Marisa Garcia

It's good to at least see some airlines have made up their minds in favor of aircraft tracking systems.

This was an epic franchise branding move by ANA.

Thanks to Airbus, the elbow wars are now one step closer to an equitable peace.

Long flights can be a treat, if you’re flying in First. Otherwise, they’re more a badge of courage.

There is nothing harder than keeping things simple.

We’ve written a lot about airline concepts (seen more concepts than we’ve written about) and have a good feeling about the Life Style cabin. Airlines may not install the whole cabin as illustrated, but some of these concepts have what it takes to make from a blank-canvas model to living-color in the skies.

Premium passengers may be fewer in number, but they make up a big chunk of most airlines' revenue. Even when the economy keeps leisure travellers at home, business travellers still have to fly. And the affluent can fly whenever and wherever they please.

The bigger challenge is to get airlines to get their collective heads around this concept, so one day passengers, and their knees, can enjoy cruelty-free flight on the Knee-Rescue seat.

Safety regulations and the limited space available on aircraft make it challenging for airlines to improve at the same rate as airports in accommodating passengers with disabilities. But if some airlines have done it, so can others.

Here we have the secret of the Spirit ULCC formula for success: butts in seats. Butts in tight seats, even. You can build an entire industry around the 1%--and airline industry has--but the 99% are still going to want to fly.