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Lufthansa unveils new first, biz, premium and eco Allegris generation

In a surprising move, Lufthansa is rebranding its forthcoming seating from nose to tail as the “Allegris” product generation, with new rende... Continue Reading

Austrian Airlines Boeing 777-200ER at the airport.

Austrian swaps six 777 business seats for 16 premium, 14 economy

The Lufthansa Group carrier Austrian Airlines is removing the single row of business class behind the second set of doors on its Boeing 777-... Continue Reading

Blue fabric adorns the AirLounge business class seat by Collins Aerospace.

Evolving automotive interior design provides lessons for aviation

Aviation has been known to take certain design cues from the automotive industry, and new technologies are making both sectors resemble each... Continue Reading

A couple are sleeping in the Rendez-vous suites by Stelia

Stelia unveils integrated Rendez-vous staggered super-business seat

After débuting its new premium staggered seat Rendez-Vous in the secret backroom areas of the Aircraft Interiors Expo this June, Airbus’ sub... Continue Reading

Airbus A321XLR American Airlines Flagship Suite

American unveils solid but muted new business and business-plus suites

With its new Flagship Suite, American Airlines is the last US carrier to finally remove longhaul first, moving to the industry trend of ambi... Continue Reading

Thompson Aero Seating enhanced VantageXL is various browns with a cream coloured pillow.

Recovery afoot, Thompson sees uptick in widebody premium seat activity

As global passenger traffic shows encouraging signs of recovery — reaching 74.6% of pre-crisis levels in July, according to IATA — aircraft ... Continue Reading

Two business class seats are brown in colour with red accents. Two large IFE screens are placed on in front of each seat.

What the design of Virgin’s new A330neo business means for industry

In the couple of months since Virgin Atlantic unveiled its new business class for its forthcoming A330-900neo fleet, your author has been mu... Continue Reading

Press Release: First Lufthansa Boeing 787 arrives in Frankfurt

Lufthansa welcomes a new aircraft model to its fleet. The first Boeing 787, registered D-ABPA, landed at Frankfurt Airport today. The aircra... Continue Reading

Rendering of Heric and Dodo, the former a seat triple, and the latter a double. All seats are in orange with black trim. This rendering shows how the seats are converted from their regular position to accommodate a bed. Image: Aviointeriors

Contemplating the latest set of #PaxEx questions from Aviointeriors

Italian seatmaker Aviointeriors is always up for a new concept. Its history of bringing ideas like the saddle seat Skyrider to passenger exp... Continue Reading

Large business class suites featuring the option to use doors and maroon thermoplastics

Doors light the fire of business mini-suite innovation

This northern hemisphere summer we’ve seen a number of new business class doored mini-suites either break cover, be shown for the first time... Continue Reading

A grey business class seat is accented by blue LED lighting on an aircraft.

Adient’s new 737 Ascent business and business-plus shine

Premium business class seats offering direct aisle access for every passenger have been relatively slow to arrive to the narrowbody world. T... Continue Reading

Aisle of the JetBlue A321LR aircraft is narrow.

JetBlue now flying Boston-London via Gatwick Airport

JetBlue officially launched service between Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and London’s Gatwick Airport (LGW) over the weeke... Continue Reading

A Virgin Atlantic A350-1000 parked at the gate for boarding.

Virgin Atlantic Upper Class aboard A350-1000 is breath of fresh air

A handful of airlines operate morning departures from the US Northeast to London Heathrow. It is on one of these morning departures that you... Continue Reading

ITA Airways Airbus A350 business class window seat. The seats feature a lot of tan, grey and off-white.

ITA demonstrates the value and pitfalls of the generic widebody cabin

Analysing the passenger experience of a start-up airline — particularly one launched as quickly as ITA Airways, the successor to Italian nat... Continue Reading

Qatar 787 business class seat in maroon and grey colors.

Qatar’s new 787-9 seat: smart space and “kissing class”

With a Qatar Airways Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner on the tarmac at the Farnborough Airshow for visits, we jumped at the chance to get on board th... Continue Reading