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A man is sitting in a business class seat on the AIX show floor

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 A330neo in blue and white stripes sits alongside an Aer Lingus jet at New York JFK

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

Various bits of information are displaying on the Maya IFE system.

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

Stelia Opera Essential header. Image - John Walton

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

The MAYA premium suite by Collins and Panasonic has a large wraparound IFE screen.

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

Lufthansa Allegris front row, business-plus window seat aboard the carrier's first fitted aircraft, an Airbus A350-900. Lufthansa launched revenue service with the twinjet on 1 May. Mary Kirby is seen sitting in the seat in this image.

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 business class 787 Collins Apex seat. The seat is a burgundy with grey detailing.

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

A female Aer Lingus passenger is looking at the new menu.

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

A Lufthansa passenger is pouring welcome nuts onto a napkin laid out next to a drink.

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

A female passenger is asleep in Emirates Business Class Loungewear

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

A business class seat is surrounded by grey thermoplastics and a dark colored seat. 3D wave narrowbody seat.

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

Overhead view of Cathay Pacific Cirrus business class seat.

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

The new cabins of 2024 — and what they will tell us about aviation

Business and first class remain the linchpin of most full service airlines’ revenues, and 2024 looks set to offer a fascinating mixture of n... Continue Reading

The top of the entry way for the Cathay Aria seat. Showing the seat number 12g

Cathay’s Vivian Lo talks design language of new Aria business suite

There are few things as anticipated in the passenger experience world this year as Cathay Pacific’s forthcoming Aria business class product.... Continue Reading

Looking above the Cathay Pacific 777-300ER Cirrus seat in business class. The seat is all grey with a white pillow and off-white thermoplastics.

Cathay’s revamped business soft product is as strong as OG Cirrus

Cathay Pacific’s 777-300ER implementation of the Cirrus seat (originally produced by Sicma, then Zodiac, now Safran) is the reference busine... Continue Reading