Details and Design

Airbus executive showcases the airframer's Airspace Link IoT Services. Food is stacked on shelves to represent an aircraft galley, and a smart trolley is in view.

Airbus advances design of Airspace Link smart platform

Anyone who has connected their oven to the Internet to cook this year’s Thanksgiving turkey to perfection or used a smart HVAC system to ach... Continue Reading

Close up photo of the AirShield retrofitted to an overhead PSU onboard

Pexco Aerospace highlights knock-on benefits of AirShield

High-efficiency particulate air (commonly known as HEPA) filters have purified the air onboard many modern jets for decades. And, during the... Continue Reading

A woman is relaxing with her seat in recline position on the Starlux A350

Starlux first to brand front-row business-plus as first class on A350

First class or business-plus? That’s the question that many airlines are asking themselves when it comes to deciding how to sell the extra-f... Continue Reading

Business plus seat on an aircraft. The seat is in grey and beige tones with soft blue lighting coloring the scene, and wood trim adding accent.

Business-plus front-row seats: where we are and where we’re going

As more and more airlines unveil new business-plus front-row seats, the dynamics of how they’re designing, marketing and selling these trave... Continue Reading

An armrest is not a part of Style & Design’s Laurent Stritter Switch seat on display at a trade show.

What to do with the premium economy armrest console?

The picture is becoming increasingly clear that a growing number of airlines are relying on premium economy seats as part of their passenger... Continue Reading

Analysing the details and design in Lufthansa’s new first class suites

Lufthansa’s forthcoming first class seat — part of its Allegris generation of nose-to-tail products — is such a departure from its existing ... Continue Reading

A 5-abreast premium economy cabin for single-aisle aircraft with headspace and overhead bins adapted to the asymmetrical structure, as well as various other parts, such as front row monuments, partitions, class dividers and more. This cabin incorporates HAECO’s Eclipse Staggered seat. Image: Diehl

Diehl delves into key cabin trends as aviation rebounds

As the commercial aviation industry accelerates out of the COVID-19 pandemic, aircraft interiors and avionics specialist Diehl Aviation is d... Continue Reading

Austrian Airlines Boeing 777-200ER at the airport.

Austrian swaps six 777 business seats for 16 premium, 14 economy

The Lufthansa Group carrier Austrian Airlines is removing the single row of business class behind the second set of doors on its Boeing 777-... Continue Reading

A rendering of the Paradym seat by Lift Aero Design. The seat is grey with light blue headrests.

LIFT’s new premium/ancillary Paradym: wider, convertible triples?

2022 is the year when airlines, designers, seat manufacturers — and indeed passengers — are looking for more in premium economy. The class i... Continue Reading

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

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