#PaxEx Podcast: A Viasat chat as connectivity becomes entertainment
Welcome to the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks the evolution of the airline passenger experience and industry’s sustainability initiatives. We’... Continue Reading
Details and Design
Reframing longhaul away from time and distance and towards needs
With the arrival of longer range narrowbody aircraft like the Airbus A321neo and Boeing 737 MAX, and the imminent launch of the extra-long-r... Continue Reading
Emirates new 777 business class brings fleet up to A380 standard
Emirates is playing it safe — perhaps too safe? — with its refurbished Boeing 777 business class seats, which are very similar to the stagge... Continue Reading
TCI’s new Crystal biz suite breaks ground for Turkish Airlines
FARNBOROUGH — In the ongoing context of seatmaker and supplier overconsolidation, production problems and quality issues, the expansion of T... Continue Reading
British Airways’ new narrowbody cabin: a breath of fresh air
FARNBOROUGH — British Airways’ Airbus A320neo on static display at the Farnborough Airshow feels like it heralds a new BA. Your first ... Continue Reading
Qsuite Next Gen: raising the doors, if not the bar
FARNBOROUGH — Qatar Airways’ reveal of its new Qsuite business class seats was certainly the swankiest and most expensive of the first day o... Continue Reading
Korean Air goes deep brown with staggered business Prestige Suites 2.0
Korean Air’s new Prestige Suites 2.0 business class product has emerged, and will début on 25 July aboard the airline’s new Boeing 787-10 Dr... Continue Reading
Pocket pack cushion-blankets: a solution to waste and Mount Blankets?
HUDDERSFIELD — One of the fascinating challenges in premium classes today is what I call Mount Blankets: the collection of soft product plac... Continue Reading
Acro marks premium economy segment entry with INNOVARES
Fixed-shell premium economy seats garner mixed reactions. Some passengers love the privacy and feeling of control over their space. Others b... Continue Reading
Texture and depth in seat design: the next boundaries for CMF
The colour, material and finish of today’s and tomorrow’s aircraft interiors need to be about more than just disguising pieces of composite ... Continue Reading
Up close in Thompson’s new Vantage seat, Nova
Tucked away at the back of the Thompson Aero Seating stand at this year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo was the seatmaker’s latest product, Vantag... Continue Reading
The converging business class model: herringbone vs stagger
More than twenty years on from the first herringbone seating in business class — the original Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite — and almost... Continue Reading
Formia’s striking JAL amenity kits feature Heralbony statement art
HAMBURG — Bringing art into the cabin is often a regrettable exercise in blandness: vague abstractions in muted colours, timidity of shade, ... Continue Reading
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
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