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The RAY robot, sitting in front of an ATR turboprop on the tarmac

RAY, the autonomous UVC robot, stands ready to disinfect cabins

As airlines look to enhance disinfection onboard without the repeated use of harsh chemicals, ultraviolet light is having a serious moment i... 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

A Diehl concept cabin which reimagines the front of the aircraft, and includes LED lights and projector technology

Diehl and HAECO in pact to jointly deliver aircraft cabin interiors

Over the last several years, the aircraft interiors industry has seen notable consolidation. Rockwell Collins got the ball rolling in 2017 w... Continue Reading

Handshake of two business people in the office.

Press Release: Diehl Aviation reaches labor agreement

Diehl Aviation, a leading supplier of cabin interiors and aircraft systems as well as related services, this week successfully concluded neg... Continue Reading

Jamco aircraft lavatory door handle with instructions on how to use wrist and be hands free opening and closing it. Part of touchless travel.

Self-service and the three-segment touchless travel trend

Aviation has seen many changes to the way it operates as the result of COVID-19. In the passenger experience arena, one of the biggest trend... 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

Airbus Airspace cabin showing the entryway, geometric design on the ceiling, blue and purple shades cast by LED lights and business class seats in greys and purple. Seats are in a 1-1 configuration.

Interiors suppliers trumpet work on new A320 Airspace brand cabins

In the years since Runway Girl Network first reported Airbus’ work to bring its widebody Airspace cabin brand to the narrowbody A320 family ... Continue Reading

Diehl Aviation's Portable Clean Light casting a purple light over a aircraft lavatory. The words "visit us at booth #1371" are at the bottom of the image.

Press Release: Diehl Aviation exhibits at MRO Americas 2021

Diehl Aviation is exhibiting again at MRO Americas, taking place this year in Orlando, Florida (USA) from April 27th to April 29th. Trade vi... Continue Reading

Two men in suits fist bumping in front of a building. Josef Köcher new CEO. image: Diehl Aviation

Press Release: Josef Köcher to be new CEO of Diehl Aviation

Rainer von Borstel, Diehl Aviation’s CEO since 2010, will enter retirement at the end of April 2021, handing over the leadership of th... Continue Reading

Female CCA Host alongside an Award statue with more displayed on a screen beside her.

Winners announced for Crystal Cabin Awards honoring PaxEx innovation

The Crystal Cabin Awards, hosted by Hamburg Aviation, is informally known as the “Oscars” of the aircraft interiors industry. Every year, th... Continue Reading

LED interior lighting example in a Boeing interior business class section.

Press Release: Diehl secures contract extension for 787 interior lighting

Diehl Aerospace, a unit of the leading aircraft component supplier Diehl Aviation, has secured a contract extension from Boeing for the deli... Continue Reading

Touchless lavatory by Diehl is pictured here. All white aircraft lavatory.

Downsizing due to COVID, Diehl eyes return to profitability in 2023

Diehl Aviation is cutting jobs in Germany and undertaking an innovation campaign as it works to weather the current COVID-19 storm and posit... Continue Reading

overhead console in aircraft cabin interior

Designing the direction of cabin airflow in the face of COVID

It’s no secret that airflow influences airborne contaminant distribution and disease transmission. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, i... 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

A 787-10 being assembled at Boeing's North Charleston facility in South Carolina. The aircraft is white, and multi-colored ceiling lights can be seen overhead

Boeing confirms 787 interiors work will consolidate in South Carolina

It was the fall of 2009, and legislators in Washington’s state capital of Olympia were grappling with an unhappy prospect: Boeing was eyeing... Continue Reading