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Six open questions that single-aisle longhaul still needs to answer

As the single-aisle longhaul market continues to accelerate, a number of key passenger experience design questions still need to be answered... Continue Reading

Jamco aircraft lavatory door handle with instructions on how to use wrist and be hands free opening and closing it. Part of touchless travel.

Self-service and the three-segment touchless travel trend

Aviation has seen many changes to the way it operates as the result of COVID-19. In the passenger experience arena, one of the biggest trend... Continue Reading

Press Release: ANA to install world’s first hands-free lavatory door

All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for eight consecutive years, has partnered with JAMCO Corporation to deve... Continue Reading

Diehl Aviation's Portable Clean Light casting a purple light over a aircraft lavatory. The words "visit us at booth #1371" are at the bottom of the image.

Press Release: Diehl Aviation exhibits at MRO Americas 2021

Diehl Aviation is exhibiting again at MRO Americas, taking place this year in Orlando, Florida (USA) from April 27th to April 29th. Trade vi... Continue Reading

The entrance to an A320, with the airframer's signature Airspace cabin, including LED lights and projected designs on the ceiling

Beyond seats: getting the new longhaul narrowbody cabins right

Longhaul narrowbody aircraft like the Airbus A321neo’s LR and XLR variants are going to be key to the COVID-19 recovery — and to future rout... Continue Reading

Press Release: Jamco reveals hands-free lavatory technologies

Jamco Corporation has revealed its new hands-free lavatory lock knob and door handle, which enable passengers to unlock and open the lavator... Continue Reading

A male Finnair cabin crew member, dressed smartly and wearing a mask, communicates with a female passenger on board

Horizon scan: how PaxEx is changing during COVID and afterwards

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an enormous variety of solutions have been proposed to reduce the risk of the spread of the SARS-C... 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

Press Release: Jamco announces Project Blue Sky clean cabin initiative

Jamco Corporation announces its new “Project Blue Sky” initiative, which is a global, collaborative clean cabin initiative between Jamco and... Continue Reading

Safran Cabin temporarily suspends production at four plants

Aircraft interiors supplier Safran Cabin has temporarily suspended production at four plants in North America as it wades through the challe... Continue Reading

Looking out a circular aircraft window at the wing tip in the clouds with a cabin pressure box titled in front

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Alaska Airlines hard product largely shines on A321neo

Alaska Airlines found itself in a weird position when it acquired Virgin America. Virgin operated an all-Airbus fleet that Alaska didn’t wan... Continue Reading

Aircraft lavatories being assembled at the Diehl Aviation factory

Diehl reminds industry it has long offered aisle-serviced lav option

Global cabin integration and avionics specialist Diehl Aviation is challenging the notion that “external waste bin access” for a... Continue Reading

A photo of the ST Engineering Arc lavatory, showing a side cubbie for waste, which slides out into the aisle rather than internally in the lav. This allows crew to easily service the lav.

Service a lavatory from the aisle with ST Engineering’s Arc design

ST Engineering’s Arc lavatory aims for an interior appearance that is immediately eye-pleasing to economy class passengers but also industri... Continue Reading

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Extendable lavatory brings comfort and dignity back to passengers

Dignity is coming back to the airline lavatory, which in recent years has been a source of growing complaints from passengers. At best they ... Continue Reading

Seeking to move the needle on PaxEx topics at APEX and AIX expos

The APEX EXPO and Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), Americas are set to open their doors this week in Los Angeles. The co-located shows are alw... Continue Reading