Update #30: Edelweiss’ oddly custom Vantage XL+, Funny Eurowizzness, and Emirates’ Veganuary changes

What’s up with the new bland yet still customised business cabin from Lufthansa’s Edelweiss, how Wizz is weirdly dabbling with Eurobusiness, and why Emirates is cutting fake meat from its vegan and vegetarian menus

By John Walton 11 min read
Cabin rendering: Vantage XL staggered seat in mostly white and a little blue, without doors.

Hello, and welcome to The Up Front Update! We’ve gone deep into three noteworthy and thought-provoking topics for you for this week, covering the passenger experience full-service leisure to ultra-low-cost carriers to one of the biggest network airlines out there.

If you missed it earlier this week, we also took a detailed look into one of the most innovative players in the colour, materials and finish business out there, Austria’s F/LIST. 

Based on a recent visit to their production facility in a tiny village an hour south of Vienna, there’s much to learn about the supply chain, innovation, integration and co-creation — as well as how they’re planning to expand up and down the chain.

On to the Update…

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John Walton

Editor in chief of The Up Front, with two decades of experience reporting across the global aviation industry, specialising in business and first class, seats, cabins and the passenger experience.