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Execs from Air Dolomiti and Geven shake hands. The Geven ESSENZA seat model is displayed in front.

Press Release: Air Dolomiti selects Geven seats for E195 retrofits

Air Dolomiti, the Italian airline of Lufthansa Group, has selected Geven’s ESSENZA seat model for Air Dolomiti’s retrofit program on 1... Continue Reading

Lufthansa A321neo aircraft in a 3-3 layout. Grey and Blue colors throughout.

Lufthansa’s “discreet” A321 Airspace cabin — with no accessible lavs

In the five years since Airbus started talking about an A320 version of its Airspace cabin styling, the visuals have been of futuristic, ope... Continue Reading

Press Release: Geven delivers Essenza and Comoda to S7 Airlines

Geven Aircraft Seats and Interiors announces the delivery of the first shipset of Essenza and Comoda seats which will outfit S7 Airlines’ Ec... Continue Reading

Tap Airlines Airbus hybrid configuration with Recaro. Aircraft seats are grey with red trim on the headrest.

TAP taps Recaro for second-gen Eurobiz-hybrid shorthaul

With the introduction of two of Recaro’s latest economy class seat types on its newest Airbus A320, TAP Air Portugal has clearly decided tha... Continue Reading

Rendering of the Geven SuperEco seat. View of multiple seat triples on board an aircraft, shown from a side angle.

Geven slims down slimlines with new SuperEco economy seat

Italian seatmaker Geven is taking aim at the 28–29-inch pitch ultra-slimline end of the #PaxEx market, where low-cost carrier meets ultra-lo... Continue Reading

The PaxEx on board the A320neo ranges from all-business, as seen here on La Compagnie's A321neo, to all-economy. The La Compagnie premium seats have blue headrests, and bedding on each seat.

Five years on: how the A320neo is changing aviation

For many who followed the development of Airbus’ A320neo family of aircraft very closely during the first half of the 2010s, it will seem as... Continue Reading

The Geven Essenza slimline, pictured here aboard Lufthansa, has traditionally sat at the lower end of Geven’s passenger experience spectrum. But now Super Economy will be the low end, while Essenza moves to higher-end. Image: Geven

Geven to launch “super” economy seat for ULCCs, LCCs

Italian aircraft seatmaker Geven is preparing to launch a brand new economy class seat model aimed at meeting the needs of ultra-low-cost ca... Continue Reading

slimeline seats on board an easyJet aircraft

What the Euro-LCC model can tell us about the future of aviation

“The future’s bright. The future’s orange.” That iconic UK advertising strapline — for the 1990s’ UK mobile phone network Orange — may ring ... Continue Reading

Geven’s Essenza slimline selected by Wizz Air, Lufthansa for A320neos

The Lufthansa Group and European low-cost carrier Wizz Air have both selected Geven’s Essenza slimline economy class seat in major orders an... Continue Reading

Press Release: Saudi’s Flynas to launch Geven Essenza seat on A320neos

Saudi Arabian low-cost carrier Flynas has selected the new Geven ESSENZA seat model to equip its upcoming A320neo aircraft. Flynas will unde... Continue Reading

Italian seatmaker Geven readies ultra-slimline for major European airline

Twenty-eight inch seat pitch is not only manageable, it’s relatively comfortable at knee level even for six-footers: these are words that th... Continue Reading

Geven, developing new seats with Airbus & ATR, sees R&D ROI

Italian seatmaker Geven is quietly aiming to revolutionise the way that it produces seats, and with recent technology advances for both the ... Continue Reading

Aircraft seatmaker Geven takes two-family economy approach

Most seatmakers’ product ranges emphasise the commonality of their various economy class seats between ultra-slimline shorthaul and fully fe... Continue Reading