Comfort

Two Quest business class seats (posited as a divorced pair) in white with a yellow pillow atop each of them.

Jamco focusses on details with updated Quest stagger

Japanese seatmaker Jamco’s Quest for Elegance seat returned to the 2023 Aircraft Interiors Expo after a four-year absence, and while the cas... Continue Reading

Air France's Opera seat by Stelia on the show floor at AIX 2023. The large business class seat is dark blue with lighter and darker thermoplastics around it.

Stelia reveals Opera herringbone for Air France A350, linefit 787s

HAMBURG — Airbus subsidiary seatmaker Stelia, in a new version of its outward-facing herringbone Opera, is making a play for the widebody he... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace Connected Gallery is seen in this image. An overlay of various lines and icons to represent the behind the scenes connection and IoT.

Collins makes Cabin IoT play with connected galley field trials

HAMBURG — Collins Aerospace is taking a big step towards finally realising the benefits of the IoT-connected cabin with a new set of in-cabi... Continue Reading

Green LED lighting is casting into a cabin that is configured in a 2-2 layout. There is a red light strip down the sides of the aircraft.

The evolving drivers of LED cabin lighting, now and in the future

Airlines are increasingly coming to the realisation that cabin lighting can play a huge part of the passenger experience and help them to st... Continue Reading

A door closes on the business class seat with a larger gap at the bottom but reaching to the top of the seat.

Collins breaks 45° barrier for side-on Aurora inward herringbone

HAMBURG — Collins Aerospace’s Aurora single-aisle, inward-facing herringbone seat broke cover this morning at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, m... Continue Reading

Side view of the new Recaro premium economy seats on the AIX show floor. The seat can feature large privacy wings, if the airline wishes.

Recaro cuts 10% weight with PL3810 premium economy seat

HAMBURG — If you, as an airline or a passenger, loved Recaro’s snappily monickered PL3530 longhaul premium economy recliner, you’ll love its... Continue Reading

Head on view of Recaro business class seats in a widebody. The seats are greyish in tone with a light brown headrest and detailing.

A spiky 2023 for business class supply chain, production and demand

SCHWÄBISCH HALL — Airlines that offer a business class product, by and large, rely on their front cabins for the majority of their revenue. ... Continue Reading

The latest rendering of Air4All, which enables wheelchair users to remain in their mobility device whilst in the aircraft cabin. The chair locks into place, in the same space occupied by a domestic first class seat.

Delta Flight Products partners to take Air4All through development

Commercial aviation is awash in stunning renderings of compelling new aircraft interior concepts. But some ideas never make it beyond the co... Continue Reading

Airbus Airspace Cabin Vision rendering. The cabin is brightly lit. A cloud projection covers the ceiling. There are dividers between each blue and grey seat.

Airbus unveils 2035+ concept cabin and sustainability building blocks

Beyond the megatrends of sustainability, digitalisation and individualism, Airbus’ presentation of its Airspace Cabin Vision 2035+ gave a nu... Continue Reading

IFE system on board a United 777, featuring a safety video with clear captions in both English and Spanish.

Op-Ed: Standards should shape the future of accessible IFE

Everyone should have the ability to easily access all aspects of air travel. But as countless news stories and first-person accounts on soci... Continue Reading

AERQ AERENA being demonstrated on a tablet.

AERQ completes HIC testing; introduces AERENA Experience Studio

AERQ has completed head injury criterion (HIC) testing on the in-seat displays that will fly — as part of its AERENA open IT platform — on a... Continue Reading

A variety of stylish Finnair dishes, glasses and cutlery are displayed in a glass case.

What does five-star business class soft product look like in 2023?

As the passenger experience industry prepares for the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg in early June, we’ve already looked at what makes a... Continue Reading

An Air France A321 is arriving at the gate.

Hullabaloo but little change as France bans (some) domestic flights

French culture does not have a direct equivalent of the folktales Chicken Little or Henny Penny, mostly flightless birds who get all aflutte... Continue Reading

A wheelchair is removed from the belly of an aircraft.

UK regulator considers rating airlines on their support for PRMs

The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is responsible for enforcing a key regulation covering the rights of disabled people and other persons... Continue Reading

Unum 2 business class seat rendering. Two center seats are separated by a divider.

Unum Two staggered business suite may be Unum’s first sale

WEYBRIDGE, UK — Tucked away in the leafy London suburb of Weybridge, challenger premium seatmaker Unum is readying Unum Two, the second seat... Continue Reading

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