Airbus talks Airspace reception, supplier-furnished seats
The big news this northern spring in cabin interiors has been Airbus’ Airspace cabin, announced in a glitzy affair on top of the Gherkin sky... Continue Reading
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RGN Premium: Zodiac seat safety FAA AD update 2
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OneWeb set to build satellites in Florida
OneWeb faces any number of challenges to deliver on its promise of a global Ku low earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation providing conne... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Zodiac seat safety FAA AD update 1
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RGN Premium: Pleading the fifth
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ViaSat’s Ku/Ka antenna certified to fly for Virgin America
Ship N286VA is the first commercial aircraft fitted with ViaSat's combination Ku/Ka antenna. It entered service for Virgin America last week... Continue Reading
Challenge to legacies clear as DOT tentatively okays Norwegian Air
The family of airlines conveniently known as “Norwegian” has scored a significant and long awaited win. The US Department of Tra... Continue Reading
Gogo test pilot Nadia Kountoures spans oceans with her 737
As a nine-year-old Nadia Kountoures caught the aviation bug at the Chicago Air and Water airshow, even though she doesn’t come from an aviat... Continue Reading
Premium economy innovations start an AIX conversation
Are we finally starting to see some movement around what the future of premium economy might look like? I asked that question several times ... Continue Reading
Inmarsat makes the case for GX, as original plan evolves
Inmarsat has grand plans for its GlobalXpress connectivity solution and is on the cusp of introducing it into service. But the future of tha... Continue Reading
Watch #PaxEx Minute: Rounding up seats at the AIX16
Runway Girl Network brings you up to speed with the #PaxEx Minute, which covers AIX 2016 seats from Mirus, Lift, and Recaro. Continue Reading
Data deal revelation in the slides
APEX, the passenger experience industry nonprofit that evolved out of inflight entertainment group WAEA, is looking to launch in record time... Continue Reading
Recaro talks customisation in a modular world
One of the big aircraft seating questions coming out of the Aircraft Interiors Expo this year was whether the future for economy and busines... Continue Reading
Radome roundup: ARINC 791, birdstrike retrospective and the future
HAMBURG — After a fairly large amount of radome news at previous events (including AIX itself and APEX in Portland), this year was character... Continue Reading
Spectacular map and Android OS among features of new Lumexis IFE
Lumexis introduced its newest embedded IFE solution – FTTS 4 – at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg last week. The upgrade brings aspec... Continue Reading
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