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Articles tagged “in-flight”

Airlines

From Popcorn to Brain Food, Airlines Enrich In-Flight Entertainment

Variety is the spice of life, but spices are merely seasoning. Airlines spend a fortune licensing box office hits and popular television programming, but adding some intellectual nutrition to the IFE menu is a smart idea.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 8 years ago

From Popcorn to Brain Food, Airlines Enrich In-Flight Entertainment

Airlines

Singapore Airlines Introduces Unlimited Data Roaming In-Flight, for a Fee

While mobile connectivity in the U.S. has strong detractors, concerned over passenger calls in-flight, the service is broadly used around the world and passengers mostly use the service for texting and data applications.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 8 years ago

Singapore Airlines Introduces Unlimited Data Roaming In-Flight, for a Fee

Airlines

10 Air Travel Advances That Will Make Flying Better in 2016

Looking back on a year’s worth of news in aviation paints a picture of an industry that is eager to innovate for the future. Now that airlines are more profitable, they can afford to be more ambitious with their passenger experience improvement programs. Let’s hope the industry continues rising, and moving closer to a better future of flight in 2016 and beyond.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 8 years ago

10 Air Travel Advances That Will Make Flying Better in 2016

Airlines

3 Charts Showing What Travelers Think About the Future of Flying

As travelers hear about terror attacks and threats that likely influence how they feel about handling their own safety and personal information, airlines gave travelers plenty of reasons to doubt their proper use of biometrics long before a worldwide travel alert was issued.

Dan Peltier, Skift | 8 years ago

Online Travel

Video: Gogo’s CEO on the Digital Preferences of Passengers

Gogo is trying to keep up with upstarts and meet flyers' nearly insatiable demands for in-flight connectivity.

Jason Clampet, Skift | 8 years ago

Video: Gogo’s CEO on the Digital Preferences of Passengers

Online Travel

Singapore Airlines Will Offer High-Speed Broadband Wi-Fi on World’s Longest Flight

Singapore Airlines has built a reputation on offering a comfortable long-haul flying experience and adding high-speed connections to the mix fits in with today's trends for the onboard services passengers value most.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 8 years ago

Singapore Airlines Will Offer High-Speed Broadband Wi-Fi on World’s Longest Flight

Airlines

Virgin America Adds Spotify and New York Times as Latest Perks in In-Flight Wi-Fi Race

JetBlue and Virgin America are certainly blazing trails on brand partnerships to support connectivity. The question is: will other airlines follow in this new frontier or just circle their wagons.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 9 years ago

Virgin America Adds Spotify and New York Times as Latest Perks in In-Flight Wi-Fi Race

Online Travel

Gogo CEO Doesn’t Care Whether the Future of Wi-Fi Is Free or Not

In-flight Wi-Fi, with satellite service coming, is going go to get a helluva lot better. But like the initial rollout of air-to-ground-based Wi-Fi, it is going to take years.

Dennis Schaal, Skift | 9 years ago

Gogo CEO Doesn’t Care Whether the Future of Wi-Fi Is Free or Not

Airlines

Singapore Airlines to Resume World’s Longest Flight Between New York and Singapore

The A350 aircraft includes many standard features that would make such long flights much more bearable. Singapore Airlines also has a history of cabin design focused around passenger comfort for the long-haul. Direct routes from the U.S. to Singapore have been a gap in the market since the airline stopped service between Singapore and Newark in 2013.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 9 years ago

Singapore Airlines to Resume World’s Longest Flight Between New York and Singapore

Airlines

Virgin America Launches In-Flight Netflix Access on Select Routes

This is the natural next step for Virgin America, ViaSat, and Netflix and the perfect complement to JetBlue's Amazon Prime offering.

Marisa Garcia, Skift | 9 years ago

Virgin America Launches In-Flight Netflix Access on Select Routes