To celebrate the 40th anniversary of APEX EXPO this year, APEX Media is looking back at its members’ most significant achievements. Today, we take a look at how Linstol’s recent Super Cup is tackling the plastic problem in the aircraft cabin. Register for APEX EXPO (Los Angeles, September 9-12) In 2017, Linstol introduced its customizable […]
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of APEX EXPO this year, APEX Media is looking back at its members’ most significant achievements. Today, we discover how SITA’s WorldTracer solution changed the way the industry deals with mishandled baggage. Register for APEX EXPO (Los Angeles, September 9-12) More than 25 years ago, SITA and IATA came together to […]
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of APEX EXPO this year, APEX Media is looking back at its members’ most significant achievements. Today, we contemplate how the ecoTHREAD blanket created by Buzz gave new life to old plastic bottles. Register for APEX EXPO (Los Angeles, September 9-12) In 2015, after three full years of research and […]
Turkish Airlines is ensuring its amenity kits are stuffed with just the right thing – whether that be Molton Brown products for business-class travelers or anti-slip prayer mats for those on a pilgrimage to Mecca. Turkish Airlines has partnered with Formia, Galileo Watermark and Kaelis to launch a variety of new amenity kits. Formia announced in […]
Snack makers are passing on potatoes in favor of healthier chip alternatives. There was a time when one might have described a flight as “all that and a bag of chips.” It was the 1990s. Those days, when potatoes of the fried variety were everyone’s favorite side order, are long gone. And now legumes of […]
As Muslims migrate for hajj, airlines showcase their hospitality with care packages crafted for the occasion. Every year, Muslims from around the world travel for hajj, a once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage to Mecca. With two-thirds of pilgrims living outside of Saudi Arabia, 94 percent make their journey by airplane (others by land and sea). During this period – […]
Road warriors today are more self-sufficient and resourceful than ever: They book their own travel, do their own expenses and make room for extracurricular activities around work trips. In the multipart series,“Getting Down to Business,” we look at the shiny tools inside the modern business traveler’s kit. This segment examines a digital platform that promises to […]
Could a new class of ingredients, acoustic in nature, make up for muted taste sensations in the aircraft cabin while telling the story of a transnational journey? Chefs labor to craft dishes with balanced flavor profiles. Salts, fats, acids, heats – so they say – work in concert for a dish to hit the right note. In the air, where passengers’ sense of […]
Here’s to an airline whose cocktails are living up to its name. Virgin Atlantic showed support for Dry January with the launch of new no- and low-alcohol “NoLo” cocktails, offering passengers sophisticated alternatives to the standard lime-and-soda mocktails. Mark Murphy, Virgin Atlantic’s Clubhouse food and beverage manager, explains how the new drink options bring mocktails to another level: “They’re beautiful in their simplicity. All […]
Linstol’s Super Cup, which is lined with a proprietary substance that makes it easier to extract the pulp during recycling, is expected to take to the skies this summer. Airline passengers can now feel a little less guilty drinking coffee from a single-use cup thanks to a new sustainable option from amenity supplier Linstol. The […]