Domestic flights operated by Korean airlines have been mandated to keep window shades open during takeoff and landing. This ...

It’s important to keep an open blind. Having the window shade open during takeoff and landing might seem like an unnecessary nuisance. However, there’s an important safety reason for this seemingly ...

A viral video is proving exactly why you should keep your plane window shut during air travel—especially for the sake of those around you.

Reports indicate that on commercial flights, the crew advises passengers to open the window shades a few minutes before ...

Japan Airlines (JAL) will implement a “Shades Closed Exercise” across 17 domestic airports in Japan and 5 airports overseas, where window shades of parked aircraft will be shut in order to block out ...

The person closest to the window in every row gets to control the shade. On overnight flights, or very early morning ones, it’s just the right thing to do to keep your window shade closed so everyone ...

A revolutionary leap in window technology promises to transform the passenger experience on the Boeing 777X.

RAYTHEON AIRCRAFT COMPANY has begun offering electronic dimmable window shade systems for retrofit on King Air aircraft in service. The window shades permit passengers and flight crew to control the ...

Team 32 worked with Textron Aviation to develop a novel electromechanical aircraft window shade system, including multiple light-filtering states for an optimal passenger experience. The design is ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Air travel is a struggle under the best of ...

Air travel is a struggle under the best of circumstances. Legroom seems to shrink with every trip, and the argument about whether it’s rude to recline one’s seat rages on (though some airlines have ...