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Winners of 2022 Crystal Cabin Awards celebrate with a trophy as they pose for a picture.

Press Release: Crystal Cabin Awards 2023 submission deadline extended

Good news for all of you who are still fine-tuning your Crystal Cabin Award submission: We have extended the deadline for entries until Wedn... Continue Reading

A business class suite of an aircraft is showing the Crystal Cabin Awards winning entry the Spacechiller

Press Release: Winners announced for the 2022 Crystal Cabin Awards

After three long years, the Crystal Cabin Awards were held in person again in 2022, honouring excellence and ingenuity in aircraft interiors... 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

The napaway butterfly seat is in the lay flat position. A woman is lying down with a white blanket and pillow

Award-winning seat design takes off with Napaway sleeper coach

The Crystal Cabin Award-winning Butterfly seat, developed by Paperclip Design founder James Lee, will finally enter service this year — not ... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace's Lilac-UV cabin sanitizing system, with violet germicidal light sanitizing aircraft seats from the PSU

Collins addresses questions about Lilac-UV sanitizing light for cabins

Collins Aerospace recently unveiled its Lilac-UV sanitizing light system as part of a licensing agreement with Boeing which grants Collins t... Continue Reading

Press Release: Safran wins Crystal Cabin Awards’ special categories

As part of the virtual Aircraft Interiors Expo 2021, the Crystal Cabin Awards in the special categories “Clean and Safe Air Travel” and “Jud... Continue Reading

Safran Seats Z110i in a 3-2 configuration. Black seats with white trim and headrest. A blue line near the centre back.

Designing for versatility: Safran Seats talks Z-series PaxEx

Safran Seats has been focusing on supporting the long-haul, narrowbody market of late. Its Z-series seats are meant to meet the needs of tha... Continue Reading

PureSkies by PriestmanGoode. Purple and blue lighting casting down on a business class seat. Hygienically safe air travel.

Press Release: CCA reveals shortlist for special categories

Boarding an aircraft carefree — when will that be normal again, and what will air travel look like in the future? As international air trave... Continue Reading

Rendering of AERQ class divider on an aircraft with the orange AERQ sign on it, and info about London.

Press Release: AERQ becomes part of Hamburg Aviation

AERQ today announced that the joint venture between LG Electronics and Lufthansa Technik has joined the Hamburg Aviation Network. AERQ is he... Continue Reading

A photo of the long, white Crystal Cabin Award statues lined up in a row on stage in Hamburg

Press Release: Crystal Cabin Award is now open for new submissions

The entry period for two new Crystal Cabin Award special categories – “Clean & Safe Air Travel” and “Judges’ Choice Award” –... Continue Reading

Crystal Cabin Awards trophies on display

Press Release: Crystal Cabin Award: Winners to be announced in 2021

The awards ceremony for the 14th Crystal Cabin Awards in Hamburg, originally planned for 1 April 2020, has been rescheduled for 13 April 202... Continue Reading

Boxed and ready to board? Considering catering post-coronavirus

As we consider how the coronavirus pandemic will alter the design of the aircraft cabin experience, and look at industry innovations that co... Continue Reading

Design for Recovery: Exploring IFE post-coronavirus

As the airline industry prepares for recovery from the coronavirus pandemic, there is an opportunity to examine digital touchpoints in the d... Continue Reading

Rethinking the aircraft seat for a new market reality

The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis for the airline industry, but it is also an opportunity to reevaluate the design of the passenger exper... Continue Reading

A touchless lavatory as envisaged by Diehl. A woman places the back of her hand a few inches away from a sensor above the aircraft toilet, and the lid is seen closing

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Crystal Cabin concepts that address passenger health prove timely

In a post-pandemic world, we can expect that air travel will be different than the way it was before the coronavirus crisis. There will be g... Continue Reading