Opinion: Evacuation testing must reflect passengers taking bags
After yet another aircraft emergency evacuation with passengers bringing personal items and carry-on baggage, it is time for the aviation in... Continue Reading
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Airbus Services highlights recovery opportunity, digitalisation
Aircraft services is big business: in 2019 during its last Global Markets Forecast, Airbus predicted a services market of some US$4.9t over ... Continue Reading
Bombardier names Collins as connectivity service provider of choice
LAS VEGAS — Bombardier has named Collins Aerospace as its Preferred Service Provider (PSP) to power cockpit and cabin connectivity. The arra... Continue Reading
AERQ managing directors unveil plan for AERENA open IT platform
Having vowed to digitize aircraft cabins AERQ today formally launched AERENA, its modular and open IT platform for commercial aircraft. A jo... Continue Reading
Air traffic management: decarbonisation’s low-hanging fruit?
Of all the measures, proposals, technologies and prospective breakthroughs discussed at Airbus’ sustainability summit this month in Toulouse... Continue Reading
Aircraft retrofit market readies for new IFC system installs
A wave of new inflight connectivity system installations is forthcoming as airlines prepare to replace legacy kit with next-gen hardware and... Continue Reading
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
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
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
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
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
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