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A rendering of 3 Alice Blu Aero’s Quantum seats.

Northern Ireland’s Alice Blu Aero eyes narrowbody herringbone market

The premium narrowbody business class race is hotting up with a new seat — and new seatmaker — from Northern Ireland: Alice Blu Aero’s Quant... Continue Reading

Delta A330-900neo suite is pictured here. The seat is blue with a much darker blue headrest and the outer thermoplastics and details are light grey, There are headphones hanging in the suite and bedding on the seat.

Delta One suite aboard the A330neo remains solid PaxEx choice

After years of frustrating Zoom, Teams, RingCentral, Webex and other virtual meetings, I was thrilled to finally have a chance to travel for... Continue Reading

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

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

HAECO Eclipse seat in a flydubai aircraft

Flydubai splits fleet between new Eclipse, Vantage and all-economy

Flydubai sees its new HAECO Eclipse staggered-angled business class seat as a key part of its future passenger experience proposition, and p... Continue Reading

Beautiful scenic view of sunset through the aircraft window. Part of the VUE seat shell is in view, showing that passengers are able to clearly see out the window. A hint of the VUE seat is shown, demonstrating that passengers can clearly see out the window in this outward facing configuration

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

#PaxEx Podcast Transcribed: Ready to fly; has COVID reset expectations?

We are pleased to provide a transcript of the #PaxEx Podcast, Episode 74, the audio recording of which was published on 11 March 2021 Intro ... Continue Reading

#PaxEx Podcast: Ready to fly, but has COVID reset expectations?

Welcome to Episode 74 of the #PaxEx Podcast, which tracks the evolution of the airline passenger experience. In this episode, available on A... Continue Reading

Two large IFE screens in front of two premium suites

Reflections on a new generation of single-aisle flatbeds

A second generation of single-aisle fully flat beds — offering direct aisle access — is ready and willing to improve the passenger experienc... Continue Reading

Looking out the window of a 747 to see the two giant engines, blue skies and fluffy white clouds

How I fell in love with aviation

Everyone who loves aviation comes to it in their own special, unique way. For me, this most changeable of industries has been one of the few... Continue Reading

PaxEx 2018: An increasingly complex balancing act for premium classes

In the pointy end of the plane, 2018 is set to be a pivotal year as business class continues to supplant first up front. Can the industry pu... Continue Reading

Singapore Airlines aims for perpendicular suites in first class mockups

Ten years after first class suites appeared on Singapore Airlines’ Airbus A380 aircraft, the airline seems set to wow the passenger experien... Continue Reading

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United’s new Polaris business class designed with sleep in mind

NEW YORK – United Airlines will premiere its new Polaris business class cabin in December, when the first of 14 Boeing 777-300ERs it h... Continue Reading

TAM unfavorably scrutinized for lack of direct aisle access on A350

A glimpse of TAM’s future was made apparent this month when the Brazilian carrier flew its newest aircraft, the Airbus A350 XWB, from ... Continue Reading

When it comes to seat amenity has business class hit its peak?

In the run-up to the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg this year, I’ve been asking myself: where does business class go from here? Ho... Continue Reading