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LIFT Aero Design Vantage business class seat for Philippine Airlines

Reskinned ex-PAL Vantage XL asks Lufthansa hard new biz questions

When Lufthansa’s social-forward @lufthansaviews Instagram released a sneak peek of what it billed as an “updated business class”, your autho... Continue Reading

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Press Release: PaxEx Conference returns as industry reunites

After a long absence, the Passenger Experience Conference (PEC), the focal point for aviation professionals looking to be challenged and ins... Continue Reading

A man and women sit in Virgin Atlantic's The Booth. A flight attendant is serving them.

Virgin Atlantic shows off premium leisure space, The Booth

Designing “third places” for passenger experience will continue to grow in importance, especially with an increasing post-COVID premium leis... Continue Reading

This image is of an Air New Zealand Boeing 787-9 arriving into Perth's international airport after a long flight from Auckland airport. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is an American long-haul, mid-size wide-body, twin-engine jet airliner manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Its variants seat 242 to 335 passengers in typical three-class seating configurations. It is the first airliner with an airframe constructed primarily of composite materials. The 787 was designed to be 20% more fuel-efficient than the Boeing 767, which it was intended to replace. The 787 Dreamliner's distinguishing features include mostly electrical flight systems, raked wingtips, and noise-reducing chevrons on its engine nacelles.

New inward-facing herringbone and business-plus for Air NZ 787

Air New Zealand’s next Business Premier seat for its Boeing 787-9 is an inward-facing herringbone, and includes a front row business-plus pr... Continue Reading

Flying Disabled Seating concept where a wheelchair is in place of a regular seat. This is shortlisted for the Crystal Cabin Awards. CCA

Press Release: Crystal Cabin Awards 2022 shortlist reveals PaxEx trends

The annual Crystal Cabin Awards is a creative playfield where designers, engineers and visionaries come together to plan the future of the a... Continue Reading

Satcom Direct Plane Simple Ku-band dual variant tail mounted antenna

Satcom Direct invites bizjet operators to upgrade to Plane Simple

Satcom Direct is inviting business jet operators that originally installed the Astronics tail-mount antenna in support of Panasonic Avionics... Continue Reading

An aircraft is seen taking off over a city during sunset.

Press Release: AIX returns as industry recovery gains momentum

After a long-anticipated wait, Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), the destination for the cabin interiors industry, will return to Hamburg, Germ... Continue Reading

A women in a brown outfit sits in the Finnair business class seat. The seat is blue with grey accents.

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

Pictured (L-R) are: Alice Ewert, Laura O’Hare, Gail Doran, Aine Cotter and Catherine Parr. All of the women are standing ascending a stair case with a bright orange wall behind them.

Press Release: Female execs at Collins in County Down make their mark

County Down aircraft seating manufacturer, Collins Aerospace has made a commitment to increase the number of females in leadership roles wit... Continue Reading

In Moscow, Russia a group of Aeroflot aircraft are parked at the airport gates. Boeing Boeing 737-800 NG of Aeroflot Russian Airlines on the apron at Sheremetyevo International Airport

Aviation stakeholders respond to western sanctions against Russia

Western sanctions against Russia have placed the country’s aviation industry in an increasingly isolated position. Russian aircraft are bann... Continue Reading

Finnair business class seat is pictured here with a woman in a brown outfit, sleeping on the flatbed.

The 14 different kinds of business class seats in 2022

As aviation in much of the world begins to accelerate out of the pandemic effects of COVID-19, the business class seating landscape has chan... Continue Reading

Seamless Air Alliance adds airline members, expects new RFP language

Seamless Air Alliance, which now counts JetBlue, Alaska Airlines, Lufthansa Group, American Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, IAG Group, Air France... Continue Reading

Finnair A350 business class seat is pictured here in grey tones. Bright light shines onto it through the aircraft window.

Finnair’s “rebirth” launches Collins AirLounge, HAECO Vector Premium

In what Finnair chief executive Topi Manner calls a “rebirth of Finnair”, the airline is introducing a new type of business class seat — the... Continue Reading

The Plane Simple Ku-band tail mount antenna sits on a table in this photo. A SD aircraft is seen blurred in the background.

SD sees Plane Simple antenna qualified on Intelsat FlexExec network

In the fall of 2018, Intelsat launched an end-to-end Ku-band satellite-supported inflight connectivity service dedicated to business aviatio... Continue Reading

Caribbean 737 MAX interior. The aircraft is empty and filled will blue seats and subtle blue lighting.

Inside Caribbean Airlines’ 737 don’t-call-it-a-MAX 8

It’s always fascinating to see what an airline is doing with the cabins and passenger experience onboard its new aircraft, especially a nich... Continue Reading