Connectivity
Gogo’s Business Aviation sector shows strong rebound
Business Aviation is making a strong comeback, with Gogo's BizAv unit topping 3,000 daily flights last week, a significant milestone and nearly 90% of the numbers from early this year.
In-Flight Entertainment
Retail inMotion, Bluebox team up for touch-free inflight sales
Reducing contact between crew and customers is good for safety but bad for inflight ancillary revenue sales. A new partnership between Retail inMotion and Bluebox hopes to bridge that gap.
Burrana launches RISE, a new inflight entertainment (and more) platform
Launching an entirely new inflight entertainment platform is no small task. Doing in the face of a massive market retrenchment and global budget cuts adds to the difficulty. But Burrana is up to the challenge, introducing its RISE platform this week, with plans to deliver a new approach to the single-aisle market that is faster, lighter, and less expensive than the competition.
Loyalty
JetBlue adds Cash & Points redemptions for TrueBlue
JetBlue customers can now choose a new option to pay for flights. The company's TrueBlue loyalty program introduced a Cash & Points offering today, allowing members to redeem points for a partial value of the fare.
Other Industry News
LIAT looks to liquidate; can CARICOM respond?
Caribbean airline LIAT is on the brink of liquidation, according to Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne. Flights are suspended through at least 15 July 2020 and that could be enough to kill the carrier.
Exclusive: Boeing 737 MAX certification flight tests to begin on Monday
The 737MAX is returning to the skies as test flights commence on Monday. Boeing and the FAA expect several days of flights as part of a regimen to re-certify the type and let airlines resume commercial service.