In increasingly crowded PE/biz market, Acro’s Series 7 stands out
Acro, the British seatmaker best known for its ultra-slimline Series 3 seats, is presenting a head-turning evolution of the larger Series 7 ... Continue Reading
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B/E Aerospace could bring Rockwell $50m more per fleet win
With cross-selling opportunities aplenty, Rockwell Collins estimates completion of its planned friendly takeover of aircraft interiors speci... Continue Reading
Watch #PaxEx Minute: Sliding seats among new concepts at AIX
In this episode of #PaxEx Minute, RGN correspondent John Walton explores the show floor of the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), Asia in Singap... Continue Reading
HAECO talks customers, seats, catalogues and power at AIX Asia
SINGAPORE — Swire Group’s HAECO is continuing its transformation from MRO to seating supplier, and will deliver Airbus A350 seats to Swire s... Continue Reading
Women share what helped them cope during world’s longest flights
2016 has been the year of the ever lengthening flight route. Just these last ten months we’ve seen the launch of Auckland-Dubai on Emirates ... Continue Reading
Aviointeriors’ new business class: heard this tune before?
SINGAPORE — Italian seatmaker Aviointeriors debuted its Adagio staggered fully flat business class seat with direct aisle access at the Airc... Continue Reading
APEX On the Fly: Singapore 2016 – Day 2
In this third and final instalment of APEX on the Fly, contributing editor Seth Miller talks about a groundbreaking partnership that will br... Continue Reading
Panasonic looks to transform content loading with Zero Touch
SINGAPORE — Welcome to the end of the 30-day cycle for content updates. That is the message Panasonic Avionics is sending this week with the... Continue Reading
Half-inch seat fitting promises seat pitch flexibility; what of #PaxEx?
When it comes to densifying airline cabins, give most carriers half an inch and they’re happy to take a mile. Yet for the best part of a cen... Continue Reading
APEX On the Fly: Singapore 2016 – Day 1
APEX on the Fly is a three-video series that brings you timely news and views from the colocated APEX–Aircraft Interiors Asia–Future Travel ... Continue Reading
Emirates picks Thales AVANT embedded IFE for first 50 777X twinjets
SINGAPORE — Emirates has selected Thales’ AVANT embedded inflight entertainment system for the first 50 of its forthcoming fleet of Boeing 7... Continue Reading
Mirus sets new LCC standard with digEcor in-seat power for AirAsia
SINGAPORE — In a potentially gamechanging development for the world of low-cost carriers, innovative upstart British seatmaker Mirus has cho... Continue Reading
Successful Mint rollout prompts crew training refresh at JetBlue
Joanna Geraghty is bringing new meaning to the concept of hospitality as she leads a training program designed to “refresh” the ... Continue Reading
Rockwell Collins on why B/E will balance its aviation portfolio
Rockwell Collins is to acquire B/E Aerospace in a landmark deal for US$6.4b in cash and stock, in addition to assuming $1.9b of B/E’s net de... Continue Reading
JetBlue frees up movies on demand; launches crewmember picks
Movies are free and on demand for some JetBlue customers as of today. The carrier's AVOD update is now live on two A321 aircraft and will ev... Continue Reading
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