Virgin Atlantic on design safaris and stoking the fires of brand love
This week’s big reveal of the stunning Virgin Atlantic Airbus A350 interior represents the culmination of nearly four years of product... Continue Reading
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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
Designing cabins for the nomadic businesswoman traveler
The needs of the nomadic businesswoman traveler shed light on something that women have known all along: the airline passenger experience ne... Continue Reading
Hawaiian chooses Adient herringbone, Collins Aspire for 787
Hawaiian Airlines is to install an Adient Aerospace’s Ascent outward-facing herringbone seat in the premium cabin of its Boeing 787-9 ... 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
Flying hygge: designing cosiness in the air
Curling up contentedly on a sofa in comfy pyjamas with a cosy rug, a warm mug of hot chocolate, in a warm room with soft lighting, and perha... 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
Closing doors in business while opening windows in other cabins
If the recent debut of British Airways’ new Club Suite teaches us anything it is that passenger privacy is prized. Like the Delta One Suite ... 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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