World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE) will return to Hamburg in April 2025 with more features, introduced to highlight the latest advances in the onboard sector. From onboard technology to sustainability, wellbeing to thought leadership, the event will have something to offer everyone in the inflight catering, passenger comfort and onboard services sectors
Moment, an in-flight digital technology supplier, has acquired Airfree, an expert in in-flight e-commerce systems. With this deal, Moment gains Airfree’s inflight retail technologies, which are connected to more than 350 duty-free stores worldwide
Virgin Atlantic’s new autumn/winter menu is influenced by contemporary British cuisine, offering seasonality and comfort to passengers in every travel class. The airline is also bringing on board a range of feel-good beverages and new options for pre-flight relaxation in the flagship London Heathrow Clubhouse
APEX has announced the full list of airline industry leaders speaking at APEX/IFSA Global Expo in Long Beach on 28 to 30 October. The lineup of high-profile speakers includes Benjamin Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM, Michael Rousseau, president and CEO of Air Canada, and Shai Weiss, CEO of Virgin Atlantic
Highlights of the September issue include the Digital Experience Manager, which can revolutionise IFE curation; our ever-popular annual seating review; how to optimise seat designs for streamlined maintenance; a preview of APEX Global Expo, and more…
The Crystal Cabin Award, the world’s leading accolade for innovations in aircraft cabins, has opened the application phase for the 2025 awards, and there are some interesting new developments. Most notably, a dedicated category for accessibility innovations has been introduced
Following a successful trial of Bluebox’s Blueview digital services platform, Icelandic low-cost airline, Play Airlines, has now deployed the onboard retail system across its entire fleet of 10 Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft
IATA has announced that it is collaborating with the Aviation Sustainability Forum (ASF) to launch a standardised Cabin Waste Composition Audit (CWCA) in September 2024
Cox & Co, a UK-based single-origin chocolate brand, has secured a six-month contract to supply Virgin Atlantic with its Bee Pollen & Honey flavour chocolate bars as part of the onboard complimentary menu
World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE) 2024 attracted some 15% more attendees than the 2023 event. The WTCE team look back on highlights including conference sessions, sustainability initiatives, nutrition advances, and the latest innovations in inflight catering, onboard services, and passenger comfort
