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Published: April 21, 2026 13:06
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Published: April 21, 2026 12:43
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Published: April 15, 2026 05:52
What to see — and what, frankly, you can skip — at this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo.
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Published: April 14, 2026 21:00
My immediate response: "Lufthansa?"
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Published: April 13, 2026 21:28
WHEW. What a day at AIX, even before the show opens — and what a fascinating series of preview interviews and product demos.
If you want to understand what the future of flying will be, from sustainable fabrics to lightweight seats, luxury suites and…
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Published: April 13, 2026 10:42
i mean it was fourteen hours long
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Published: April 13, 2026 08:59
love to be lectured about how the Shinkansen has nothing to teach the UK rail operator currently in 18th place (of 28) in passenger safisfaction
sugoi desu ka ne
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Published: April 13, 2026 08:09
Find me and @garius.bsky.social around AIX all this week — if you're here, say hello or drop us an email, and if you're not, also drop us an email with questions, thoughts and your perspective.
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Published: April 12, 2026 20:19
Congratulations to Hungary! What marvellous news to read as I come up for air tonight!
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Published: April 12, 2026 20:15
Excited to be back in Hamburg for #AIX26 — and to be bringing all the latest on #PaxEx, seats, and the airline world to you, alongside @garius.bsky.social, in our first year as @theupfront.media.
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Published: April 11, 2026 16:25
Unreasonably cross that a livery from my actual childhood, which I had on an A340 that was bought from, like, a normal shop rather than a historic model emporium, is now a retrojet. *rocking chair creaks*
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Published: April 11, 2026 15:41
lufthansa management when they drive yet another union to call a strike
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Published: April 11, 2026 14:34
when u are absolutely not on the Air 2000 flight to gatwick
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Published: April 11, 2026 13:41
See, people got mad when I said Hamburg Airport is the worst, but this weekend there are more than 12,000 visitors from across the world arriving in Hamburg for an aviation trade show that takes over the ENTIRE Hamburg Messe, and… one immigration agent.
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Published: April 11, 2026 10:42
Two thoughts:
1) that pasta main, just yikes, put the money from the menu into making that look less like it fell on the floor
2) the breakfast wrap is fascinating from a catering point of view. From the weight and ingredients it looks like a US product,…
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Published: April 10, 2026 16:10
Curious about what the Aircraft Interiors Expo — the biggest week in airline seats, cabins and passenger experience — is like?
I make like Clarissa and explain it all for @garius.bsky.social in our latest @theupfront.media podcast.
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Published: April 9, 2026 19:57
Thursday night before AIX is always the big one.
Here it is. Ten new seat certification criteria are hitting seatmakers hard. Recaro alone ran around 500 tests in just this year. And much more.
Interested in business class, and how it works? This is for…
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Published: April 9, 2026 06:52
Well, we’re at the point in the timeline where companies in the commercial airline supply chain are telling me openly and on the record that the best thing that could happen to the supply chain is, and I quote: “sideline Trump”, end quote.
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