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Teague's Elevate business class seat attached to the aircraft via a Ebrace is pictured here. The area is spacious with a marble table, IFE screen, large window and sage green accents along with Bamboo fixtures.

Teague Elevates ‘floating’ herringbone with Nordam Nbrace

Whenever a beautiful, stylish, innovative cabin concept appears, one of the disappointingly relevant realities that it smacks up against is ... Continue Reading

Empty Rail station in the early morning hours. The sky is still dark. The train is arriving and parking on the track.

Eurostar Standard Premier mostly delivers on premium promise

Premium economy is increasingly a common fixture on airlines, but long distance rail travel has been generally slow to adopt this travel cla... Continue Reading

A female passenger is holding a drink, smiling, while sitting in Qantas' First Class seat.

Qantas’ refurbished A380 first class polishes the halo product

As it brings its Airbus A380s back into service after the COVID-19 pandemic, Qantas is also bringing back first class, which it only offers ... 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

Delta Air Lines A330-200 at the gate in San Diego.

Delta is consistent but some products are showing their age

For an AvGeek there are few greater pleasures than flying aboard internationally-configured aircraft on domestic flights. I recently had the... 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

multiple Latitude Aero employees are working on various seats in various stages of refurbishment.

Latitude Aero sees refurbishment work trend upward

Aircraft seating overhaul provider Latitude Aero, which shifted its focus to cabin decontamination services during the coronavirus pandemic,... Continue Reading

RAVE OS ultra angled HD screen is displayed in this image. The screen is displaying categories such as movies, a cock and a map.

Press Release: SPI launches new IFE software platform

Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI) is excited to announce the launch of Safran’s latest software platform, RAVE OS, with All Nippon Airways ... Continue Reading

Breeze Airways' aircraft in its bright blue livery is parked at the airport gate in Charleston. A catering truck is pictured in the back ground with the word Charleston on it.

Breeze Airways makes the case for kindness as a business model

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” The old maxim from Scottish author and preacher John Watson is a worthy principl... 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

A window seat on TAP A330-900neo business class. The seats are grey with a yellow pillow resting on top.

TAP’s Recaro CL6710 provokes compact staggered thoughts

Recaro’s CL6710 is one of the late 2010s-era compact staggered business class seats, alongside products such as the Safran Optima and Stelia... 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

Canadian Airline, Canada Jetlines Airbus A320 in the hanger. The livery is bright orange with a white tail

Start-ups move closer to injecting Canadian aviation with competition

It is no secret that the Canadian aviation industry is due for some much needed competition. Three new entrants, which aim to do just that, ... Continue Reading

Computer rendering of the Factorydesign Access business class seat. Seats by the window are frontward facing while the seats next to them are angled inwards towards the aircraft window. Small pillows sit on each seat.

The Z-bed is back: Factorydesign’s single-aisle Access

The “comfort canyon” between fully flat business class seats and economy class is growing wider again, especially on the new fleet of long-h... Continue Reading

Northern Pacific Airways aircraft parked on the runway at sunset. A beautiful sunset sky fills the background.

Northern Pacific CEO sees 757 service launch this year

If all goes right, there will be a brand new airline plying the skies between the continental US, Alaska, and northern Asia later this year.... Continue Reading