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Panasonic conducts full streaming Internet trials with airlines

Panasonic Avionics has conducted “full streaming” onboard Internet trials with undisclosed airlines after upgrading its customers’ air... Continue Reading

Breeze's first E190, parked, in the carrier's signature blue livery

Breeze Airways takes first E190; teases PaxEx details

US start-up Breeze Airways has taken delivery of an Embraer E190 — the first of 15 aircraft on lease from Nordic Aviation Capital (NAC) ... Continue Reading

The Geven Essenza slimline, pictured here aboard Lufthansa, has traditionally sat at the lower end of Geven’s passenger experience spectrum. But now Super Economy will be the low end, while Essenza moves to higher-end. Image: Geven

Geven to launch “super” economy seat for ULCCs, LCCs

Italian aircraft seatmaker Geven is preparing to launch a brand new economy class seat model aimed at meeting the needs of ultra-low-cost ca... Continue Reading

A top down view of the new Vantage Solo suite on JetBlue

JetBlue unveils Vantage Solo doored Mint suites — and Mint Studio

JetBlue is the launch customer for Thompson’s Vantage Solo inward-facing herringbone doored mini-suites — and a business-plus extra-seat fro... Continue Reading

Panasonic works to bring live sports to more airlines under IMG deal

Once the aviation industry begins its recovery phase, real-time entertainment appears poised to explode in-flight. People have grown accusto... Continue Reading

Opinion: Aviation and the question of requiring COVID-19 vaccination

More than a month on from the announcement of a more contagious and indeed more deadly variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19,... Continue Reading

Op-Ed: How do you solve a problem like Air India?

Air India, India’s national carrier, has a long and complicated history littered with missteps, failures, and some successes. Its current si... Continue Reading

A top down view of the Jamco Vantage Pristine seat, with sparkling white and light grey seat accents emphasizing the antimicrobial aspects of the seat

Jamco reveals new antimicrobial seat, Venture Pristine

If the aircraft interiors story of 2020 was figuring out how to get aircraft clean, the story of 2021 seems set to be designing cleanliness ... Continue Reading

The entrance to an A320, with the airframer's signature Airspace cabin, including LED lights and projected designs on the ceiling

Beyond seats: getting the new longhaul narrowbody cabins right

Longhaul narrowbody aircraft like the Airbus A321neo’s LR and XLR variants are going to be key to the COVID-19 recovery — and to future rout... Continue Reading

A side view of the the fully flat Allegra business class seat

Aviointeriors aims for the other side of COVID with new seats

With aircraft fleets grounded, many routes operating on a lifeline essential-only basis, and growing restrictions in many parts of the world... Continue Reading

The Airtek business class seat concept, as envisaged by JPA Design, featuring different athleisure seat fixtures such as coat hooks and retaining straps

Beyond yoga pants: athleisure seat fixtures reach business class

Remember back in 2017 when there was a big discussion about whether yoga pants — those ultra-comfortable, stretchy athletic-leisure garments... Continue Reading

Seatback IFE screens on board a widebody

Gogo envisages Bring Your Own License connected IFE

As the movie landscape is reshaped amid the COVID-19 crisis – and on the heels of the bombshell decision by Warner Bros. to exhibit it... Continue Reading

All of the contents of the new amenity kit spread out on the hard surface of the Mint seat.

Wanderfuel makes wellness addition to JetBlue Mint cabin

A refreshed first class or business class cabin always drew attentive excitement in the carefree days of aviation, but now as the pandemic s... Continue Reading

The original 2018 Air Rest didn't feature three-point belts (or, here at the annual AIX show that same year, any belts). Image shows Air Rest on the show floor, covered in grey fabric

Nij crunch leads to new three-point seatbelt default

When Cathay Pacific’s new A321neo business class seat — the Collins Aerospace Air Rest recliner — recently broke cover, Runway Girl Network’... Continue Reading

EASA issues call for tenders on cabin air quality study

For many years, airline crew members have expressed a wide variety of health concerns about contaminated air on aircraft. Now the European U... Continue Reading

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