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The French Connection: First Class onboard TGV - Runway Girl
WEBThe train itself was a single-deck TGV réseau, dating from 1992. The first class compartment was functional and spacious, but the interior was dated with scratchy furnishings, despite a mid-2000s cabin renovation involving designer Christian Lacroix. It had 2+1 seating with airline and table layouts. The seat was comfortable but needed a …
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WEBZeroAvia CEO Val Miftakhov reveals plan for possible IPO in 2026. Runway Girl Network is pleased to provide an audio recording of our full interview with ZeroAvia founder and CEO Val Miftakhov. This intervi... Continue Reading.
Almost private: JSX makes flying easy and enjoyable
WEBJSX’s most popular route from the Los Angeles area is Burbank-Las Vegas. Originating from a private terminal about a mile away from the Hollywood Burbank Airport, the flight varies in price from about $149 for a one-way ticket during the week to $349 on the weekends. Southwest Airlines, the major low-cost carrier that services Las Vegas ...
T-7A Red Hawk training director Sherri Koehnemann leads by …
WEBThe T-7A Red Hawk is an all-new advanced pilot training system designed for the U.S. Air Force that will train the next generation of fighter and bomber pilots. “I always liked math, chemistry and physics,” Koehnemann recalls. “I went to Morehead State University, Kentucky to get a math degree – I wanted to teach math.
Efforts underway to grow minority businesses at LAX and other …
WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic hit the airport business hard and presented many challenges for minority airport business owners.. Now, as air travel returns to ‘normal’, new programs are underway to help rebuild and expand opportunities for minority owned businesses at many US airports. One good example is the event hosted recently by Unibail-Rodamco-Westfield (URW) Airports, Los Angeles World ...
Thompson’s 2022 VantageXL update adds new design details
WEBSeat width has rarely been a complaint for VantageXL, but Thompson says that this is now at a minimum 23” for seat width, and 24” at bed width, both on the A330 platform, which is the narrowest modern widebody. Wider aircraft can go up to 26” per seat, but airlines can also choose to widen aisles instead. There’s also now space for ...
JAL 787 business class: still a strong contender - Runway Girl
WEBJAL A350 interiors supply chain issues raise spectre of delays in 2024. JAL’s new flagship A350-1000 astounds with aesthetics and space. JAL first class continues to shine despite delayed hard product. JAL 787: cushy for longhaul economy but could use soft tweaks. All images credited to the author, John Walton.
Sustainability proves key trend for inflight fabric: John Horsfall
WEBRunway Girl Network sat down with Ellie Parkes, business development manager at UK-based aviation textile specialist manufacturer John Horsfall, to learn more about how the latest generations of fabrics are designed. “There is a big focus on sustainability throughout the whole industry, across all product areas, whether that is the actual ...
Inside the unusual aspects of Swiss’ new ZIM premium economy
WEBLinkedIn. X. Swiss is rolling out its newly unveiled premium economy cabin at speed, with all of its Boeing 777 routes to offer the new ZIM seats by the end of May. The base product is ZIMprivacy, a slide-forward premium economy seat also ordered for Lufthansa, which on Swiss reclines 31 degrees forwards rather than reclining backwards into the ...