Stories by David Parker Brown

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF & FOUNDER - SEATTLE, WA. David has written, consulted, and presented on multiple topics relating to airlines and travel since 2008. He has been quoted and written for a number of news organizations, including BBC, CNN, NBC News, Bloomberg, and others. He is passionate about sharing the complexities, the benefits, and the fun stuff of the airline business. Email me: david@airlinereporter.com

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To save some fuel and in turn save some money, Jazz Airlines is going to be removing life vests from all its planes. Have no fear though, you are still able to use your seat cushions as floatation devices. At first look this seems to be bad for safety, but really only flights that are […]

Are you bald or willing to shave your head? Well New Zealand Air would like to give you $1000 to use your head as a billboard. They want to advertise that they are doing something about long-lines waiting to check-in. A very creative way for an airline to advertise a new feature! Source: MSNBC Image: […]

Even though the Airbus A380 was recently introduced to passenger service, they are already talking about making it bigger. According to The Economic Times, Airbus is working with Lufthansa and AirFrance/KLM to possibly increasing the maximum passenger capacity up to 1000 people versus 555. Source: The Economic Times Image: Kleife

By: David Martà­nez-Celis The Airborne Hotel, or abh, is an innovative seating system for wide-body aircraft that optimizes the available cabin space, ensuring a fully-reclining seat-bed for every passenger on board, while maintaining–and even increasing–passenger capacity of aircraft. The design’s functionality is based on the bi-level configuration of its seating modules, which enables the utilization […]