JetBlue selects Thales AVANT IFE for future fleet of Airbus A220-300s
It’s an interesting time for the embedded inflight entertainment market, with some airlines preferring to embrace a BYOD-only model for thei... Continue Reading
Comfort
Spirit reups with new Acro seats, proposes replacing pitch measurement
US ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is introducing Acro Series 6LC slimline seats in its economy class, plus HAECO recliners in its Bi... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik teams up with LG for new AERQ PaxEx partnership
One of the ongoing critiques of the inflight entertainment industry is the slow speed at which the burgeoning advances in consumer technolog... Continue Reading
Seeking to move the needle on PaxEx topics at APEX and AIX expos
The APEX EXPO and Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), Americas are set to open their doors this week in Los Angeles. The co-located shows are alw... Continue Reading
A ‘Super’ sendoff for American Airlines’ MD-80 fleet
Before sunrise on 4 September, passengers and team members of American Airlines began to gather at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport’s... Continue Reading
Beyond residential: moving towards the lounge-as-Starbucks model
The driving design trend behind most airport business class (and especially first class) lounges over the last decade has been “residential”... Continue Reading
Overcoming constraints to wheelchair restraints in the aircraft cabin
An upcoming panel session at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Los Angeles, called Flying for All, will review the topic of accessibility in th... Continue Reading
Where supersupplier Safran sits as airframers go vertical
As recently as a year ago, the message from commercial aircraft manufacturers about the growing cadre of supplersuppliers was one of distrus... Continue Reading
Safran offers upscaling solution to low-def IFE content problem
In a world where inflight entertainment (IFE) screens continue to increase in size, resolution and clarity, the ongoing failure of content p... Continue Reading
A350 premium economy trends towards narrower 2-4-2 layout
What does premium economy look like? For most of the life of this middle cabin — launched in 1992 by either Virgin Atlantic or EVA Air, whic... Continue Reading
Does viral easyJet picture reveal gap in safety regs or procedures?
When easyJet removed two seatbacks from one of its in-service aircraft, it didn’t imagine that a single photograph from a passenger of the n... Continue Reading
Behind the rise and rise of the Recaro CL3710
It may not have the snappiest name — like any good Recaro seat, it shares a product number with an old Nokia phone — but the Recaro CL3710 i... Continue Reading
Airbus introduces Flex Zones for A321neo and A321XLR lavatories
Airbus is expanding the possible footprint positions of lavatories on its A321neo aircraft as part of its development of the narrowbody̵... Continue Reading
JAL eschews ten-abreast A350 even on domestic aircraft
In the context of Airbus’ recent strategic shift towards arguing that ten-abreast seating on its A350 could deliver an acceptable level of c... Continue Reading
Longer flights, more differentiation: 8-hour vs 18-hour business class?
Airlines creating business class products today find themselves at the complicated crest of two trend waves. First, the mission range of wid... Continue Reading
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