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Crystal Cabin Award 2018 Finalists Announced
March 1, 2018  | Written by Kristina Velan
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APEX Insight: Twenty-four airline passenger experience industry innovations have been chosen as finalists for the 12th annual Crystal Cabin Award. Rockwell Collins and Airbus lead as finalists in four categories each. The Crystal Cabin Award recognizes innovations in aircraft cabin design and technology by aircraft manufacturers, airlines, suppliers, engineering firms and universities. The finalists have been selected from […]

Crew Cuts: Emirates Short Film Festival Celebrates Employee Creativity
February 28, 2018  | Written by Katie Sehl
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APEX Insight: What happens when airline staff by day become film crew by night. From amateur shutterbugs who maintain collections of window-seat snapshots in their smartphone photo galleries to hardcore plane paparazzi who pack gear for trips to planespotting meccas around the world – it’s hardly a secret that aviation enthusiasts are prone to dabble […]

In the Hyperloop: The Short-Haul Travel Market is Set for Disruption
February 27, 2018  | Written by Jordan Yerman
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APEX Insight: Virgin has unveiled the first prototype of its Hyperloop One passenger pod that will transport passengers between Dubai and Abu Dhabi in just 12 minutes. Not a plane, train or automobile, Hyperloop is primed to disrupt the short-haul transportation market as a cross between all three. Imagine traveling from San Francisco to Los Angeles […]

NexPlayer Vies for Slice of IFE Pie
February 26, 2018  | Written by Maryann Simson
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APEX Insight: Video playback solution provider NexPlayer, a product from multimedia software vendor NexStreaming, is hungry to expand its business in the in-flight entertainment market. Having joined the Airline Passenger Experience Association in December, and with some 30 airlines already using its video player in their wireless IFE applications, video playback solution provider NexPlayer is focused […]

Fast Company Includes Delta on Its List of World’s Most Innovative Companies
February 23, 2018  | Written by Ari Magnusson
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APEX Insight: Delta Air Lines’ RFID baggage tracking system has caught the attention of Fast Company and earned the carrier a place on the magazine’s 2018 list of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. Fast Company has included Delta Air Lines in its 2018 edition of the World’s Most Innovative Companies. This year’s list consists of […]

Holographic Beam Forming: The Answer to Faster In-Flight Wi-Fi?
February 22, 2018  | Written by Jordan Yerman
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APEX Insight: What does a breakthrough in the field of electromagnetic physics have to do with PaxEx? Faster, more efficient in-flight Wi-Fi. Travelers are consuming more and more data, so networks will need more throughput – while ideally consuming less power. Telecommunications equipment supplier Pivotal Commware isn’t interested in delivering anything less than gigabit Internet […]

With In-Flight Cockpit Visits Banned, Airlines Find Creative Ways to Take Aspiring Aviators Behind the Scenes
February 21, 2018  | Written by Katie Sehl
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APEX Insight: While in-flight visits to the cockpit have been forbidden since 9/11, airlines are allowing passengers and budding pilots to experience the flight deck in innovative ways – from a photo app loaded on pilots’ iPads to video documentaries. Tiny traveler Adam Mohammad Amer became an Internet sensation after a video of his visit to an Etihad […]

Qatar Takes Delivery of First Airbus A350-1000, Featuring Qsuite
February 20, 2018  | Written by Stephanie Taylor
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APEX Insight: APEX Media got a tour of Qatar’s first Airbus A350-1000 aircraft, which is configured with 327 seats – 46 in Qsuite and 281 in economy – all equipped with Thales’ seatback in-flight entertainment systems. Qatar Airways took delivery of the first Airbus A350-1000 aircraft today in Toulouse, coinciding with Fabrice Brégier’s last day in […]

Shared Plate: JetBlue’s Pop-Up Restaurant at JFK Brings Strangers Together
February 16, 2018  | Written by APEX Staff
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APEX Insight: Travelers passing through John F. Kennedy International Airport got to meet – and eat with – new people at JetBlue and Coca Cola’s Shared Plate pop-up restaurant. While the campaign lasted just one day, celebrity chef JJ Johnson created memorable fusion dishes inspired by the strangers’ cultures, like banger chili dogs with everything bagel […]