Airbus Services highlights recovery opportunity, digitalisation
Aircraft services is big business: in 2019 during its last Global Markets Forecast, Airbus predicted a services market of some US$4.9t over ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: first class
Flying first, flying private: an NBAA travel tale
New digital platforms which connect consumers to private jets, on-demand shared charter flights, travel clubs and semi-private hybrid operat... Continue Reading
Design enables wheelchairs in cabins without reducing seats
Disability activists and certain aircraft cabin design experts have long fought to usher in an industry step change by enabling powered whee... Continue Reading
Recaro talks strategy, seating and cabin cleaning processes
SCHWÄBISCH HALL, GERMANY — Alongside German seatmaker Recaro Aircraft Seating’s recent virtual seat show and the opening of its new cu... Continue Reading
Intelsat talks PaxEx implications of Intelsat Unified Network
Intelsat has divulged further details about it planned nextgen “unified global 5G” network strategy, saying it intends to operate roughly a ... Continue Reading
AERQ managing directors unveil plan for AERENA open IT platform
Having vowed to digitize aircraft cabins AERQ today formally launched AERENA, its modular and open IT platform for commercial aircraft. A jo... Continue Reading
Considering seat size transparency as FAA child safety activity begins
US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) officials are seeking public comment on a proposed new information collection activity concerning a... Continue Reading
Date change for APEX/IFSA EXPO as US eases travel restrictions
The Airline Passenger Experience Association has pushed back its annual APEX/IFSA Exhibition to 30 November, in light of the Biden Administr... Continue Reading
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
United’s Polaris-aplenty 767 from JFK: enjoy it while you can
When United Airlines decided to pack up and leave New York JFK and sell its precious landing slots to Delta, critics and frequent flyers ali... Continue Reading
Safran Seats to debut VUE reverse herringbone for narrowbodies
In 2019, Safran Seats began quietly developing a premium, international-style business class seat for long-haul, single-aisle twinjets. As a... Continue Reading
US to welcome vaccinated visitors, but questions remain
Airlines, air travelers and passenger experience advocates alike are celebrating the Biden Administration’s plan to enable fully vaccinated ... Continue Reading
Design Brief: Factorydesign explains The Booth on Virgin Atlantic
Virgin Atlantic recently revealed The Booth, a cozy corner developed through a collaboration with London-based Factorydesign for the leisure... Continue Reading
One-on-one with IPC Mouldings managing director Joanne Liddle
IPC Mouldings, a veteran aerospace company that supplies tooling and plastic injection moulded parts and assemblies to the industry, sees an... 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