Comfort

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

Laura Karbach is pictured standing behind a row of Recaro slimline seats

Managing supply chain quality in complicated times

Achieving and maintaining high quality aircraft seat manufacturing is a complicated job, with today’s mobile, social and vocal airline passe... Continue Reading

Turkish Technic sees wireless hardware fly on Turkish Airlines

Turkish Airlines’ maintenance, repair and overhaul unit Turkish Technic can add wireless entertainment and connectivity hardware to its cadr... Continue Reading

Emirates' new premium economy seat, with cream covers. The photo shows the new calfrest for passengers

Emirates’ premium economy shows upgrades but no category shift

There was a time in the distant past — by which, at the end of 2020, we mean any time before the COVID-19 crisis — when Emirates’ adoption o... Continue Reading

A seatback screen showing a cartoon in-flight. A man's hand is seen holding up a device which states: "QuiverTree: Aviation Media Specialists"

QuiverTree Media eyes advertising and OTT service integration for IFE

Months before Boeing’s partnership with Spanish firm Immfly led to the late-November launch of a new wireless IFE and digital services... Continue Reading

A man sleeps in an economy class seat with a headrest propping up his head.

Beyond Eurobusiness: the trend towards fully featured economy up front

What do British Airways, Frontier Airlines, KLM and TAP Air Portugal have in common? No, this isn’t the setup to a #PaxEx punchline — it’s a... Continue Reading

Singapore Airlines expands US flights as vaccine spurs recovery hopes

Singapore Airlines will significantly increase its existing US flight schedule on 18 January 2021, expanding to daily departures from Los An... Continue Reading

The impressive bespoke economy class seat design seen aboard Virgin Atlantic's A350. Image from Virgin shows a view from the overhead, looking down at the sleek, modern, seat and seatback IFE

Designing future #PaxEx in the COVID space shift

Our world has changed, and will continue to change, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our lives. As one of the most int... Continue Reading

Air India aircraft tail. A red tail with a sunburst on it.

Air India taps Aeroplay as CSP, as IFE evolves amid COVID

Aeroplay Entertainment, a Singapore-based boutique content service provider with a lab facility in Mumbai, is on the march, having recently ... Continue Reading

A Zotefoams executive holds a piece of the extra-rigid foam in his hands.

Will rigid foams gain greater presence in cabin interiors?

Whenever a company proposes reducing the weight of a significant cabin material by two thirds, the aircraft interiors industry takes notice.... Continue Reading

Rows of slimline seats on an Airbus narrowbody with tablets fixed to the back of the seats, showing streaming content

Airbus W-IFE represents natural evolution of airframer strategy

Airbus has long offered an inflight connectivity backbone on board its aircraft, enabling approved aero ISPs to interface with the architect... Continue Reading

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