Details and Design

Airbus A321XLR American Airlines Flagship Suite

American unveils solid but muted new business and business-plus suites

With its new Flagship Suite, American Airlines is the last US carrier to finally remove longhaul first, moving to the industry trend of ambi... Continue Reading

Two business class seats are brown in colour with red accents. Two large IFE screens are placed on in front of each seat.

What the design of Virgin’s new A330neo business means for industry

In the couple of months since Virgin Atlantic unveiled its new business class for its forthcoming A330-900neo fleet, your author has been mu... Continue Reading

The deluxe sleeper in the night trains is seen here, with a seating area, bed and table.

Inside Austria’s next-gen Nightjet sleeper trains

Within the next three years, a fleet of nearly three dozen Austrian Railways (ÖBB) Nightjet sleeper trains will be whizzing their way throug... Continue Reading

Rendering of Heric and Dodo, the former a seat triple, and the latter a double. All seats are in orange with black trim. This rendering shows how the seats are converted from their regular position to accommodate a bed. Image: Aviointeriors

Contemplating the latest set of #PaxEx questions from Aviointeriors

Italian seatmaker Aviointeriors is always up for a new concept. Its history of bringing ideas like the saddle seat Skyrider to passenger exp... Continue Reading

Large business class suites featuring the option to use doors and maroon thermoplastics

Doors light the fire of business mini-suite innovation

This northern hemisphere summer we’ve seen a number of new business class doored mini-suites either break cover, be shown for the first time... Continue Reading

A grey business class seat is accented by blue LED lighting on an aircraft.

Adient’s new 737 Ascent business and business-plus shine

Premium business class seats offering direct aisle access for every passenger have been relatively slow to arrive to the narrowbody world. T... Continue Reading

The Air4All system onboard, showing that wheelchairs could be supported without removing seats. The DOT is now eyeing a new rule for PRMs to stay in their own wheelchairs

Ideas abound as US DOT eyes wheelchairs in the cabin

US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg on 26 July announced that the DOT is working toward a future rule that would allow pass... Continue Reading

ITA Airways Airbus A350 business class window seat. The seats feature a lot of tan, grey and off-white.

ITA demonstrates the value and pitfalls of the generic widebody cabin

Analysing the passenger experience of a start-up airline — particularly one launched as quickly as ITA Airways, the successor to Italian nat... Continue Reading

Qatar 787 business class seat in maroon and grey colors.

Qatar’s new 787-9 seat: smart space and “kissing class”

With a Qatar Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on the tarmac at the Farnborough Airshow for visits, we jumped at the chance to get on board th... Continue Reading

A rendering of Safran's Unity business class seat in all grey tones. There are two center seats together in this image.

Safran’s Unity adds premium stagger to its business lineup

Amid the blizzard of new herringbone business class seating at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, a new staggered seat from the Safran Seats Franc... Continue Reading

HAECO Cabin Solutions’ 5-abreast Eclipse Staggered premium economy seat is all grey in this cabin mockup

HAECO touts five-abreast narrowbody premium/business

As airlines seek to span the comfort canyon between the increasingly luxurious and private business class doored mini-suites and increasingl... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace's Elements business class seat is grey with white thermoplastics and a green headrest.

Collins Aerospace herringbone: the evolution of Elevation to Elements

Collins Aerospace’s Super Diamond herringbone seat was one of the hallmark products of the 2010s. As we accelerate into the 2020s, the seatm... Continue Reading

Stelia booth at AIX 2019 is draped in long lights.

A private Rendez-Vous with Stelia poses luxury business class questions

It may seem odd to write a column about a business class seat that we cannot yet show you in pictures. But come with us to a secluded, close... Continue Reading

A female passenger is sitting in the Air NZ Business Premier seat. The seat is all white with a large IFE screen. There is purple hue lighting surrounding the Visa seat.

Behind the changes in Safran Seats GB’s Visa seat for Air NZ

At the very front of Air New Zealand’s new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner sits a new business class herringbone seat spanning two market segments, ... Continue Reading

Mirus Kestrel seat in grey on the show floor at AIX 2022

Mirus unveils Kestrel ultra-lightweight 28” slimline

Slimline seat specialist Mirus is breaking the 7.5kg fully dressed seat barrier with Kestrel, its latest pre-reclined economy class seat des... Continue Reading

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