Air4All wheelchair seat space wows with simplicity and elegance
Of all the aircraft seats and systems on display at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in June, one product seeks to enable passengers to remain in... Continue Reading
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AvioInteriors: Heric 2023 returns as a credible low-cost herringbone
There are many reasons to make AvioInteriors a stop on your annual circuit of the Aircraft Interiors Expo, and the excellent Italian espress... Continue Reading
Purveyors of premixed cocktails seek to shake things up in-flight
Ready-to-drink cocktails, a mainstay of picnics and barbecues, are arriving on planes, with many different companies vying for travellers... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic rolls out app-based CardioSecur heart ECG monitors
While onboard health and wellness sees a renaissance in terms of the food, beverages and other soft product served on board, a key part of t... Continue Reading
LSG and Kaelis join up the catering and soft product dots
Catering powerhouse LSG Group and onboard products specialists Kaelis are working in a new strategic partnership to break down barriers betw... Continue Reading
Airbus and Stelia show off new C Suite ultra-compact narrowbody seat
One of the most compelling seats on show at the Aircraft Interiors Expo wasn’t at a seatmaker’s stand or even within an aircraft cabin mocku... Continue Reading
Exciting new non-alcoholic beverages are ready to take flight
Drinking habits in the western world are changing, with more and more people drinking less or not at all, and Gen Zers embracing sobriety fa... Continue Reading
How Diehl and HAECO have reimagined the single-aisle premium cabin
In 2021, Diehl Aviation and HAECO Cabin Solutions inked a strategic commercial agreement to jointly deliver a wide range of aircraft cabin p... Continue Reading
Divine divan? Optimares SoFab persuades with comfortable simplicity
Throughout the forty-odd years that business class has existed, much of its design and development has been focussed on evolutionary and rev... Continue Reading
Jamco focusses on details with updated Quest stagger
Japanese seatmaker Jamco’s Quest for Elegance seat returned to the 2023 Aircraft Interiors Expo after a four-year absence, and while the cas... Continue Reading
AERQ completes HIC testing; introduces AERENA Experience Studio
AERQ has completed head injury criterion (HIC) testing on the in-seat displays that will fly — as part of its AERENA open IT platform — on a... Continue Reading
What does five-star business class soft product look like in 2023?
As the passenger experience industry prepares for the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg in early June, we’ve already looked at what makes a... Continue Reading
Airfares will rise to fund decarbonization of aviation: IATA
Passengers will “bear the cost” of the airline industry’s transition to net zero through higher airfares, the head of the ... Continue Reading
Hullabaloo but little change as France bans (some) domestic flights
French culture does not have a direct equivalent of the folktales Chicken Little or Henny Penny, mostly flightless birds who get all aflutte... Continue Reading
UK regulator considers rating airlines on their support for PRMs
The UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) is responsible for enforcing a key regulation covering the rights of disabled people and other persons... Continue Reading