Boeing has announced at Farnborough today that it is “finalising terms and working towards a Purchase Agreement” with UK-based holiday and charters carrier Monarch Airlines for… Read More »Boeing Pitches Monarch for 737 MAX 8 and Scores 30. Will Monarch Tighten Pitch of PF2000 to Fit 200?
Airbus has made a big issue about wide seating proposing an 18-inch standard for the industry at large in long-haul service. Such a standard would… Read More »Airbus Continues to Walk A Wide Line on Seating, and Boeing Takes The Fast Road to the Front
As readers who have followed Flight Chic for a while now will remember, I’ve discussed the trend in the industry for a hybrid Low-Cost Model–Low Cost… Read More »JetBlue Mints Gold and Saves the Low-Cost LUX Model
Leading European Low-Cost Carrier easyJet has just released a series of interesting factoids on the travel preferences of their customers which I found interesting enough… Read More »2b Or Not 2B: easyJet Shares Cool #PaxEx Stats
We often discuss why airlines make perplexing decisions in favour of unbundled fares and aircraft configurations. The Peanuts posts are entirely dedicated to the topic of… Read More »Forget #PaxEx: Here’s What the Market Wants from Airlines
Thanks to Urban Office Architecture of New York City, #AvGeeks can now have the home of their dreams–inspired by airplane parts. This luxury home is… Read More »The Ultimate #AvGeek Home is Finally Here!
Luxury onboard Etihad Airways is not a new concept. Their well-established Diamond First, Pearl Business Class, and Coral Economy Class have always been a luxury… Read More »Etihad’s SkyPad May Force Skytrax to Add New Stars
Flight Chic was given the honour of being among select members of the world’s press to tour the prototype cabin of Airbus’ A350XWB aircraft and,… Read More »Catalogue Wars: The Rise of the “Beige” Design Centres
The end of First Class is nigh—mebeh. Speak to enough industry folks and there is general agreement that the section of the cabin allocated to… Read More »First Class is Dead, Long Live First-uh-Business-um-First Class!
Retro can be chic. Far be it from this writer to claim otherwise. But Zodiac Aerospace premiering a Forward/Aft Facing Triple Seat Pair as one… Read More »They’re baaa-aaack! As the Forward/Aft Facing Triple Seats Come Back to Haunt Us We Ask: Good Heavens Why?
In an exclusive interview as he helped his team build their stand at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, Executive Director of Expliseat Jean-Charles Samuelain revealed that… Read More »World’s Lightest Seat is Scheduled for Take Off this June
Flight Chic can reveal that Acro’s ultralight aircraft seats, with new ‘tablet’ tables can also charge PED devices. Commercial Director, Cameron Allan, of Redhill, Surrey… Read More »Acro’s Ultralight Seats with New Tablet Table Could Hold and Charge Your Tablet Devices
Last week, travelling to the Passenger Terminal Expo in Barcelona, I flew KLM. The great bit is that I did not fly alone. While I’m a… Read More »The KLM Trip Report March 2014
Boeing 737 Image supplied by SAS SAS announced today that it has established a wet-leasing agreement for an all-business class version of the Boeing 737-700… Read More »SAS launches new all-business service between Stavanger and Houston for Oil Industry Clients
JAL has made a series of interesting announcements in recent days, which show that the airline is focused on improving its brand, its business model,… Read More »New is the New New at JAL
From April 1, passengers travelling on Finnair from to Tokyo and New York are in for a treat. While passengers will be sleeping comfortably, Finnair… Read More »Sit Back and Enjoy Finnair’s Cool New Blue
Airbus recently informed the industry that Asian passengers value comfort. While that might be true, it did raise the question: Doesn’t everybody? Yes. And, clearly… Read More »Will PAX Pay for Comfort or Should Comfort be Free?
I want to thank the ever graceful and impressively insightful Mary Kirby, Founder and Editor of the Runway Girl Network for inviting me to join her… Read More »Great Fun Discussing #PaxEx with @RunwayGirl and @MaxFlight on Episode 007: Seat Safety and Cyber Security | Runway Girl Network
The Time-Warp, The Wizards, and the Measuring Tape Wizard’s Low-Cost Travel: The Ultra Economy Cabin—Bring your own sandbags. Image from Tom Margie, used under creative commons… Read More »Profits Ain’t Peanuts (Part 4.3: Nutty Seating, Sittin’ Pretty)
Are you sitting comfortably? Yesterday’s post covered some important facts which govern the certification of aircraft seating. If you’re interested in learning more about… Read More »Profits Ain’t Peanuts (Part 4.2: Nutty Seating, the second helping)
