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Etihad Airways Selects Paxia to Transform End-to-End Catering Management Operations
Etihad Airways selects the full Paxia Cloud suite to modernize onboard catering, galley operations, and enterprise asset management on an AI-enabled system of record.
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WebinarsRecorded Webinar: Paxia Assets in ActionSolving catering's three biggest inventory problems — an on-demand replay with live demonstrations of Paxia Assets, recorded September 2, 2026.Watch replay →
Customer StoriesEtihad Airways Selects Paxia to Transform End-to-End Catering Management OperationsEtihad Airways selects the full Paxia Cloud suite to modernize onboard catering, galley operations, and enterprise asset management on an AI-enabled system of record.Read more →
Customer StoriesEmirates Modernizes Galley Planning Operations with PaxiaEmirates selects Paxia Galleys, Schedules, and Insights to streamline galley planning and loading across its global fleet, replacing its legacy catering system with a centralized, AI-enabled platform.Read more →
WebinarsRecorded Webinar: Paxia AI in ActionThe AI moment for airline catering is here. Is your data ready? An on-demand replay with a live demo of Paxia AI, recorded May 20, 2026.Watch replay →
Customer StoriesBritish Airways Transforms Catering Management Operations with Paxia CloudEnhanced meal planning, ordering efficiency, and analytics strengthen a long-standing partnership with one of the world’s most recognized flag carriers.Read more →
Company NewsRyan Gaus Joins Paxia as Chief Commercial OfficerVeteran software executive will lead Paxia’s customer success and growth strategies as the platform scales globally.Read more →
Customer StoriesDelivering Under Pressure: How the Hawaiian-Alaska Union Put Paxia Cloud to the TestWhen Hawaiian joined Alaska’s Paxia Cloud instance, surging test volumes and live Pax Count and SPML APIs put the platform — and the partnership — to the test.Read more →
PerspectivesKeeping Inflight Services Standards at Altitude: Why Continual Retraining Keeps Crews and Systems SoaringKnowledge drift is a silent threat to inflight standards. Why structured, continual retraining keeps crews sharp and systems reliable.Read more →
PerspectivesBehind the Buzz: The Data-Driven Evolution of Airline CateringWhat we heard at IFSA 2025 and the World Aviation Festival 2025: the conversation has shifted decisively toward a data-driven service model.Read more →
Company NewsPaxia Appoints Tom Samuel as Chief Executive OfficerVeteran aviation software executive partners again with Liberty Hall to execute Paxia’s strategic growth plan.Read more →
Company NewsLiberty Hall Capital Partners Acquires PaxiaAerospace-focused private equity firm completes a new platform acquisition with its purchase of the aviation software business.Read more →
PerspectivesAirline Catering Management Is Getting an AI Makeover: Trends, Challenges, and the Paxia PerspectiveTrends, challenges, and the Paxia perspective on how artificial intelligence is reshaping one of aviation’s most complex logistics problems.Read more →
Company NewsPaxia Takes Off at WTCE 2025: New Friends, Big Buzz, and Game-Changing Tech!New friends, big buzz, and game-changing tech — our recap from WTCE 2025 in Hamburg, with Paxia Assets stealing the show.Read more →
PerspectivesFlying High with Data: How Airlines are Charting a New CourseFrom fuel savings to new revenue streams, see how airlines are turning oceans of operational data into smarter decisions.Read more →
PerspectivesThe Secret to Smoother Flights and Happier Passengers: How Smart Inventory Management Elevates Airline OperationsBehind every smooth flight is a carefully orchestrated inventory system. How smart asset management keeps airlines on schedule and passengers satisfied.Read more →
PerspectivesEfficiency Through Technology: Taking Airline Catering Management into the World of DigitalizationThe pandemic grounded fleets and paused IT programs across the industry. What digitalizing catering management looks like now that those programs have restarted.Read more →
PerspectivesTaking Flight Towards a Greener Sky: Sustainability and Waste Reduction in the Airline IndustryAirlines are being asked to cut their carbon footprint from every direction. Where catering and onboard waste reduction fit into that picture.Read more →
Company NewsKey Takeaways from WTCE 2024The industry is growing again, and airlines are looking hard at the technology behind inflight and catering operations. What we heard at WTCE 2024.Read more →
PerspectivesElevate Your Catering Operations with Paxia CloudAn introduction to Paxia Cloud — what a next-generation catering management platform does across suppliers, onboard services, and everything in between.Read more →
Product TipsPart 2: What are the Top 7 Tips for Paxia Invoices?The last four Paxia Invoices tips, including how to secure early payment discounts even while an invoice is still in dispute.Read more →
Product TipsPart 1: What are the Top 7 Tips for Paxia Invoices?The tips series closes with Paxia Invoices — the first three of seven, starting with using rules to assign invoice and line-item values.Read more →
Product TipsPart 2: What are the Top 12 Tips for Paxia Orders?The remaining six Paxia Orders tips, including what the Rule icon on the Item Overview tab is telling you.Read more →
Product TipsPart 1: What are the Top 12 Tips for Paxia Orders?The first six of twelve tips for Paxia Orders, starting with how to create an order from a released Flight Service Schedule.Read more →
Product TipsPart 2: What are the Top 10 Tips for Paxia Schedules?The remaining Paxia Schedules tips, picking up at Tip 6 with identifying and managing released Flight Service Schedules.Read more →
Product TipsPart 1: What are the Top 10 Tips for Paxia Schedules?The first five tips for Paxia Schedules, where the Flight Service Schedule — also known as the Catering Plan — is built and released.Read more →
Product TipsWhat are the Top 5 Tips for Paxia Specifications?Five tips for Paxia Specifications, starting with Spec Tags — how to group and find specifications built for a specific or limited purpose.Read more →
Product TipsPart 3: What are the Top 4 Tips for Paxia Galleys?The last of the Paxia Galleys tips — the housekeeping activities that keep your galley planning module in good shape.Read more →
Product TipsPart 2: What are the Top 4 Tips for Paxia Galleys?Tip 3 in the Paxia Galleys series: how to find and clear unwanted duplicate containers so your galley data stays uncluttered.Read more →
Product TipsPart 1: What are the Top 4 Tips for Paxia Galleys?The first in our tips series, answering the questions customers ask most often about Paxia Galleys — starting with the basics of galley planning.Read more →
PerspectivesHow Do You Know if You are Paying the Right Amount for Catering?Every flight, every aircraft type, every configuration — getting the uplift right is hard enough before the invoice arrives. How to tell whether you are paying what you should.Read more →
PerspectivesThe Importance of Inflight Services Demand ForecastingScattered data sources make future demand a guess. How forecasting pulls them together so inflight services can plan for both the next week and the next year.Read more →
PerspectivesSustainability in the Airline Industry — Reduce Paper UsageWorldwide paper consumption has risen 400% in 40 years. Cutting paper out of catering operations is one of the simplest sustainability wins an airline has available.Read more →
PerspectivesSustainability in the Airline Industry — Waste ManagementIATA is targeting a 50% reduction in CO2 by 2050. Biofuel gets the headlines, but onboard waste is where catering teams can move first.Read more →
Company NewsSustainability in the Airline Industry — What We Heard at IFSA 2021Going green dominated the 2021 APEX/IFSA conference in Long Beach. What airline leaders said about sustainability, and where catering fits into it.Read more →
PerspectivesHow to Know if You’ve Outgrown Your Airline’s In-House Catering SoftwareEvery airline eventually asks whether the system it built for itself still fits. The signs that in-house catering software has stopped scaling with the operation.Read more →
PerspectivesThree Reasons to Ditch the Spreadsheet and Modernize Your Airline Catering OperationsSpreadsheets and email hold an operation together right up until they do not. Three reasons airlines outgrow them, and what changes when catering moves onto one system.Read more →Ready When You Are
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