Nature and sustainability inspire ReWILDing collection from Muirhead
Scottish leather supplier Muirhead in June will debut a new collection at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg. Visitors to the firm... Continue Reading
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The stratification of business class seats in the 2020s
As the steady pace of new business class seats — and their implementation on airlines worldwide — continues to gather after aviation’s... Continue Reading
Korean Air’s A321neo cabins: fine, but where is the brand equity?
Cabin design and aesthetics are inherently subjective: the attractiveness and meaning of colours across cultures varies wildly. But as leake... Continue Reading
Diving into the details of Finnair’s new business seat
It’s safe to say that Finnair’s new Collins AirLounge business class seat for its Airbus A330s and A350s has provoked a lot of discussion ac... Continue Reading
JPA’s China Airlines A321neo brings premium, modern take
With its beautiful new cabin for Taipei-based China Airlines’ new Airbus A321neo fleet, JPA Design may well be the first example of a succes... Continue Reading
ANA updates domestic 787-9 with Safran, Toyota Boshoku seats
A decade into the Boeing 787’s service with Japan’s All Nippon Airways, the airline is expanding the premium cabin and installing new seats ... Continue Reading
Cebu’s 459-seater A330neo: density beyond “greige”
When Cebu Pacific announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show how many seats it was putting on its Airbus A330neo, there were gasps of shock. 460 w... Continue Reading
SIA MAX poses thoughtful premium narrowbody #PaxEx questions
SilkAir, it feels like we hardly knew ye. Singapore Airlines’ subsidiary single-aisle operations are now reabsorbed back into the mainline c... Continue Reading
Geven reveals new-gen premium/biz recliner Materia
Following hard on the heels of the August release of its fully featured economy class seat, Elemento, Italian seatmaker Geven and London-bas... Continue Reading
Pandemic re-emergence of single-use plastic calls for creative reuse
Single-use plastic is having a serious COVID-19-inspired moment, but not so long ago it was derided as a largely unnecessary evil. And, in t... Continue Reading
Recaro’s CL3810 full-featured economy drops 1.5kg, adds knee space
SCHWÄBISCH HALL, GERMANY — Creating a successor seat to an industry-leading product is always going to be high-stakes. But with its new CL38... Continue Reading
Geven reveals first next-gen economy seat Elemento
With its newest seat Elemento, Italian seatmaker Geven is marking two firsts: the first of what it calls the “next generation” of its aircra... Continue Reading
IDSA experts on the beauty of non-utilitarian things in the cabin
In our zeal to optimize aviation design, we often look to cut out frivolous things and dead weight. Still, industry stakeholders were remind... Continue Reading
Stelia learns design lessons from previous herringbone generations
With Stelia’s Opera outward-facing herringbone looking set to be a major part of the narrowbody longhaul future, the company is drawing on a... Continue Reading
Adient’s Ovation economy seating capitalizes on lessons from LIFT
Adient Aerospace, a joint venture between automotive seatmaker Adient and Boeing, in November 2019 bought economy class seating specialist L... Continue Reading