Details and Design

Hawaiian Airlines Boeing 787 Dreamliner in-flight at sunset.

Hawaiian reveals 2.5-class 787 and new Adient suites

As Hawaiian Airlines transitions from its Airbus A330 fleet to the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliners that will be delivered from early next year, it ... Continue Reading

Rebranded seatmaker Thompson stays trend-savvy as it readies for AIX

As ‘premium leisure travel’ and ‘partner travel’ trends accelerate post-pandemic, fast-growing premium aircraft seatmaker Thompson Aero Seat... Continue Reading

A sleek white amenity kit trimmed with black on a wood table, with various items displayed including lip balm and moisturizer.

Rethinking amenity kits: the take-what-you-need model

The airline goodie bag remains one of the signature must-haves for premium travel. In first class, they have evolved to giveaways featuring ... Continue Reading

A view of the flydubai Safran Vue business class seat from the front of the aircraft. Large overhead bins and the Boeing Sky Interior's signature LED lighting can be seen in this shot.

Safran’s Vue débuts as flydubai Business Suite

The latest airline to unveil a single-aisle long-haul business class mini-suite is flydubai, which will launch the Safran Vue outward-facing... Continue Reading

In LATAM's business class cabin two seats are next to each other to create a honeymoon effect. The seats are all brown with red headrests.

Getting the honeymoon seat right for premium leisure travel

One of the most notable changes to the passenger airline as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic — and the societal changes that it continues t... Continue Reading

The word "ReWILDing" is seen on a piece of yellow fabric, which is being held above a table by two people's hands. Other fabric samples, and plants, are seen on the table. Image: Muirhead

Nature and sustainability inspire ReWILDing collection from Muirhead

Scottish leather supplier Muirhead in June will debut a new collection at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg. Visitors to the firm... Continue Reading

Exploring the PaxEx possibilities as Icelandair goes A321neo

Icelandair, a longtime Boeing operator, is gearing up to start adding Airbus aircraft to its fleet in the middle of the decade. To that end,... Continue Reading

Recaro CL6720 business class seat in brown and cream tones.

Europe’s Big Three: why the business class CMF yawnfest?

Why are the business class seats from Europe’s major airlines so bland? Beige, grey, perhaps a bit of blue… it’s all a little too reminiscen... Continue Reading

Economy class cabin with all grey seats on Air Japan

Japanese modernity by Acumen for ANA’s Air Japan all-economy 787-8

There’s a fresh wind of new medium-to-long-haul low-cost carriers blowing across the Asian market, and especially in Japan where ANA’s new s... Continue Reading

Virgin Atlantic A330 business class seat. Purples and pinks cast a nice glow on the product.

The stratification of business class seats in the 2020s

As the steady pace of new business class seats — and their implementation on airlines worldwide — continues to gather after aviation’s... Continue Reading

Swiss Senses First Class suite on the A330.

Swiss tickles the Senses but product positioning questions arise

Returning from Lufthansa’s Berlin launch of its new Allegris seats — more widely called the Future InterContinental Experience (FICE) produc... Continue Reading

Rendering of two Geo devices with people in them, set against a white backdrop

Airport personal electric vehicle Geo aims to bring back PRM joy

Persons with reduced mobility (PRMs) who need assistance navigating the airport are all too familiar with lacklustre passenger experiences o... Continue Reading

The interior of an Avanti train shows two window seats facing each other with a large table in between. Domestic air transport, on the other hand, does not facilitate this arrangement.

Time and Space: UK first class air transport versus the train

In Great Britain, where true high-speed rail remains the stuff of dreams (outside of Eurostar), point-to-point air and train services are of... Continue Reading

The nose of a JSX ERJ-145 as it is ready to be boarded for flight on the Dallas Love Field.

How a Covid cautious prototype led JSX to adopt luxury on its ERJ-145s

When JSX debuted a spacious and sparkling new interior on board one of its Embraer E-145 jets during the Covid crisis, the ‘semi-priva... Continue Reading

Project Sunrise A350 First Class suite. A seat is next to an already-made bed. Both are seen in various cream colours.

Qantas’ Project Sunrise A350 first and business: that’s it?

Qantas is being smart about trickling the rollout announcements of the seats aboard its Project Sunrise Airbus A350s, driving the front cabi... Continue Reading

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