Lufthansa Group subsidiary Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) operated its first Airbus A340-300 with a completely refurbished interior on its first revenue flight from Zurich, Switzerland to Japan’s Tokyo Narita on March 7.

American Airlines pulled 14 recently modified Boeing 737-800s from service because of “quality” issues with the new interior work and is inspecting them, the airline said March 7.

Brussels Airlines is upgrading the cabins and introducing a premium economy class on its newly acquired Airbus A330-330s.

Acro Aircraft Seating has been selected by Etihad Airways to supply its Series 6 Economy Class seat. The seats are to be retrofitted on twenty-three of the airline’s A320 and A321 aircraft and are expected to enter service in May 2019.

The debate on how to improve onboard Wi-Fi and make money continues.

Inflight connectivity (IFC) provider Gogo, which was once considering selling or splitting up the company, now expects to close on a large investment this year as it eyes major growth—a dramatic turnaround for a company seemingly on the brink of collapse just last summer.

The Seamless Air Alliance, an Airbus-led consortium of airlines, communications equipment manufacturers and operators of mobile networks and satellites, is working toward a technology demonstration for improved passenger connectivity experience this year.

A bipartisan group of US lawmakers have introduced a bill that would require all commercial aircraft operating in the US be retrofitted with secondary cockpit barriers to prevent terrorist attacks similar to 9/11.