Following IndiGo’s huge order for 500 A320 Family aircraft announced at Paris Air Show, Air India, has signed purchase agreements to acquire 470 aircraft from Airbus and Boeing. These orders are the next step in Air India’s US$70 billion fleet expansion programme
Indian low-cost airline, IndiGo, has placed a firm order for 500 A320 Family aircraft at Paris Air Show – an order that seats a new record for the biggest single purchase agreement in the history of commercial aviation. This latest agreement takes the total number of Airbus aircraft on order by IndiGo to 1,330
The renewed agreement will see a dedicated BBC-branded space and increased programming offer added to the airline’s inflight entertainment system
Australian airline Qantas and the University of Sydney’s Charles Perkins Centre have been collaborating on a research project that is looking into how the inflight travel experience can be altered to reduce the effects of jetlag. Selected findings have now been shared
Following the reveal of its Airbus A350 First and Business cabins in February, Qantas has now unveiled the entire cabin design, including a dedicated Wellbeing Zone, and the premium economy and economy cabins. The interiors have required a special design, as these 12 ultra-long-haul A350-1000s will fly 238 passengers for up to 22 hours nonstop
Visitors to Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg this week have been able to see Air France’s latest long-haul business-class seat, due to fly from July 2023 on 21 Airbus A350s. The seat is a customised widebody version of Stelia Aerospace’s Opera platform
The Crystal Cabin Awards are the world’s most respected prize for aircraft cabin innovation. This year’s winners bring benefits for the airline passenger of today and tomorrow, with everything from beds in economy class, internet for budget airlines, and sustainability ideas to benefit the whole world
Research by Airlines for America (A4A) shows that US airlines are expected to carry 257 million passengers from 1st June to 31st August, 2023 – an all-time high level of traffic
Martin Knuchel has been appointed as the new head of cabin crew at Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS). Knuchel, who currently serves as head of crisis, emergency & business continuity management for the Lufthansa Group Airlines, will assume his new duties on 1st July 2023
Avensis Aviation, a provider of aircraft passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversions, has announced German startup carrier, USC, as launch customer for its NAVIS PTF Class E main deck cargo door conversion, to be installed in its Airbus A340-300 and A340-600 aircraft
