Qantas’ SYD-JNB with A380: the shape of superjumbos to come?
Qantas’ deployment of its Airbus A380 on the Sydney-Johannesburg route marks multiple changes: a major capacity boost, passenger experience upgrades, and the new role that the superjumbo is playing in commercial aviation as it approaches its second decade in operation.
Press Release: GE and NASA to accelerate understanding of ...
GE Aerospace and NASA are partnering on a series of unique flight tests to help further the aviation industry’s understanding of contrails, using new test methods and technologies.
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Collins AirLounge exceeds Finnair business class promises
Your author’s history with the most recent Finnair business class product dates back nearly a decade, having been invited to Helsinki in 2017 to join frequent flyers and a variety of other contributors to give our thoughts on which passenger experience innovations would best serve the airline’s unusual route network and premium passenger base.
Global Airlines A380 gets overhaul as EFW ramps up MRO for the …
As the Airbus A380 sees fresh wind beneath its wings in commercial aviation, Elbe Flugzeugwerke GmbH (EFW), a joint venture between ST Engineering and Airbus, has reestablished its maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) activities for the superjumbo at its Dresden, Germany facility, and is gearing up for expansion.. The first A380 to arrive is 9H-GLOBL, an ex-China Southern A380 owned by UK ...
Why first class aboard UK railway operator LNER is truly First Class
LNER maintains first class lounges at a few key stations along the route, and so I decided to spend some time at the lounge before departure, which is located on the edge of the platforms with the entrance facing onto the concourse.
JR East’s new E8 Shinkansen impresses with speed and interior ...
Japan’s latest Shinkansen bullet train started rolling down the tracks this spring, with a stunning new cabin, faster travel times, and substantial passenger experience improvements — and Runway Girl Network was on board shortly after operations began.
Panasonic flight tests Sidewinder and Eutelsat OneWeb LEO
Panasonic Avionics is putting the Stellar Blu Solutions Sidewinder electronically steerable antenna (ESA) through its paces aboard a Cessna Citation, as part of a flight-test program of the Ku-band multi-orbit capable kit that will support its next-generation inflight connectivity service. “Our Fargo, North Dakota-based test aircraft successfully performed multiple flight tests, connecting ...
Hands-on with Iberia’s A321XLR business class seat
Whilst they do benefit from a large side table, the two seats in Row 1 seem ironically less swank overall. The economy class cabin is very standard for Iberia, but felt well-appointed (RGN will get a better sense of the economy product during the inaugural flight to Boston so expect another Nose To Tail-style trip report in the near term.). Each …
New logo, same train: a Eurostar Standard Premier review
It appears that the firm’s merger with Thalys has elicited a new logo and very little else at this point, while its existing rolling stock, some of which dates back to the 1990s, grows older and more tired with each passing year.