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Restructured ZIM aims for premium and single-aisle market

When German seatmaker ZIM Flugsitz went into restructuring in the middle of last year, it set off warning bells within the aviation supply c... Continue Reading

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Collins adds mid-cabin Switch to door-bar monument family

As airlines look to outfit their future longhaul aircraft — whether that’s the new Airbus A321XLR, for example, or a refit of existing... Continue Reading

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After the A380, whither the new wave of halo products?

With the demise of Airbus’ A380 programme, a crucial aspect of premium passenger experience design finds itself looking for a new home: the ... Continue Reading

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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

Aviation’s square root-shaped four-stage COVID-19 recovery process

Talking with people throughout the aviation industry, the general consensus is that the initial phases of the impact of COVID-19 on airlines... Continue Reading

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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

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Commercial aviation may not see rebound until 2023

In a sobering new report, Moody’s predicts that the broad base of global suppliers feeding aircraft manufacturers will be “the last of the d... Continue Reading

#PaxEx Podcast Transcribed: How big data is shaping aviation

We are pleased to provide a transcript of the #PaxEx Podcast, Episode 69, the audio recording of which was published on 17 October 2019. Mus... Continue Reading

#PaxEx Podcast: How big data is shaping every aspect of aviation

Welcome to Episode 69 of the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks how the airline passenger experience is evolving in a mobile, social, vocal world.... Continue Reading

OneWeb aims to disrupt IFC; pursues linefit with Airbus and Boeing

A few years away from launching Ku-band aero service over a Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellation of satellites, OneWeb is working to secure l... Continue Reading

Wuggetzer highlights the need for consistency in #PaxEx

Airbus teases new business, premium seats for longhaul narrowbodies

With the sales success of the ten-hour-capable A321XLR since its announcement at the Paris Air Show this June, and in the context of product... Continue Reading

Inside the 20-year forecasts at Airbus, Boeing and Embraer

Making sense of the dueling twenty-year market demand forecasts between airframers is a mix of art and science, as Airbus, Boeing, an... Continue Reading

Safran aims ECOS bin technology at SpaceJet, other aircraft

Bigger bins are big business in commercial aviation, even on little planes. Safran Cabin, the former Zodiac Aerospace, has been working for ... Continue Reading

#PaxEx Podcast Transcribed: Deciphering Airbus and Boeing in Paris

Runway Girl Network is pleased to now provide transcripts of the #PaxEx Podcast. Please, if you use and appreciate this transcript, email us... Continue Reading

#PaxEx Podcast: Deciphering the messaging from Airbus and Boeing in Paris

Welcome to Episode 67 of the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks how the airline passenger experience is evolving in a mobile, social, vocal world.... Continue Reading