Connectivity
Fast and free: Updated Wi-Fi part of Air Canada’s A321 refresh
Air Canada took another step forward on its inflight entertainment and connectivity journey over the weekend, as the first A321 with updated systems on board returned to service. The fully retrofit interior offers a bevy of improved passenger experience touchpoints, and more customer-friendly pricing as well.
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Airbus, OneWeb team for biz jet connectivity boost
Airbus Corporate Jets plans to offer a new inflight internet option, delivered over OneWeb's LEO constellation, for its line of business jet installations. Eventually. With as yet undisclosed hardware.
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Cabin Design
Allegris - but not everywhere: Lufthansa's Boeing 747-8 will initially only have an Allegris cabin on the lower deck - aeroTELEGRAPH
Lufthansa's Allegris cabin deployment, already years late owing to the 777X delays, will also be something of a mess on the 747-8i. The seats are not built to fit on the upper deck, and weight challenges will limit cargo capacity.
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Thompson Aero inaugurates Dynamic Test Facility
Thompson Aero is the latest seat maker to launch its own crash test operations. The facility, announced just last December, officially opened earlier this month at the company's Northern Ireland headquarters in Bainbridge.
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Other Industry News
How airline tech “advances” are setting back our end consumers
Airlines have smartly upgraded their retailing capabilities — but at a cost to other players in the field, including consumers.
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Akbar Al Baker out as Qatar Airways CEO
His Excellency Akbar Al Baker will, presumably, no longer be referred to as "Chief." He is out as Qatar Airways Group CEO as of 5 November 2023 after 27 years at the helm, and it comes with almost no notice.
But, perhaps, there were signs over the past few weeks this was on the horizon.
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Southwest sees record Q3 revenues, short-term slowdown ahead
Southwest Airlines reported record revenues in Q3 and delivered a $193 million profit. But the carrier says its fleet and network are still off-balance, with its 2024 growth outlook now reduced.
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TSA tweaks banned items list
Some knives without blades are no longer permitted on planes. That is one of the key updates to the TSA's prohibited items list, published today. The updates also now account for air-powered firearms, creating standards which allow them to be carried as checked luggage.
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Spirit’s Q3 roller coaster: Ancillaries (barely) up, revenues down, planes grounded
Ancillary revenues held steady, but nearly everything else in Spirit Airlines' Q3 numbers is rough news. And 2024 isn't going to be a ton better, thanks to engine issues.
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JetBlue adds Dublin, Edinburgh, unwinds NEA at LGA
JetBlue will fly to Dublin and Edinburgh in Summer 2024 but will serve these markets slightly differently than its current London, Paris, and Amsterdam operations.
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