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Press Release: Airbus updates production rates; sees slower A320 ramp

Airbus SE is updating its production rate planning for its A320 Family aircraft in response to the market environment. The new average produ... Continue Reading

The original 2018 Air Rest didn't feature three-point belts (or, here at the annual AIX show that same year, any belts). Image shows Air Rest on the show floor, covered in grey fabric

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

Multiple airbus aircraft inflight over top of clouds with a clear sky above them

Press Release: Orolia ELT-DT selected by Airbus for GADSS compliance

Orolia has been awarded a single source, multi-year program contract to supply its next-generation Emergency Locator Transmitter, Distress T... Continue Reading

Press Release: ABC International delivers cabin crests to Japan Airlines

Aviation Business Consultants International is proud to announce the delivery of decorative crests to Japan Airlines (JAL), the Japanese fla... Continue Reading

A Korean Air widebody with signature teal seats, and a smartly-dressed flight attendant

Korean’s Asiana takeover to reshape NE Asia passenger landscape

Korean Air is to take over its struggling hometown challenger Asiana Airlines for the equivalent of US$1.6 billion, in a move that will resh... Continue Reading

Press Release: CTT and Camfil partner for onboard humidifier filtration

CTT SYSTEMS AB, which provides aircraft humidity control, today announces it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Camfil, a l... Continue Reading

Recaro's CL6720 business class suite is shown. It offers great privacy. A man is seen sleeping in privacy

Recaro aims at density, quality with revamped CL6720 suite

When premium class travel demand returns after COVID-19, the landscape will look very different: fewer first class products, fewer older and... Continue Reading

A Qatar Airways Airbus 350-900 taxiing at Zurich Airport

Qatar Airways celebrates 100th aircraft with broadband Internet

Qatar Airways is celebrating the launch of its 100th aircraft to feature high-speed inflight Internet, which enables passengers to stay conn... Continue Reading

Annica Dieterich smiling inside a Diehl aircraft cabin mock-up

Solving the puzzle of cabin interior supplier configuration management

When an airline or business jet customer specifies their aircraft interior, a huge number of highly engineered — and safety tested — pieces ... Continue Reading

This photo is of a Hong Kong Airlines Airbus A320-200 on final approach for runway 25R at Hong Kong international Airport.

Aerkomm taps ThinKom and Kontron as partners for new Ka IFC system

Aerkomm Inc., the upstart inflight connectivity provider that is working with Airbus Interior Services to install its Ka-band system initial... Continue Reading

Two flight attendants stand beside the Horizon Premier suites aboard Aeroflot's A350

Collins Aerospace on the challenges and rewards of developing Horizon

The last trip this writer took before the COVID-19 pandemic pummeled the aviation industry was to report on the new Aeroflot A350 for Runway... Continue Reading

A picture of Diehl's offices in southern Germany. A blue sky serves as a backdrop to the building. Three flags are in front

Interiors innovation, at speed, in the time of COVID-19

In a time of crisis, it would be all too easy for a paralysis of innovation to set in for aircraft interiors suppliers. Airframers are endin... Continue Reading

Sunset out the window of a Singapore Airlines A350, flying the world's longest route. Clouds and a beautiful pale yellow/pink light is seen in the sky

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Singapore Airlines mostly impresses on world’s longest flight

The air was thick and humid outside Singapore’s sprawling Changi International Airport last September. The blast of cold, conditioned ... Continue Reading

Freight wrapped in a net on board a passenger aircraft

Press Release: Airbus mod enables pallet install onto floor seat tracks

Airbus is developing a modification for A330 and A350 family aircraft which will enable airlines to install freight pallets directly onto th... Continue Reading

Press Release: Airbus revises production rates due to Coronavirus market

After a solid commercial and industrial performance at the beginning of the year, Airbus is now revising its production rates downwards to a... Continue Reading