Certification problems drive an incremental year in business class
Some years we see cataclysmically new products at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. Other years, it is a year of incremental improveme... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: certification
New FlexNet seat makes promises, but Zodiac keeps mum on cert
Working with students at the Technical University of Delft in the Netherlands, Zodiac has created a new style of economy seating that replac... Continue Reading
More Virgin Australia seat delays raise FAA secrecy questions
A second B/E Aerospace outward-facing herringbone seat installation is being delayed because of safety certification issues — and the FAA is... Continue Reading
Seat length, width, certification crucial to Optimares success
Hawaiian Airlines’ new business class seat — the first implementation of Optimares’ new Maxima product — focusses on density while also prom... Continue Reading
How Lufthansa Technik prepares aircraft for entry into service
FRANKFURT: Dean Raineri is a man at Lufthansa Technik with a long title. “Project Director, New Aircraft and Infrastructure Developmen... Continue Reading
Virgin Australia’s Super Diamond seat rollout hits safety cert delay
Virgin Australia’s rollout of the B/E Aerospace Super Diamond business class seat has been pushed back after encountering safety certificati... Continue Reading
Industry progresses in effort to streamline IFE-seat testing
Aircraft seat makers and IFE manufacturers are progressing in their efforts to streamline certification testing of seats integrated with ele... Continue Reading
Can Airbus add seats to the A320 without irritating passengers?
With talk spreading in the industry that Airbus is looking to add six to nine more seats to the A320, we asked ourselves whether such a conf... Continue Reading
Why airbags are being used in aircraft seats
Airline initiatives to design unique cabin environments, including some of the modern “nested” seating configurations we see int... Continue Reading
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