In Conversation: Airbus’ Innovation Days with Howard Slutsken
Fresh from the Airbus Innovation Days in Toulouse, aviation journalist and storyteller Howard Slutsken joins RGN deputy editor John Walton t... Continue Reading
Comfort
Designing the self-aware cabin of the very near future
As digitalization takes to the skies, there are fresh opportunities to improve the passenger experience, extending the service life and util... Continue Reading
Behind the scenes of Gran Canaria airport’s impressive infrastructure
Arriving into Gran Canaria airport, it feels like any other efficient, cheap and cheerful holiday airport in Europe. Most passengers arrive ... Continue Reading
Airbus pushes 10-abreast A350 beyond leisure/charter markets
Having told Runway Girl Network in 2015 that it is working to make the 10-abreast A350 XWB more comfortable, Airbus now confirms it has adva... Continue Reading
Jamco’s quest for elegance results in upmarket new staggered seat
With the exception of some of the possible arrangements and kinematics of its Spread Your Wings seat from last year, Japanese seatmaker Jamc... Continue Reading
After engines, cabin supply chain is Airbus’ biggest A320neo blocker
Supply chain problems with engines are still causing headaches for raising the rate of production of the Airbus A320neo family, but the pass... Continue Reading
Recaro not sleeping on success after bumper year and award wins
As economy seat specialist Recaro goes from strength to strength, with a Red Dot Product Design award for its shorthaul BL3710 slimline and ... Continue Reading
Beyond Beyoncé: in search of a post-doors model for suite privacy
Last year I coined the idea of the Beyoncé Model for updated business class seats with doors on the side giving business mini-suites: “if yo... Continue Reading
Inflight Dublin wins new IFE content business with three airlines
Inflight Dublin (IFD), a global provider of inflight entertainment content and wireless solutions, has won new IFE content services business... Continue Reading
New airline galley equipment offers better food & beverages – and IoT
When you think “galley insert”, you might think of industrial design that could charitably be described as “industrial chic”, replete with b... Continue Reading
Global Eagle works to disrupt IFE content supply chain via the cloud
Global Eagle’s share price may not be soaring, but management is moving full steam ahead to disrupt the inflight entertainment supply ... Continue Reading
Style & Design’s Moments seat poses fascinating questions
I wasn’t expecting to come across one of the most thought-provoking seats of the 2019 Aircraft Interiors Expo at the booth of upholsterers M... Continue Reading
The growing role of AIX as space for provoking collaborative thought
“Stop, collaborate and listen,” wrote recording artist Vanilla Ice in his seminal 1990 work “Ice Ice Baby”, and this principle was well and ... Continue Reading
ANA’s new-look A380 hints at sophisticated 777-9 design
ANA’s Airbus A380 interior is designed for the leisure Hawaii market but the broader look shows ANA evolving to a more sophisticated b... Continue Reading
Jamco uses Mixed Reality tech to help on-the-fly seat fixes
As airline seats become more complex, more customized and more detailed in terms of color, material and finish, keeping them fully functiona... Continue Reading
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