Thompson to create Northern Ireland aircraft seat crash test facility
In a sign that Thompson Aero Seating has well and truly arrived, the fast-growing premium aircraft seatmaker has announced plans to create a... Continue Reading
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Northern Ireland’s Alice Blu Aero eyes narrowbody herringbone market
The premium narrowbody business class race is hotting up with a new seat — and new seatmaker — from Northern Ireland: Alice Blu Aero’s Quant... Continue Reading
Design enables wheelchairs in cabins without reducing seats
Disability activists and certain aircraft cabin design experts have long fought to usher in an industry step change by enabling powered whee... Continue Reading
Recaro builds space to grow and new HQ flam, crash testing
It’s a running joke in the aircraft seating world that the factories that build aircraft seats — products that are high technology, feature ... Continue Reading
More Virgin Australia seat delays raise FAA secrecy questions
A second B/E Aerospace outward-facing herringbone seat installation is being delayed because of safety certification issues — and the FAA is... Continue Reading
Seat length, width, certification crucial to Optimares success
Hawaiian Airlines’ new business class seat — the first implementation of Optimares’ new Maxima product — focusses on density while also prom... Continue Reading
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