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Spotlight on the Middle East: Beyond the Heated Competition for Luxury
January 12, 2015  | Written by Marisa Garcia
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The Middle East is hot aviation territory, and not just because of its abundant sunshine. Both Airbus and Boeing predict strong growth in the region. “Middle East carriers had the strongest traffic growth at 11.7 percent. Capacity rose 13.9 percent and load factor fell 1.4 percentage points to 70.1 percent.”€”IATA November 2014, Passenger Figures, published […]

72nd Golden Globes Wrap-Up
 | Written by Tomas Romero
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Last night’s star-studded Golden Globe Awards more than lived up to their unofficial title as Hollywood’s award-season “party of the year” and we’ve got the tweets to prove it. One minute till the @goldenglobes, quick: name your favorite aviation-themed GG nominee. I'll start: #Airplane & #UpInTheAir! @theAPEXassoc — Tomás N. Romero (@TNRomero) January 12, 2015 […]

In Profile: Joe Sutter
 | Written by Howard Slutsken
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Joe Sutter is a giant in the history of commercial aviation. And he’s also not the least bit reserved about speaking his mind! Sutter, now in his ’90s, graduated from the University of Washington’s College of Aeronautical Engineering in 1943. After World War II, in 1946, he joined Boeing’s aerodynamics group and was assigned to […]

Panasonic Highlights IFEC at CES 2015
January 8, 2015  | Written by Jordan Yerman
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Image via Business Wire Welcome to the Megabooth Panasonic’s unofficial tradeshow ethos is “Overkill is Underrated,” and they’ve demonstrated that once again at CES 2015 in Las Vegas. Panasonic showed off some amazing technology at its megabooth, including a fair amount of passenger experience-related tools and toys. Smarter Planes The Smart Connected Aircraft is about […]

An APEX Safari at CES
January 7, 2015  | Written by Jordan Yerman
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It’s day two of CES 2015 in sunny Las Vegas… though we’re all spending the day in a cavernous convention center. Several members of the APEX community gathered to tour the convention floor, guided by APEX Technical Director Bryan Rusenko. Lufthansa Technologies was represented by Dirk Ottens and Michael Childers, who also chairs the APEX […]

Wearables: The Good, the Bad, the Weird
 | Written by Jordan Yerman
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Belty Greetings from sunny Las Vegas, home of CES 2015. After a few weeks of writing about the latest and greatest new gadgets, it’s time see them up close. Anyone who is a bit of a fitness freak would be drawn to the health-related wearables that you encounter as soon as walk in to Tech West […]

Cult Carpet
January 5, 2015  | Written by Howard Slutsken
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This article originally appeared in The Architecture Issue of APEX Experience. You just never know how it’s going to turn out when you open yourself up to the universe. Especially if the center of your universe happens to be Portland. The one in Oregon, on the U.S. West Coast, famous for food trucks, hipsters, roses, museums, […]