Qsuite Next Gen: raising the doors, if not the bar
FARNBOROUGH — Qatar Airways’ reveal of its new Qsuite business class seats was certainly the swankiest and most expensive of the first day o... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: business class
Lufthansa Allegris front-row Business Suite mostly impresses
Flying Lufthansa’s much-anticipated Allegris business class — full disclosure, as a guest of the airline — in its business-plus front-row Bu... Continue Reading
Texture and depth in seat design: the next boundaries for CMF
The colour, material and finish of today’s and tomorrow’s aircraft interiors need to be about more than just disguising pieces of composite ... Continue Reading
The converging business class model: herringbone vs stagger
More than twenty years on from the first herringbone seating in business class — the original Virgin Atlantic Upper Class Suite — and almost... Continue Reading
Condor gives legacies run for their money even with missing seat parts
While many airlines go through branding refreshes once in a blue moon, few see such a drastic overhaul as Condor. The 68-year old German lei... Continue Reading
Panasonic/Collins MAYA seat concept: immersive or overwhelming?
HAMBURG — One of the showstoppers of the Aircraft Interiors Expo this year was MAYA, a concept business seat designed by Collins Aerospace a... Continue Reading
Lightweight Stelia Opera Essential seat asks hard questions in biz
HAMBURG — How light can a business class seat be if you reduce it to its essentials — and what are those essentials for today’s traveller? T... Continue Reading
Press Release: Collins Aerospace and Panasonic Avionics unveil MAYA
Collins Aerospace, an RTX business, and Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics) today jointly unveiled MAYA, a transformative vi... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Inside the first Lufthansa A350 fitted with Allegris
On 25 April, Lufthansa hosted an exclusive Allegris Preview Press Event in Munich, Germany, where the carrier welcomed journalists on board ... Continue Reading
JAL 787 business class: still a strong contender
Often, looking back on a product from the point of view of a deep-dive into its replacement is informative, and so it was on my recent trip ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Aer Lingus launches new summer menu and expanded IFE
Aer Lingus is set to serve its customers a taste of summer, with its new Business Class menu and expanded in-flight entertainment library. T... Continue Reading
Press Release: Lufthansa business class debuts new culinary highlights
Board, take off, relax, and enjoy: Lufthansa is continually enhancing its in-flight product to provide a pleasant journey for passengers in ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Emirates launches luxurious Business Class loungewear
From 1 February onwards, Emirates is launching an innovatively designed, complimentary inflight loungewear set for Business Class customers ... Continue Reading
Narrowbody herringbones: the 3D Wave and why it needs a comeback
Seatmakers are always seeking to carve out space from the airline cabin, but a new set of challenges are arising, particularly aboard the ne... Continue Reading
A retrospective on Cathay Pacific’s Cirrus business class
2024 looks set to be a bumper year for a new generation of business class cabins arriving onto aircraft, so it’s perhaps fitting that your a... Continue Reading