Comfort

BBJ 737 cabin shows a large grey couch area with a table and lots of white plush aircraft seats.

ALTEA founding partner Robin Dunlop on recycled bizliner seats

From its London, UK headquarters, ALTEA offers a portfolio of aviation services to corporate, business and VVIP customers. Ranging from cabi... Continue Reading

A close up image of IFE content available

“Popular on this route” option leads to IFE discovery

Airline passengers usually have one of X problems with inflight entertainment (IFE) systems: there’s not enough variety of content, the user... Continue Reading

Safran Passenger Innovations' RAVE Ultra plus IFE is slimline in nature. This rendering shows the screen with cartoons popping out of it in 3D. (4k)

Upscaling to the rescue as 4K content continues to lag for IFE

Inflight entertainment system providers are going great guns to roll out 4K HDR 10+ screens onboard aircraft to deliver crystal clear and st... Continue Reading

Air New Zealand business premier Luxe seat

The new seats, cabins and onboard products for 2025

With combined and magnifying pressures of widebody delivery delays, cabin certification issues, and seat production complications, plus the ... Continue Reading

A passenger is watching IFE in a business class suite onboard an aircraft. He is also enjoying his own tablet. (IFC)

IFE and IFC poised to converge and transform PaxEx

There has perhaps never been a more exciting time to be involved in inflight entertainment than right now. High-bandwidth inflight connectiv... Continue Reading

An image of Superman is overlayed with 2025. Superman is among the films expected to resonate with airline passengers as IFE this year.

Op-Ed: Twelve films to look forward to for IFE in 2025

Fortunately for all audiences, 2025 is looking like a thunderous year at movie theaters. From highly anticipated sequels, remakes, and new a... Continue Reading

Lufthansa LHR Senator Lounge features a banquette. The room is adorned with rich wood textures and subtle lighting.

Lufthansa adopts modern, warm aesthetic in LHR lounge revamp

With its newly reopened Business and Senator Lounges in London Heathrow’s Terminal 2, updated ten years after the terminal’s opening, Luftha... Continue Reading

The MAYA premium suite by Collins and Panasonic has a large wraparound IFE screen.

Panasonic Avionics in advanced talks to bring Astrova Curve to market

MAYA, the compelling business class concept seat from Collins Aerospace — featuring a 45” curved ultra-wide OLED screen from Panasonic Avion... Continue Reading

How Safran Passenger Innovations drove weight out of nextgen IFE

Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI) has enjoyed an impressive trajectory in embedded inflight entertainment and today is seen as delivering p... Continue Reading

Passengers watching IFE screens on a widebody aircraft.

Op-Ed: New era for IFE as demand grows for event-driven content

Please enjoy this Op-Ed contribution from DIRECTV INFLIGHT head of aviation strategy Kim DeFlesco As the world of air travel continues to ev... Continue Reading

A woman is laying in the Thompson VantageXL seat testing out Health Motion Seating.

Minutely adjustable seat actuation software promises comfort boost

As airlines seek to extend the number of ultra-longhaul flights, and as more aircraft capable of flying farther are delivered, the wellbeing... Continue Reading

Purple LED lights illuminate the United Next Boeing cabin

United ramps up narrowbody fleet retrofit with Signature interior

United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby is promising passengers more of that “new plane smell” in 2025, with more new aircraft being inducted ... Continue Reading

On top, a rendering of Emirates' new A350-900. Beneath it, an image of economy class seats with Thales seatback IFE.

Emirates A350-900 flies with new Thales AVANT Up features

Emirates has introduced a number of passenger experience firsts aboard its new Airbus A350-900. Now in revenue service on Dubai-Edinburgh an... Continue Reading

A United Airlines passenger is holding up the AirTag information in the app while at baggage claim in an airport. The screen shows how a link can be easily shared with third parties, including the airline.

Airlines get onboard with Apple share location feature for AirTag

Major airlines have improved their ability to track checked bags throughout the travel journey using technology like NFC scanning. But the p... Continue Reading

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