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For Airlines, Silence Really is Golden
January 19, 2015  | Written by Fergus Baird
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Jet engine technology has come a long way since the beginnings of the Jet Age, with noise levels being reduced by up to 90 percent from the initial levels of the 1970s. Even with such significant reductions, airplane-associated noise remains an important environmental issue for airlines, flight passengers and bystanders alike: Airports can be subject […]

Airplane Name Game
 | Written by Katie Sehl
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What’s in an airplane name? Branding, creativity and popular opinion, turns out. We explore how the different names for aircraft and airliners are chosen. For more, read Cameron Watt’s “An Airplane Named Desire” in The Education Issue.  MAIDEN VOYAGEURS All of KLM’s MD-11s were named after powerful women. Mother Teresa, Marie Curie and Florence Nightingale […]

APEX in Profile: Venus Kitagawa-Stojsic
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Venus Kitagawa-Stojsic Audio Programmer and Producer Spafax Kitagawa-Stojsic obtained her Bachelor of Music in Music Therapy from Chapman University, and remains a board-certified music therapist in clinical, behavioral and developmental settings. Within radio she’s served as an assistant producer, writer and programmer to Swedish Egil, and as an on-air personality for Mars-FM and Sirius. She’s […]

APEX in Profile: Luay Qunash
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Luay Qunash Director In-Flight Services & Product Royal Jordanian Born in Amman, Jordan, Qunash moved to the United States to study at the University of Tennessee, then to Italy to study language and drawing before joining Royal Jordanian in 1998. After working as a steward for eight years, he was offered a ground job of […]

In Profile: James Raisbeck
 | Written by APEX Staff
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James Raisbeck Founder & CEO Raisbeck Engineering Inc. Raisbeck began his career in the aviation industry when he joined the Air Force in 1954. He attended Purdue University to pursue aeronautical engineering and mathematics, later joining Boeing as a research aerodynamicist before founding Raisbeck Engineering, where he is now chairman and CEO. He has received […]

APEX in Profile: Christelle Cuenca
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Christelle Cuenca Vice-president, Content Programming & Acquisitions Global Eagle Entertainment Inc. Cuenca started her career in IFE in 2000 at DMX and joined Post Modern Group in 2007 to launch AMP International, acquired by GEE in 2013. During her 15 years in IFE, Cuenca has managed video programming and operations for over 40 airline accounts. […]

More TV Trivia and Tidbits
 | Written by APEX Staff
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Didn’t get enough TV trivia from our “Around the World in 43 Episodes” article in The Education Issue? We’ve got bonus  trivia and factoids to satisfy your TV-loving soul. Parks and Recreation (2009- ) Number of Seasons: 6 Number of Episodes: 112 Time Needed: Approximately 1 day, 16 hours and 18 minutes Fun fact: Nick Offerman originally […]

The Future of Employment
 | Written by Terri Potratz
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When considering the future of employment and how we should be investing in education and skills training, the rise in industrial machinery, smart robots and other automated technology aren’t the only potentially threatening aspects humans might want to consider when plotting out their job futures. Rohit Talwar noted at the FTE Global 2014 conference that there’s a 90% chance […]

Power Plants
January 18, 2015  | Written by Jasmin Legatos
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This article originally appeared in The Education Issue of APEX Experience. About 20 miles southeast of Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), in Paramount, California, an idle portion of a petroleum refinery is in the final stages of a retrofit that will allow it to pump out 30 million gallons of low-carbon, renewable jet fuel a year. Slated to open […]

Smart Planes Get Smarter Solutions from SITA OnAir
January 16, 2015  | Written by Marisa Garcia
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The new SITA OnAir product is a unique and comprehensive suite of ground and in-flight connectivity solutions which make the goal of true gate-to-gate nose-to-tail connected aircraft a reality. “The connected aircraft is probably the most important development in aviation IT in a generation,” says Ian Dawkins, CEO OnAir. “We are the only supplier with […]