Airlines

Newly-designed aircraft cabins for Swiss International Airlines are aimed at making long-haul flights more comfortable for holidaymakers and more productive for business travelers. Designed by PriestmanGoode, the cabins will provide passengers with more space, storage and privacy.

Airliner cabins can get pretty germy. They're packed full of people from all over the world, who spend hours doing things like coughing and sneezing. It was with this in mind that the GermFalcon was created. It's a robot that kills germs on planes, using ultraviolet light.

BAE System’s IntelliCabin system is aimed at not only making cabin operation more efficient for the crew, but also more pleasant for economy class passengers thanks to dimmable windows and ambient LED lighting.

Rolls-Royce has announced that the first production Trent XWB turbofan engine that powers the Airbus A350 XWB has left the factory and is on its way to Toulouse, France to be installed in a Qatar Airways A350 XWB.

If you think that you've been seeing some funny-looking airliners in the past couple of months, you're not imagining things. On February 18th, a United Airlines Boeing 737-800 made the world's first commercial flight by an aircraft equipped with fuel-saving Split Scimitar Winglets.

Every 12 hours, weather balloons are launched from about 70 locations across the US. A lot can change between those intervals and those locations, however. That's why a new project is using Southwest Airlines jets as airborne weather sensors.

Last week, London-based design firm Seymourpowell presented Morph – a new concept economy seat for airline travel that uses stretched fabric sheets and movable supports that allow passengers to customize their seats and even purchase extra width.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is following in the footsteps of the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and easing restrictions on the use of Personal Electronic Devices (PEDs) by passengers during flights.

On Thursday, the US Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) eased regulations against airline passengers using their Personal Electronic Devices (PED) during the flight.

Boeing has rolled out the first 787-9 Dreamliner variant at its Everett, Washington assembly plant. The second of three variants of the Dreamliner, the 787-9 carries more passengers and has a greater range than the 787-8. The first 787-9 off the line is scheduled to be delivered in mid 2014.

BMW Group DesignworksUSA has designed new first class seating for Singapore Airlines that lets passengers relax in comfort and privacy on a 35 in (88.9 cm) wide and 82 in (208 cm) long bed.

British Airways is testing an electronic luggage tag that travelers can update with a smartphone and re-use over and over.