Food, drinks, service, fares, seats, safety? Which matters most to you in the aircraft cabin? What elements of the aircraft cabin interior should airlines focus on to improve the overall passenge...
https://flightchic.com/2023/08/28/what-matters-most-in-the-aircraft-cabin/
Airbus' Order Performance as of July 2023, By the Numbers The post Airbus Reports 65 Deliveries and 60 Orders in July 2023 appeared first on FlightChic .
https://flightchic.com/2023/08/04/airbus-reports-65-deliveries-and-60-orders-in-july-2023/
Airbus has inaugurated its new final assembly line (FAL) in Toulouse, dedicated to the A320 Family. Dignitaries at the inaugural ceremony included Bruno Le Maire, the French Minister of Economy &...
Aircraft lessor, Avolon, projects that Chinese airlines will need 3,200 additional aircraft over the next ten years. Headquartered in Ireland, with offices in the United States, Dubai, Singapore...
https://flightchic.com/2017/05/09/chinese-airlines-aircraft-demand-china-2026/
Here's this year's Farnborough thriller, courtesy of Boeing. The post Boeing Does It Again With Breathtaking Dreamliner Acrobatics appeared first on FlightChic .
https://flightchic.com/2016/07/10/boeing-does-it-again-with-breathtaking-dreamliner-acrobatics/
Airlines launch new long-haul routes and set new records, on the same week that NASA announces new low-boom Supersonic aircraft project. So which way are we headed around the world? The long an...
https://flightchic.com/2016/03/05/long-haul-luxury-or-supersonic-thrill-which-would-you-choose/
Aviation works every day at getting better. Sometimes it succeeds and other times, well..it takes a leap backwards. In honour of leap-day, I thought we could review some of the many leaps aviat...
https://flightchic.com/2016/02/29/29-leaps-in-aviation-over-the-past-year/
Zodiac Aerospace is celebrating the delivery of its 50,000th aircraft galley, a unit shipped to Etihad Airways for its new Reimagined A380 cabin, that embodies everything going right with cabin ...
https://flightchic.com/2015/08/31/50000-galleys-later-this-is-how-lovely-some-cabins-have-become/
Erik Viking has had a long tiring journey while undergoing a cabin refurbishment and Tweeting all about it, but soon he will take to the skies completely refreshed. OMG! A page about me & and #sa...
https://flightchic.com/2015/01/20/soon-sass-newly-converted-a330-viking-takes-to-the-skies/
Inmarsat Puts Everything You Want to Know about Connectivity in a Helpful Video and Flight Chic Summarises The Market with a Helpful Reading List The post The Future of In-Flight Connectivity, ...
https://flightchic.com/2014/09/25/future-of-connectivity-we-review-progress-so-far/
Airbus predicts that commercial aviation will need 31,000 new aircraft with 100-seat or greater capacity, a market worth $4.6 Trillion over the next twenty years. It attributes this demand to gro...
https://flightchic.com/2014/09/25/market-forecast-2033-airbus-versus-boeing/
In a very short statement, Airbus has announced that it exercised its “contractual rights,” and notified Skymark Airlines, Japan’s third largest carrier, that it has officially cancelled th...
https://flightchic.com/2014/07/29/airbus-cancels-skymark-order-for-six-a380s/
AirAsia X, the long-haul affiliate of the Skytrax Winning AirAsia (World’s Best and Asia’s Best Low-Cost Carrier as announced today) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Airbu...
Progress announced for Blue-Box Aircraft Tracking System: Certification of L-3 Recorders on Airbus A320 FLYHT Aerospace Solutions Ltd. (FLYHT) has announced that its partner L-3 Aviation Recorde...
At the Farnborough Airshow, Boeing has announced the features of its 777X cabin which the aircraft manufacturer says will further enhance the passenger experience onboard the aircraft. Boeing p...
https://flightchic.com/2014/07/15/boeing-reveals-plans-for-777x-cabin-interiors/
Now that Air Lease Corporation has confirmed its Boeing orders for the Farnborough Air Show, we can compare the leasing companies’ preferences for the two manufacturers and their respective ai...
https://flightchic.com/2014/07/15/the-farnborough-orders-air-lease-corporation-on-airbus-vs-boeing/
Denmark-based lessor Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) signed a total order for 75 ATR 42-600 aircraft in a deal valued at over $1.55 billion US. Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC), the largest region...
Boeing has announced at Farnborough today that it is “finalising terms and working towards a Purchase Agreement” with UK-based holiday and charters carrier Monarch Airlines for 30 737 MAX ...
If you’ve never seen an aircraft slide except in pictures, it’s a good thing. They’re tucked away inside that bump on the door of the aircraft, and all you’re ever meant to see of them (i...
It’s the eternal question on the minds of techie travellers: are there really any risks to aircraft from the use of Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs) onboard? In a word: YES. A recently revise...
Flight Chic was given the honour of being among select members of the world’s press to tour the prototype cabin of Airbus’ A350XWB aircraft and, as an extra treat, we were allowed a walk-thro...
https://flightchic.com/2014/04/19/catalogue-wars-the-rise-of-the-beige-design-centres/
Chris Emerson, Senior Vice President of Marketing at Airbus addresses the press with the good news on the A350XWB, image FCMedia/Flight Chic © 2014 The “Future Proof” A350XWB reveals a futu...
Lithium-Ion Battery incidents have plagued Boeing’s visionary 787 Dreamliner, much to the dismay of both the aircraft manufacturer and the airlines who fly this plane. The issue led to an FAA e...
As the tragic disappearance of Malaysia flight MH370 continues to haunt and perplex us, the world reaches for answers in an information vacuum. There’s been a lot of chatter, especially among ...
https://flightchic.com/2014/03/11/malaysia-mh370-what-questions-should-we-ask-ourselves/
A disruptive passenger is defined as “a passenger who fails to respect the rules of conduct at an airport or on board an aircraft or to follow the instructions of the airport staff or crew mem...
https://flightchic.com/2014/03/06/the-unruly-passenger-crisis-in-the-cabin-cool-heads-must-prevail/
In their Guidance for Turbulence Management report IATA emphasise the importance of seat-belt use by passengers, as well as an effective seat-belt protocol for airlines. Industry experts and re...
Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow If I could accurately predict the future, I would not be writing this. I would be sunning myself on the beach of the private island which I would have bough...
https://flightchic.com/2014/01/10/profits-aint-peanuts-part-five-the-seeds-of-tomorrow/
In this third instalment of Profits Ain’t Peanuts we discuss the use of PEDs on board aircraft, inflight connectivity services, and IFE. In today’s world data is vital and content is king. �...
https://flightchic.com/2014/01/04/profits-aint-peanuts-part-three-take-a-byte/
This post is not about aliens from Ork, but it is about other seemingly alien things. Nano Technology may seem alien now, but hopefully we will all soon take it for granted. A Tweet from the most...
https://flightchic.com/2013/12/19/nano-nano-tiny-future-for-aviation/
I say you can keep your 1950s flight. It's the sustainable 2050 flight that I'm looking forward to. The post Here’s Why Flying Today Is Better Than It Ever Was appeared first on FlightChic .
I was corresponding with a colleague the other day and laughing over the fact that we had each wished the other a Happy Thanksgiving, even though she’s in Germany and I’m in Denmark, even tho...