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Eric Emin Wood

Published: August 1st, 2018

Airports without passports?

LAS VEGAS – If you are going to the airport you need to prepare yourself to be inconvenienced. The check-in and security lines seem to be getting longer and longer. But one woman

Published on: November 29th, 2017 Paolo Del Nibletto

How AI is disrupting compensation claims when your flight gets disrupted

Artificial intelligence is set to disrupt the way airlines compensate passengers when their flights get disrupted. While delayed or cancelled flights are a frustrating inconvenience for travellers, they pose a huge business dilemma

Published on: February 8th, 2017 Christine Wong
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Delta Airlines creates in-flight POS with Nokia Lumia, Microsoft Dynamics

ATLANTA - Delta Airlines is already using Surface 2 tablets in the cockpit and Nokia Lumia devices in the cabin, but will soon upgrade to the Lumia 1520 across its workforce of flight

Published on: March 4th, 2014 Brian Jackson

Guestlogix adds developers’ lab to New Brunswick

Toronto-based Guestlogix Inc. has set up a "product innovation lab" in Moncton, N.B., with plans to add 35 new jobs to the city by the end of June 2015. A provider of on-board

Published on: February 5th, 2014 Candice So
‘United Breaks Guitars’ musician now a social media rock star

‘United Breaks Guitars’ musician now a social media rock star

Usually airplane passengers are relieved when a flight lands, but when Dave Carroll overhead someone exclaim “My God, they're throwing guitars out there,” at the end of his United Airlines flight from Halifax

Published on: March 15th, 2011 Brian Jackson
Business travelers ready to change reservations to get WiFi in the plane

Business travelers ready to change reservations to get WiFi in the plane

Three quarters of frequent business travelers polled in a recent survey said they would choose an airline based on whether a flight offers Wi-Fi, with half of the respondents saying they would even

Published on: September 2nd, 2009 Matt Hamblen
Passengers want WiFi in the sky but airlines slow to respond

Passengers want WiFi in the sky but airlines slow to respond

U.S. airlines are adding Wi-Fi to more of their planes, but it could still be years before the biggest carriers have their fleets fully equipped with the wireless technology and passengers can expect

Published on: August 24th, 2009 Matt Hamblen
WiFi service takes flight on some airlines

WiFi service takes flight on some airlines

American Airlines launched in-flight WiFi service on three long-haul routes in the U.S. Wednesday, and will decide in three to six months whether to expand the service to other routes.The launch is the

Published on: August 21st, 2008 Matt Hamblen
Traveling light – Purposeful packing for painless air travel

Traveling light – Purposeful packing for painless air travel

Like cheap gasoline and easy credit, empty space in an airplane overhead bin is something you've probably taken for granted. No more. In April, most of the major U.S. airlines began charging $25

Published on: June 18th, 2008 James A. Martin
The best international airlines for high-tech fliers

The best international airlines for high-tech fliers

Pop Quiz: How many U.S. airlines currently offer broadband Internet access to all passengers? If you answered "none," give yourself a pat on the back because you're absolutely right. But that is about

Published on: March 19th, 2008 James A. Martin