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
1 in 3 adults in the UK are deaf or have hearing loss, and many are planning at least one holiday in the next year – but more than half worry about communicating with crew. In this film released to mark International Week of Deaf People, Virgin Atlantic crew trained in British Sign Language (BSL) showed some special guests how they provide a warm welcome, assist with onboard navigation, and generally make the onboard experience more accessible
All Wheels Up, a champion of accessible air travel, held its fifth Annual Global Forum on Wheelchair Accessible Air Travel at the US Department of Transportation Volpe Center in Boston, Massachusetts earlier this month. Join Dave Stevens, a board member of All Wheels Up, for a recap of the event
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
As American Airlines enters the fall/autumn travel season, customers in its long-haul premium cabins will be given new limited-edition amenity kits that highlight the airline’s longstanding fundraising campaign with Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) and contain wellbeing products
The finalists of ‘Best Customer Journey Experience’, a special category of the Crystal Cabin Award due to be presented during APEX Global Expo in October, have been announced. The three innovations in the running have been developed by Skyted, Spafax and Thales
AliceBluAero claims it has become the first UK-based aircraft seat manufacturer to have completed dynamic testing for the certification of an oblique lie-flat seat under UKTSOA C127c
British Airways has created a new inflight safety video titled ‘A British Original Period Drama’, inspired by the nation’s period literature, TV and film, and starring more than 40 of the airline’s staff It’s a very oldie, but a goodie
