Comfort

A330neo Airbus Airspace display at AIX 2024

Airbus A330neo upgrade package is NIF, not NPS

HAMBURG — Airbus is offering a set of cabin interior changes to its A330neo, focussing on consistency in lighting and aesthetics across its ... Continue Reading

Stelia Opera Essential header. Image - John Walton

Lightweight Stelia Opera Essential seat asks hard questions in biz

HAMBURG — How light can a business class seat be if you reduce it to its essentials — and what are those essentials for today’s traveller? T... Continue Reading

A passenger uses his connected device whilst seated in an Ascent recliner, part of the Nicest bundle offered on Breeze Airways' Airbus A220s.

One-on-one with Breeze Airways’ product development director

Flying transcon recently aboard a Viasat-fitted Breeze Airways Airbus A220 was deeply instructive for your author. The carrier has embraced ... Continue Reading

A mobile device is sitting on the tablet holder of the Southwest Recaro R2 seat on display at AIX 2024

Southwest, Recaro unveil customised R2 seats for future 737s

HAMBURG — Tapped to develop a customised seating product for Southwest Airlines’ future Boeing 737 MAX deliveries starting in 2025, Re... Continue Reading

Looking at the side of the Unum seat that is grey with orange trim, and features the unique foldable door.

Unum shines at AIX with innovative new not-door and launch customer

HAMBURG — Startup seatmaker Unum hit the Aircraft Interiors Expo this year as a Crystal Cabin Award finalist, with a seat ready for critical... Continue Reading

Thales FlytEdge presentation at AIX 2024

Thales takes IFE innovation to the edge with edge-caching and cloud

HAMBURG — IFE grand maison Thales used the occasion of the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg to reveal its new FlytEDGE digital IFE s... Continue Reading

ATR HighLine cabin concept is bright with 1-1 large seat layout.

ATR develops HighLine all-business option and announces customer

HAMBURG — Regional turboprop maker ATR has unveiled the latest development of its HighLine-branded series of cabin options, announcing an ag... Continue Reading

Air4All economy class seat set on display at AIX 2024, before the cushions are removed on two seats to accommodate a wheelchair.

First look at Air4All economy wheelchair system, recliner model update

HAMBURG — Air4All, the consortium designing a revolutionary and long awaited wheelchair seating system for aircraft that will allow wheelcha... Continue Reading

RECARO Aircraft Seating's colorful chart with the pictures of all 6 seat versions. R1,R2,R3,R4,R5,R7

Recaro renames product range to R1-7 numbers… with R8 on the way?

HAMBURG — Farewell to the long-standing joke about whether a new Recaro seat model number matched the one for your old Nokia phone — the Ger... Continue Reading

Indigo aircrafts all lined up at the airport.

IndiGo to launch business class product

Budget carrier IndiGo, India’s largest and most successful airline, currently offers cheap, cheerful, all-economy service that sometimes ruf... Continue Reading

Onboard with Safran’s Euphony in-headrest speaker system

Since its reveal at the 2022 Aircraft Interiors Expo, Runway Girl Network has been watching Safran’s Euphony in-headrest speaker system with... Continue Reading

Accessibility is so important. In this image, an elderly lady is using a wheelchair at the airport. The DOT is among the world's safety regulators advancing protections for wheelchair users.

Collins Aerospace to unveil onboard wheelchair accommodation at AIX

Collins Aerospace has for some time worked on accessible aviation solutions, notably teaming with students at the National Institute for Avi... Continue Reading

Breeze Airways A220 parked at the gate on a blue sky day. The aircraft features Breeze's signature blue-on-blue-on-blue colored livery.

Breeze enjoys strong momentum with premium leisure LCC focus

Three years after launching perfectly nice budget service to underserved markets with a cluster of leased all-economy Embraer E-Jets, Breeze... Continue Reading

A rendering of a Kestrel economy class seat triple by Mirus. The slimline seat is all black on a white background.

Mirus certifies ultra-lightweight 6.9kg/pax Kestrel slimline

Fresh from a final round of certification testing at its internal M-TEST facility, UK seatmaker Mirus confirms that its slimline, ultra-ligh... Continue Reading

A Eurostar Siemens e320 arrives at Lille Europe station in the early morning hours. Headlights of the train are very bright.

New train price tracker brings aviation comparison tools to Eurostar

European travel can sometimes feel like an embarrassment of riches due to the sheer number of available options. Take the Paris to London ro... Continue Reading

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