Comfort

Airspace cabin display at the AIX 2023 show in Hamburg. Blue LED lights accent the large overhead bins while purple LED lights highlight the grey seats.

Airbus comes full C Series circle with A220 Airspace cabin, bins

If you are old enough to remember when the spacious, bright and modern cabin on the Bombardier C Series (now Airbus A220) was part of the dr... Continue Reading

The Aviointeriors Heric business class seat on the AIX show floor is grey with maroon details and headrest. Towards the window is a simple, yet elegant, bed platform, joined by a raising legrest to create a sizeable sleeping surface.

AvioInteriors: Heric 2023 returns as a credible low-cost herringbone

There are many reasons to make AvioInteriors a stop on your annual circuit of the Aircraft Interiors Expo, and the excellent Italian espress... Continue Reading

A Recaro employee demonstrates the leg space in the Recaro X-Tend Seat on the AIX show floor.

Flip-up exit mini-seat enables density, but at what cost?

In their continuing quest for aircraft densification, airlines, airframers and seatmakers have long eyed the common EASA and FAA regulation ... Continue Reading

ACCESS extendable, accessible D-lavatory by ST Engineering as displayed on the company's stand at the Aircraft Interiors Expo.

ST Engineering gains traction for ACCESS accessible lavatory

Persons with reduced mobility often experience indignities when seeking to navigate the already-small lavatories on board narrowbody aircraf... Continue Reading

Rendering of Lufthansa Allegris business class cabin on display. The seat is rich blues with white thermoplastics and a few faux wood detailing.

Classic aisle seats will be baseline business on Lufthansa Allegris

It’s no secret that Lufthansa Group is seeking to disrupt the premium cabin space by unbundling its forthcoming new business class product, ... Continue Reading

With artisanal interior reuse partnership, Soisa focuses on ESG

As the aviation supply chain seeks to demonstrate its environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials, one of the challenges is how t... Continue Reading

A display concept model of the C Suite by Airbus and Stelia. This is a business class seat in mostly grey fabrics with a beige headrest cover and sidewall detailing. This is a set of 3 showing the staggered layout.

Airbus and Stelia show off new C Suite ultra-compact narrowbody seat

One of the most compelling seats on show at the Aircraft Interiors Expo wasn’t at a seatmaker’s stand or even within an aircraft cabin mocku... Continue Reading

The ceiling panel of an Airbus A320 family cabin.

ABC International’s pivot to cabin modifications bears fruit

A decision by aircraft branding specialist ABC International to pivot to cabin modifications during the Covid crisis has produced positive r... Continue Reading

A five-abreast layout of Eclipse seats in the premium concept cabin. The seats are grey and black. HAECO ZIM

How Diehl and HAECO have reimagined the single-aisle premium cabin

In 2021, Diehl Aviation and HAECO Cabin Solutions inked a strategic commercial agreement to jointly deliver a wide range of aircraft cabin p... Continue Reading

A sunset glow from the LEDs is lighting the ceiling and sidewall of the Boeing 777X cabin mock-up.

Hands-on with Boeing 777X’s wider cabin, big bins, new lighting

As Boeing accelerates towards its revised 2025 service introduction of the 777X versions of its venerable 777 twinjet, the airframer has ful... Continue Reading

Four staggered Vantage Duo business class seats are being displayed at AIX 2023. The seats are an mixture of grey tones with a light blue pillow.

Thompson showcases product evolution across Vantage family

For seatmakers, some Aircraft Interiors Expo years are about big showy new product releases, while other years are more about developing the... Continue Reading

Optimares SoFab business class seat is pictured in speckled grey. It is a divan-type space that allows passengers to experience different positions, without the use of actuators. The only moving parts of the entire product are a pull-out cushioned storage area.

Divine divan? Optimares SoFab persuades with comfortable simplicity

Throughout the forty-odd years that business class has existed, much of its design and development has been focussed on evolutionary and rev... Continue Reading

Two seat triples of the Falcon fully-featured economy seats. This image shows six seats from the back that have embedded IFE. One tray table is in dining position.

Mirus’ Falcon distills the essence of full featured economy

Behind closed doors at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, UK seatmaker Mirus was showing what it calls a “pre-production prototype” of its new Fal... Continue Reading

A heated delam machine in the Latitude Aero facility.

Latitude Aero rapidly expands to support nose to tail refurbishment

Latitude Aero, which specializes in refurbishing and electrifying airline seats, has an enviable track record in aviation: for its eight-yea... Continue Reading

A rendering of All-Business Class cabin interior for the ATR turboprop HighLine line. Large cream seats are in a 1-1 configuration.

ATR seeks to take on jet competitors with premium turboprop cabins

French airframer ATR has unveiled new premium cabin options for its turboprops in a bid to put these #GreenWing aircraft on the map for mult... Continue Reading

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