Comfort

Etihad business class seat with a grey seat cover, a thick brown headrest, and a pillow with a maroon and yellow geometric pattern sitting atop the seat.

What does a five-star business class seat look like in 2023?

Ahead of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Runway Girl Network posed itself the question: what makes the very best business class prod... Continue Reading

JetZero and Factorydesign unveil cabin concepts for BWB jet

Variations of blended wing body (BWB) aircraft have been studied for decades. And in more recent years, NASA, Airbus, KLM, the Delft Univers... Continue Reading

Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner in-flight at sunset.

Hawaiian reveals 2.5-class 787 and new Adient suites

As Hawaiian Airlines transitions from its Airbus A330 fleet to the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners that will be delivered from early next year, it ... Continue Reading

Air NZ Skynest is pictured. Six stacked bunks (three on either side of the capsule).

Economy Skynest pricing: ANZ mulls $400-$600 for a 4-hour nap

Ask any economy class passenger whether they want more space, nicer meals, better service, improved passenger experience — even sleep pods l... Continue Reading

SCHWÄBISCH HALL — Outside the Recaro Aircraft Seating facility building on a bright sunny day

Recaro sees demand, supply chain and diversification opportunities

SCHWÄBISCH HALL — German seatmaker Recaro Aircraft Seating is more than a company with its finger on the pulse of the industry: as the suppl... Continue Reading

Rebranded seatmaker Thompson stays trend-savvy as it readies for AIX

As ‘premium leisure travel’ and ‘partner travel’ trends accelerate post-pandemic, fast-growing premium aircraft seatmaker Thompson Aero Seat... Continue Reading

Dassault Mystere (falcon) 20, First Flight, 1963

Sixty years on, Dassault’s Falcon business jet continues to evolve

On a late Saturday afternoon in early May 1963, Dassault Aviation’s Falcon 20 — originally the Dassault-Breguet Mystère 20 — first took flig... Continue Reading

Looking out the window of a Boeing 787 widebody as it flies above a city. The jet engine of the aircraft is in view.

Bandwidth and other barriers stymie connected D2C/IFE on widebodies

The Bring Your Own License (BYOL) streaming inflight entertainment model — also known in some circles as connected direct-to-consumer IFE or... Continue Reading

A sleek white amenity kit trimmed with black on a wood table, with various items displayed including lip balm and moisturizer.

Rethinking amenity kits: the take-what-you-need model

The airline goodie bag remains one of the signature must-haves for premium travel. In first class, they have evolved to giveaways featuring ... Continue Reading

A view of the flydubai Safran Vue business class seat from the front of the aircraft. Large overhead bins and the Boeing Sky Interior's signature LED lighting can be seen in this shot.

Safran’s Vue débuts as flydubai Business Suite

The latest airline to unveil a single-aisle long-haul business class mini-suite is flydubai, which will launch the Safran Vue outward-facing... Continue Reading

The Elements-based business class suite on Etihad Airways' forthcoming new 787 deliveries. Image: Etihad

Etihad reveals PaxEx for new 787s including Elements seat, Viasat IFC

A host of new passenger experience (PaxEx) features will arrive in the third quarter on Etihad Airways’ new Boeing 787 deliveries, inc... Continue Reading

Airline safety card in the seatback pocket

Seatback Savvy: Who makes those airline safety cards?

Aviation geeks collect, buy & sell, and trade them. Aviation museums conserve them. Bored kids on planes play with them. But although t... Continue Reading

In LATAM's business class cabin two seats are next to each other to create a honeymoon effect. The seats are all brown with red headrests.

Getting the honeymoon seat right for premium leisure travel

One of the most notable changes to the passenger airline as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic — and the societal changes that it continues t... Continue Reading

Retrofitted A319 with new United Next interior ready for service

Nearly two years after United Airlines revealed an ambitious refurbishment program to install its new ‘United Next’ signature in... Continue Reading

The word "ReWILDing" is seen on a piece of yellow fabric, which is being held above a table by two people's hands. Other fabric samples, and plants, are seen on the table. Image: Muirhead

Nature and sustainability inspire ReWILDing collection from Muirhead

Scottish leather supplier Muirhead in June will debut a new collection at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg. Visitors to the firm... Continue Reading

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