APEX Weekly Wrap: W-IFE Streaming Charts Course to Recovery

In today’s APEX Weekly Wrap, hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller focus on the influx of recent in-flight entertainment and connectivity news. AirFi’s CEO, Job Heimerikx, joins to discuss the company’s latest wireless in-flight entertainment (W-IFE) deployment for North America’s Eastern Airlines as well as its progress with AirFi LEO, a lightweight IFC product. Also […]

APEX Weekly Wrap: How the CCAs Have Evolved For 2020

In this episode of the APEX Weekly Wrap, hosts Maryann and Seth take a look at some of the latest passenger experience-focused headlines, including the launch of STELIA’s new OPERA business-class sea for single aisle aircraft, as well as Lufthansa and Austrian’s deployment of SKYdeals’ “shoppertainment” platform.  Special guest Carmen Krause-Bösterling, project manager at the […]

APEX Weekly Wrap: Air Transport Action Group Explains Need For Green Recovery

This week’s episode sees Michael Gill, executive director of the Air Transport Action Group, discussing the importance of a green recovery for the aviation industry. Despite the ongoing affect of the COVID-19 pandemic on commercial aviation, Gill explains that the general consensus across the aviation industry and the public is that “we need to take […]

APEX Weekly Wrap: Fiji Airways’ Travel Ready Program

In this week’s episode of The Weekly Wrap, APEX Media welcomes special guest Shaenaz Voss, executive general manager, Customer Corporate Affairs at Fiji Airways. APEX member Fiji Airways has taken 1,300 actions to prepare for the reopening of international travel as part of its Travel Ready initiative, including the introduction of customer wellness champions on […]

APEX Weekly Wrap: NXTCOMM’s Plans to Disrupt the IFC Market

In this episode of the APEX Weekly Wrap, hosts Stephanie Taylor and Seth Miller hear from chief commercial officer at NXTCOMM, Steve Newell, about the company’s plans for its AeroMax electronically steerable antenna. They also discuss the thinking behind the decision by four major US airlines to permanently drop changes fees on domestic flights, as […]

The Weekly Wrap: All the As – Airline Catering, Aeroplan & AERQ

The special guest on this episode of the APEX Weekly Wrap is Matt Crane, CEO of UK-based airline meal and snack supplier Monty’s Bakehouse. Matt tells hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller about how the business has adapted to deal with the ongoing challenges faced by the aviation industry in 2020. Also discussed are Gogo’s […]

The Weekly Wrap: All the As – Airline Catering, Aeroplan & AERQ

The special guest on this episode of the APEX Weekly Wrap is Matt Crane, CEO of UK-based airline meal and snack supplier Monty’s Bakehouse. Matt tells hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller about how the business has adapted to deal with the ongoing challenges faced by the aviation industry in 2020. Also discussed are Gogo’s […]

APEX Weekly Wrap: Futuristic Cabins, Flights to Nowhere & Surplus Nuts

In today’s episode of The Weekly Wrap with APEX, Nigel Goode, co-founder and designer at London-based studio PriestmanGoode, provides an insight into the company’s Pure Skies cabin concept. Hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller also discuss Virgin Australia’s restructuring plans, celebrate the features of Lufthansa’s newest A320neo aircraft and provide an update on the Boeing […]

APEX Weekly Wrap: Futuristic Cabins, Flights to Nowhere & Surplus Nuts

In today’s episode of The Weekly Wrap with APEX, Nigel Goode, co-founder and designer at London-based studio PriestmanGoode, provides an insight into the company’s Pure Skies cabin concept. Hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller also discuss Virgin Australia’s restructuring plans, celebrate the features of Lufthansa’s newest A320neo aircraft and provide an update on the Boeing […]

APEX Weekly Wrap: Aircraft Seat Designs For Skies and For Space

This episode of The Weekly Wrap with APEX sees hosts Seth Miller and Stephanie Taylor chat to Matthew Nicholls, sales director of Tapis Corporation, about the new seating concept his company developed together with Molon Labe and Simona Boltaron to ensure safe, hygienic air travel for economy class passengers in the years to come. Also […]

APEX Weekly Wrap: Goodbye 747s and Hello APEX FTE Virtual Expo!

In this episode of The APEX Weekly Wrap, hosts Seth Miller and Maryann Simson bid a fond farewell to the Boeing 747 fleets retired by British Airways and Qantas before looking to more eco-friendly aircraft innovations announced as part of the FIA Connect event in place of this year’s Farnborough Airshow. The pair weigh the […]

The Weekly Wrap: Panasonic’s New IFEC Deployment, AA and Jetblue Strike a Deal

This episode of The Weekly Wrap with APEX explores the deployment of Panasonic Avionics’ eX1 in-flight entertainment system and connectivity services on Middle East Airlines’ new Airbus A321 fleet. Special guest Tom Eskola, Panasonic Avionics’ VP & general manager, Middle East, Central and Southern Asia, and Africa, gives his view on airlines’ changing IFEC requirements […]

The Weekly Wrap: Airports Carve Out “New Normal,” Luxury Sustainable Materials for Transport

This week, hosts Stephanie Taylor and Seth Miller discuss the “new normal” for airport lounges around the world before chatting to Dwayne Macintosh, director of Corporate Safety and Security at Greater Toronto Airports Authority, about Toronto Pearson’s new “Healthy Airport” commitment and what it means for passengers and airport workers alike. Also up for discussion are […]

The Weekly Wrap: IFEC News Abounds, Creating Sense of Optimism

It’s the tenth episode of The Weekly Wrap and there seems to be a sense optimism in the air, as hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller have lots of exciting in-flight entertainment and connectivity news to discuss. David Pook, Burrana’s VP Marketing & Sales Support, joins to provide an in-depth overview of its new Rise […]

The Weekly Wrap: Cabin Air Innovations and Catering Safety Guidelines

As hygiene continues to be top-of-mind for airline passengers, this episode of the Weekly Wrap with APEX looks at two retrofit air filtration systems for the aircraft cabin – one from Collins Aerospace for Dash 8 aircraft and one conceptualized by Seattle-based design firm TEAGUE. Hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller also interview Fabio Gamba, […]

The Weekly Wrap: Delta’s Connectivity Plans, Behind the Scenes of APEX Experience

In this episode of The Weekly Wrap with APEX, Maryann and Seth look at how the re-opening of international transit hubs in the UAE and Asia is enabling long-haul travel again; why the UK’s 14-day quarantine policy for incoming travelers is unpopular with airlines; and a new partnership between Honeywell and the UV disinfecting solution […]

The Weekly Wrap: Hygiene Remains High-Priority, In-Flight Mags Aren’t Dead Yet

This episode of The Weekly Wrap takes a look at the biggest aviation news, from the retirement of Delta’s MD-88 and MD-90 fleet to Mitsubishi’s completed acquisition of Bombardier’s CRJ program to the introduction of new cleanliness experts on board to restore traveler confidence. The hosts discuss a new industry-led working group that hopes to […]

The Weekly Wrap: Health Passports, Antimicrobial Surfaces & Mask Awareness Signage

This week’s episode of The Weekly Wrap sees hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller discuss the prospect of new biosecurity measures throughout the air travel journey. Simon Lamkin, VP and global head of Travel Advisory at NIIT Technologies, joins to talk about his company’s digital health passport solution, which can work in numerous ways to […]

The Weekly Wrap: Health Passports, Antimicrobial Surfaces & Mask Awareness Signage

This week’s episode of The Weekly Wrap sees hosts Maryann Simson and Seth Miller discuss the prospect of new biosecurity measures throughout the air travel journey. Simon Lamkin, VP and global head of Travel Advisory at NIIT Technologies, joins to talk about his company’s digital health passport solution, which can work in numerous ways to […]