corn particles. Yes. Corn. One of these is not made of corn.... have a guess.  Soisa Aircraft Interiors launched its new ‘organic armrest’. The armrest is made of a base … [Read more...]

Farnborough Air Show 2024 Day 2 Daily Digest – The Rise of the Widebody

by

Day Two of the Farnborough Air Show has been and gone. Let's see what headlines we have from the day, and who has been splashing the cash. As usual, we'll be presenting this alphabetical order of the Civil Aircraft OEMs, followed by any other headlines that raise an eyebrow. Airbus Virgin Atlantic opts for further A330neos Virgin Atlantic has placed a firm order for … [Read more...]

Farnborough Air Show 2024 Day 1 Daily Digest – Early Boeing Wins

by

It's the end of the day first day at the Farnborough Air Show. Let's see what announcements there are and any interesting titbits on the way. As usual, we'll be presenting this alphabetical order of the Civil Aircraft OEMs, followed by any other headlines that raise an eyebrow. Airbus Drukiair goes neo and XLR Only one for Airbus today, with Drukair - Royal Bhutan … [Read more...]

Qatar Airways unveils its Next-Generation QSuites

by

Well, after trailing it for so long, Qatar Airways has unveiled its QSuiteNext Gen product. It was unveiled by Qatar Airways Group Chief Executive Officer, Engr. Badr Mohammed Al-Meer and others at a ceremony at Farnborough 2024. The redesigned Quad Suite will be equipped with movable 4K OLED Panasonic Astrova IFE screens. The screens can be repositioned to the side to … [Read more...]

Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond (20th July)

by

If there's rain, sunshine and lots of kids about, it must be the summer holiday season in England at least. But it's still Saturday, with the world going around as usual. Time for Last Week at Econoy Class and Beyond. I'm not in Kansas any more. Worse. I'm in Solihull - The Touchwood Shopping Centre, Solihull. TRIP REPORT: Exploring Innovation in a Rush I had this … [Read more...]