American Airlines has extended its preordered meal service to the premium cabin on regional American Eagle flights, with the service now available to passengers on nearly 1,900 daily flights – more flights than any US carrier, it says. American Airlines is the only airline in the United States to offer a meal preordering service for […]
With Valentine’s Day one week away, airlines around the world are making sure that love is in the air. Anyone who thinks you need to wait until Valentine‘s Day to experience something terribly romantic on an airplane has clearly never crossed time zones watching Love, Actually with a shared headphone splitter. A number of carriers are […]
A tour of Korean Air’s farm on Jeju Island reminds us that in-flight meals aren’t possible without the people who tend to the vegetables, chickens, cattle and water that appear on the tray table. Hyunho Kim smiles as he picks a perfectly formed, bright-red bell pepper from a vine that stretches 20 feet up toward […]
On a long-haul flight, each passenger creates an average of 1.1 pounds of single-use plastic waste. PriestmanGoode is challenging airlines and passengers to help bring that number down. The average yearly plastic waste from travel-size toiletries in the UK weighs as much as seven Boeing 777 airplanes. PriestmanGoode’s ongoing exhibition at London’s Design Museum, which looks at how to minimize waste in air travel, is peppered […]
Aerospace engineers already know digital twins are great, and now airline caterers are acquiring a taste for them, too. IATA has revealed in an environment briefing that, in 2018, airlines generated an estimated 6.7 million metric tons of trash (0.003 percent of global waste, according to The World Bank). Around 20 percent of airline trash […]
In a tie with Air Canada, Alaska Airlines has earned top spot in this survey for the second straight year €” maintaining the streak that Virgin America held before it was acquired by the West Coast carrier. But this year veggies weren’t the only greens that earned these airlines top marks. Efforts to minimize single-use […]
After securing a five-year contract extension with Air France and KLM in March 2019, Heineken has gone on to launch a first-of-its-kind bar within KLM’s new non-Schengen Crown Lounge, known as the KLM House, at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. Officially opened on November 28, KLM’s new non-Schengen Crown Lounge is the largest airline lounge in Europe, spanning two […]
After testing an enhanced main cabin service on over 1,200 flights, Delta is expanding the offering to all international flights of at least 6.5 hours, and select shorter international flights where Delta One or Delta Premium Select is offered. Delta Air Lines is rolling out an international main cabin experience that includes a welcome cocktail, hot-towel […]
A 17th century Baroque palace in the heart of Milan served as the backdrop for Etihad Airways’ celebration of new amenity kits by Italian luxury brand Acqua di Parma, the recent deployment of Dreamliners on its Abu Dhabi-Milan route and its lasting commitment to the Italian market – over 10 years since its entry. In […]
A new exhibition in London by PriestmanGoode is aiming to raise awareness surrounding cabin waste produced by commercial airlines, which amounted to 5.7 tons in 2017. IATA predicts this figure could double to 10 tons by 2030, a weight equivalent to five million London taxis. Shocked by the statistics, the company is exploring how design […]