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Picture: Keith Anderson, CEO of Thompson Aero Seating

Press Release: Thompson Aero Seating appoints Keith Anderson as CEO

Thompson Aero Seating today announces the appointment of Keith Anderson as its new CEO. From 1st August 2023, Keith will lead the continued ... Continue Reading

Air France Airbus A320 cabin. Seats are dark grey with red headrest flaps.

Aged products on Air France A320 and 777 still perfectly acceptable

After a great experience with Air France on my way to the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, and a few post-show decompression day... Continue Reading

A man is enjoying an Emirates meal in-flight.

Press Release: Emirates introduces onboard meal preordering service

Emirates is taking the first steps in an innovative initiative of meal preordering, whereby customers will be able to preselect their hot ma... Continue Reading

A Cathay Pacific flight crew member is serving a female business class passenger her meal. coffin

Avoiding coffin class: the new inward-facing herringbone challenge

Remember the “coffin class” complaint of the mid-2000s around business class seat sidewalls? It’s back, but now with the newest inward-facin... Continue Reading

Air France Boeing 777-300ER business class seat in blue with a light blue pillow, and white thermoplastic surround.

Brand new interiors delight on Air France 777 and A220 twinjets

On most years, my annual journey to Hamburg to see the latest and greatest #PaxEx innovations at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) starts of... Continue Reading

Jamco Venture business class seat in grey with tones of light blue and white for KLM's Boeing 777

Press Release: KLM installs Jamco Venture premium seats in 777s

Jamco Corporation, one of the most experienced aircraft interior products supplier and turnkey integrator in the aerospace industry, announc... Continue Reading

The Aviointeriors Heric business class seat on the AIX show floor is grey with maroon details and headrest. Towards the window is a simple, yet elegant, bed platform, joined by a raising legrest to create a sizeable sleeping surface.

AvioInteriors: Heric 2023 returns as a credible low-cost herringbone

There are many reasons to make AvioInteriors a stop on your annual circuit of the Aircraft Interiors Expo, and the excellent Italian espress... Continue Reading

Rendering of Lufthansa Allegris business class cabin on display. The seat is rich blues with white thermoplastics and a few faux wood detailing.

Classic aisle seats will be baseline business on Lufthansa Allegris

It’s no secret that Lufthansa Group is seeking to disrupt the premium cabin space by unbundling its forthcoming new business class product, ... Continue Reading

A display concept model of the C Suite by Airbus and Stelia. This is a business class seat in mostly grey fabrics with a beige headrest cover and sidewall detailing. This is a set of 3 showing the staggered layout.

Airbus and Stelia show off new C Suite ultra-compact narrowbody seat

One of the most compelling seats on show at the Aircraft Interiors Expo wasn’t at a seatmaker’s stand or even within an aircraft cabin mocku... Continue Reading

A five-abreast layout of Eclipse seats in the premium concept cabin. The seats are grey and black. HAECO ZIM

How Diehl and HAECO have reimagined the single-aisle premium cabin

In 2021, Diehl Aviation and HAECO Cabin Solutions inked a strategic commercial agreement to jointly deliver a wide range of aircraft cabin p... Continue Reading

Four staggered Vantage Duo business class seats are being displayed at AIX 2023. The seats are an mixture of grey tones with a light blue pillow.

Thompson showcases product evolution across Vantage family

For seatmakers, some Aircraft Interiors Expo years are about big showy new product releases, while other years are more about developing the... Continue Reading

Optimares SoFab business class seat is pictured in speckled grey. It is a divan-type space that allows passengers to experience different positions, without the use of actuators. The only moving parts of the entire product are a pull-out cushioned storage area.

Divine divan? Optimares SoFab persuades with comfortable simplicity

Throughout the forty-odd years that business class has existed, much of its design and development has been focussed on evolutionary and rev... Continue Reading

Two Quest business class seats (posited as a divorced pair) in white with a yellow pillow atop each of them.

Jamco focusses on details with updated Quest stagger

Japanese seatmaker Jamco’s Quest for Elegance seat returned to the 2023 Aircraft Interiors Expo after a four-year absence, and while the cas... Continue Reading

Air France's Opera seat by Stelia on the show floor at AIX 2023. The large business class seat is dark blue with lighter and darker thermoplastics around it.

Stelia reveals Opera herringbone for Air France A350, linefit 787s

HAMBURG — Airbus subsidiary seatmaker Stelia, in a new version of its outward-facing herringbone Opera, is making a play for the widebody he... Continue Reading

Unum 2 business class seat cabin rendering. Two center seats are separated by a divider. Image: Unum Aircraft Seating

Press Release: Unum Aircraft Seating ready to fly with CAA approval

Unum Aircraft Seating has received regulatory approval from the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), following an audit and assessment of its fac... Continue Reading