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APEX in Profile: Kevin Bremer
March 11, 2015  | Written by APEX Staff
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Kevin Bremer Airplane Systems Senior Skill and Strategy Leader Boeing Commercial Airplanes Bremer has been at Boeing Commercial Airplanes since 1996. He has served in many roles managing, developing, and integrating new IFE, Connectivity and Cabin Services Systems onto all Boeing production airplanes. He currently serves on the APEX Board of Directors and is co-chair of the […]

Airbus Imagines the Future of Flying
 | Written by Caroline Ku
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Forget the stresses and discomforts of air travel today, Airbus sees the future of flying as a holiday in a mid-air resort full of high-tech, virtual experiences that cater to the passenger with an emphasis on relaxation and fun. A survey conducted by Airbus in 2012 showed that more than a third of 10,000 respondents […]

Best Hacker Movies Ever
 | Written by Jordan Yerman
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It’s not easy to make a good movie about hacking, but these films do the trick. Ghost in the Shell Based on a 1989 manga series that predicted everything we use today: commercial Internet, wearables, GPS, AI, self-driving cars, and more – as well as the security implications. Action-packed, thought-provoking, and creepy. You cannot call […]

Hexilator Prototype Soon Underway
March 10, 2015  | Written by Terri Potratz
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The future of urbanization is vertical: growing population density and massive “hyper-buildings” will require long-term people-moving machines that move beyond the 100-year old technology behind moving walkways. While escalators and their ilk have evolved very little over the years – and often bemoaned for their propensity to break down – that could soon be about to change. First proposed […]

Editor’s Reading List: The Technology Issue
 | Written by Katie Sehl
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The Man Who Stalked Einstein Bruce J. Hillman, Bernd C. Wagner, Birgit Ertl-Wagner This is a gripping tale of the feud that brewed up between Nazi scientist Philipp Lenard and Albert Einstein, characterized by their polarizing views with regards to physics and the conflict that WWI introduced. Track Lenard’s descent into a lifetime of petty […]

And the World’s Top In-flight Caterer Goes to…
 | Written by Caroline Ku
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In case you weren’t aware, there are people who take the safety and quality of in-flight meals very seriously – so much so that every year, an award is given to the top airline caterers. The organization behind these awards is Medina Quality, who developed the Quality and Safety Alliance In-flight Services (QSAI) program in 2011 […]

APEX in Profile: Kamahl Santamaria
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Kamahl Santamaria Broadcast journalist Al Jazeera Kamahl is an anchor for international news channel Al Jazeera English. Born in New Zealand, he has lived in Doha, Qatar for nine years, and occasionally reports on aviation for his business and economics program Counting the Cost. FAST FACTS Location: DOH Frequent flight: DOH-DXB Now watching: House of […]

Understanding Metasearch and Fare Comparison
 | Written by Fergus Baird
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As the “Cost Confusion” story in The Technology Issue reveals, fluctuating airfares can be perplexing for consumers, which has led to some strange myths about booking flights becoming widely accepted. Flight comparison websites simplify the situation by highlighting deals and streamlining the booking process, but they can raise questions of their own. How can a […]

Yield Management Pricing, Explained
 | Written by Fergus Baird
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Following the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978, former American Airlines CEO Robert Crandall introduced yield management to the air industry, revolutionizing how airfares are set. The backbone of any airline’s ticket-booking sales strategy, yield management involves the optimization of two polarized factors: fully-booking flights to minimize the cost per passenger, and selling as many seats […]