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Qingdao Fleet tails lined up with a cloudy sky in the background.

Qingdao Airlines reaffirms satcom inflight connectivity commitment

Qingdao Airlines has reaffirmed its commitment to expanding and accelerating the deployment of satellite-supported, inflight high-speed Inte... Continue Reading

Airbus Airspace cabin showing the entryway, geometric design on the ceiling, blue and purple shades cast by LED lights and business class seats in greys and purple. Seats are in a 1-1 configuration.

Interiors suppliers trumpet work on new A320 Airspace brand cabins

In the years since Runway Girl Network first reported Airbus’ work to bring its widebody Airspace cabin brand to the narrowbody A320 family ... Continue Reading

Airbus A320neo on the tarmac of an airport. Grey skies fill the background.

Press Release: Bucher’s Bionic Partition installed successfully on A320

The Swiss specialist in aircraft interiors continues to focus on lightweight innovations for the aviation industry. Bucher is taking a techn... Continue Reading

Rear view of the PF3000 seat by pitch aero recently acquired by Causeway

Press Release: Causeway acquires Pitch Aircraft Seating Systems

Causeway Aero Group has acquired Pitch Aircraft Seating Systems for an undisclosed sum. This follows the award, in March 2019, of a contract... Continue Reading

The Geven Essenza slimline, pictured here aboard Lufthansa, has traditionally sat at the lower end of Geven’s passenger experience spectrum. But now Super Economy will be the low end, while Essenza moves to higher-end. Image: Geven

Geven to launch “super” economy seat for ULCCs, LCCs

Italian aircraft seatmaker Geven is preparing to launch a brand new economy class seat model aimed at meeting the needs of ultra-low-cost ca... Continue Reading

A head-on view of the JetBlue Mint cabin

JetBlue’s new Mint, new route, give new reasons to shout

Last year at this time, a JetBlue flight was practically a carnival in the clouds. Whatever you wanted to drink, eat or watch could be done,... Continue Reading

A side view of the the fully flat Allegra business class seat

Aviointeriors aims for the other side of COVID with new seats

With aircraft fleets grounded, many routes operating on a lifeline essential-only basis, and growing restrictions in many parts of the world... Continue Reading

All of the contents of the new amenity kit spread out on the hard surface of the Mint seat.

Wanderfuel makes wellness addition to JetBlue Mint cabin

A refreshed first class or business class cabin always drew attentive excitement in the carefree days of aviation, but now as the pandemic s... Continue Reading

CHOC4 Hero 2 with silver, blue and black parts

Press Release: Honeywell addresses ‘smell in cabin’ with nextgen catalyst

Honeywell has unveiled a new catalyst designed for aircraft cabin air systems that can help reduce delays, cancellations and unscheduled mai... Continue Reading

A computer image of the ThinKom Ka antenna atop an aircraft fuselage will be equipped on Spirirt

#Humpspotter Alert: ThinKom Ka antenna breaks cover on Spirit mod

Rumors have long swirled that ThinKom Solutions was helping Thales rectify the problems plaguing its long-delayed Ka-band inflight connectiv... Continue Reading

The A318 baby bus, in BA livery, on the ground

Goodbye to British Airways’ baby bus, the all-premium A318

Originally used as flight numbers for the legendary Concorde, BA1 and BA2 were more recently associated with the British Airways Club World ... Continue Reading

Press Release: Alaska Airlines to join oneworld

Alaska Airlines is to join oneworld®, becoming the alliance’s 14th member airline and bringing even more destinations and flights to custome... Continue Reading

A Qingdao Airlines A320 parked outside a hangar, with a blue tail and red design

FTS makes good on China IFC promise; looks to engage other markets

In the fall of 2018, China-backed FTS Technologies announced it would equip Qingdao Airlines’ fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft with its ... Continue Reading

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SES, Thales, ThinKom celebrate milestone flight demo of MEO/GEO IFC

Having validated an interoperable GEO/MEO connectivity platform in the cruise industry, SES Networks’ eyes are now on the skies for it... Continue Reading

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Airbus touts left-hook, right-hook MoM approach but Paris plan unclear

The middle of the market finds itself in an unprecedented kind of hot stasis. The Paris Air Show — where nine or even four months ago, Boein... Continue Reading