OEM catalogs, linefit and capacity: Aviointeriors’ plans and pipeline
With a recent history focusing on the retrofit seating market rather than the linefit side of the aircraft interiors business, Aviointeriors... Continue Reading
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Micro-LEDs offer major power, weight, efficiency savings for airlines
As airlines seek to extend the range and missions of both their widebody and narrowbody aircraft, lightening the load with new technologies ... Continue Reading
Collins’ convertible door bar-lounge-service-sales monument impresses
As flights on current- and next-generation longhaul twinjets become longer and longer, airlines are continuing to search for ways to use the... Continue Reading
ATR highlights applications of hearing loops, braille to remove barriers
Nearly five hundred million people worldwide – more than six percent of the global population – have hearing loss to a level tha... Continue Reading
JetBlue finally Minting new transatlantic routes and new Mint seat
The year 2021 will see JetBlue launching “a reimagined version of Mint”, its premium flat bed cabin, with flights from both New York JFK and... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Systems aims for integration future, away from wireless IFE
Lufthansa Systems is pivoting away from focusing on its BoardConnect onboard streaming IFE product, and is repositioning itself as an IT sys... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic eschews doors in new Cirrus NG business class
In true Virgin style, the reveal of Virgin Atlantic’s new Airbus A350 interiors at its headquarters near Gatwick was slick, design-oriented ... Continue Reading
Airbus, Geven unveil hybrid “Settee Corner” business-economy concept
Inside Airbus’ A320neo mockup at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg this week sits one of the strangest seating products ever to see the... Continue Reading
Hawaiian chooses Adient herringbone, Collins Aspire for 787
Hawaiian Airlines is to install an Adient Aerospace Aspire-based outward-facing herringbone seat in the premium cabin of its Boeing 787-9 Dr... Continue Reading
JPA joins with F1’s Williams to offer materials, process expertise
Interiors powerhouse JPA Design and Formula 1 motor racing team Williams’ Advanced Engineering business are combining forces in a new partne... Continue Reading
Airbus expands Hamburg A350 Customer Definition Centre
Inside a heritage pre-WWI hangar at Airbus’ German factory headquarters now sits the extended and rebranded Airspace Customer Definition Cen... Continue Reading
Aviointeriors positions as alternative to consolidated super-suppliers
Aviointeriors is one of the smaller players in an aviation seat manufacturing industry increasingly characterized as overconsolidated. Yet w... Continue Reading
Swoop CEO on adjusting PaxEx to fit ultra LCC model
Steven Greenway, the CEO of WestJet subsidiary Swoop, is convinced that new LCCs or “ultra LCCs” such as his, have ample room to grow in Can... Continue Reading
Delta takes Main Cabin consistency seriously, and it shows
At what point does reliability and fleet commonality become so prevalent within an airline that all of my past experiences on said airline s... Continue Reading
London or no? Geraghty on guiding JetBlue’s future
JetBlue Airways has teased the prospect of launching flights to Europe for years. Now, under the leadership of president and chief operating... Continue Reading
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