Airtek seat designers on the certification challenges of composites
Increasing the use of composite materials in cabin products has many clear benefits, with the JPA Design/Williams Airtek seat targeting a we... Continue Reading
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COVID’s cabin design challenge: how do you “show clean”?
Proving a negative is hard work. That’s certainly true when it’s showing that an aircraft seat has been cleaned and disinfected, and it’s ev... Continue Reading
Reflections on a new generation of single-aisle flatbeds
A second generation of single-aisle fully flat beds — offering direct aisle access — is ready and willing to improve the passenger experienc... Continue Reading
JetBlue unveils Vantage Solo doored Mint suites — and Mint Studio
JetBlue is the launch customer for Thompson’s Vantage Solo inward-facing herringbone doored mini-suites — and a business-plus extra-seat fro... Continue Reading
Jamco reveals new antimicrobial seat, Venture Pristine
If the aircraft interiors story of 2020 was figuring out how to get aircraft clean, the story of 2021 seems set to be designing cleanliness ... Continue Reading
Aviointeriors aims for the other side of COVID with new seats
With aircraft fleets grounded, many routes operating on a lifeline essential-only basis, and growing restrictions in many parts of the world... Continue Reading
Beyond yoga pants: athleisure seat fixtures reach business class
Remember back in 2017 when there was a big discussion about whether yoga pants — those ultra-comfortable, stretchy athletic-leisure garments... Continue Reading
Nij crunch leads to new three-point seatbelt default
When Cathay Pacific’s new A321neo business class seat — the Collins Aerospace Air Rest recliner — recently broke cover, Runway Girl Network’... Continue Reading
Emirates’ premium economy shows upgrades but no category shift
There was a time in the distant past — by which, at the end of 2020, we mean any time before the COVID-19 crisis — when Emirates’ adoption o... Continue Reading
Beyond Eurobusiness: the trend towards fully featured economy up front
What do British Airways, Frontier Airlines, KLM and TAP Air Portugal have in common? No, this isn’t the setup to a #PaxEx punchline — it’s a... Continue Reading
Designing future #PaxEx in the COVID space shift
Our world has changed, and will continue to change, as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on our lives. As one of the most int... Continue Reading
LSG’s COVID-19 food trend update asks big questions
COVID-19 has reshaped the way airlines deliver onboard food in 2020. Some have stopped entirely, some have stopped on some flights, some hav... Continue Reading
Designing regulation to enable seat safety and innovation
In the context of unprecedented distrust in aviation safety regulation, largely but not entirely driven by the exposure of regulatory failur... Continue Reading
Inside Stelia’s plans for certifying its Opera narrowbody seat
Whenever a new seat type comes along, especially one that moves the needle among its competitors as dramatically as Stelia’s new outward-fac... Continue Reading
Inside Singapore Airlines’ training for businesses
For almost half the history of aviation, Singapore Airlines’ flight attendants have been the most iconic design personification of an airlin... Continue Reading