Marisa Garcia

Big Brother is already watching. He may as well help get us to our destination quicker, and with less hassle, while he's at it.

Don't toss out your headphones just yet. This might make it to First or Business--maybe even Premium Economy class on select airlines--but having this level of technology standard at the back of the plane could take a while.

All of this activity and diversification is a big help to the airline, whose pilots have continued their industrial action with another strike today cancelling 25 long-haul flights.

"Designs can become icons of a brand and say a lot about what that brand stands for...Good design that takes comfort into consideration can endure for a very long time." We really can't put it better than that.

Critics and dubious rating services be damned. We can’t help but admire this airline’s guts.

Anything that gets tourists to beaches faster should be good. We expect Mojito or Caipirinha finder apps will soon follow.

HEL is working hard to become a traveller's heaven. It won't be the largest airport in the world, but it's certainly going to be one of a kind.

If seats become an effective point-of-sale, will airlines give passengers more room to shop in comfort?

We're going to need another class of airline to define Qatar. It's untraditional. It doesn't conform to the luxury mold. A new Upscale-Gulf-All Business-Economy Carrier for the A380 skies? It's a new model--one we can't quite put a label on yet, but suspect will do very well.

This is a bold move forward by Hawaiian, rather than waiting for ATTF to complete its review. While passengers don't need (and may not want) to know, how ACARS work, they'll appreciate knowing their aircraft is tracked and communicating--even when it's half-way across the Pacific.