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A rendering of the internal view of the Thompson crash test sled.

Thompson to create Northern Ireland aircraft seat crash test facility

In a sign that Thompson Aero Seating has well and truly arrived, the fast-growing premium aircraft seatmaker has announced plans to create a... Continue Reading

Swiss Premium Economy interior cabin shows seats of grey with black and white details. A white pillow sits on each seat.

Inside the unusual aspects of Swiss’ new ZIM premium economy

Swiss is rolling out its newly unveiled premium economy cabin at speed, with all of its Boeing 777 routes to offer the new ZIM seats by the ... Continue Reading

Deployable seat bottom design by Satterfield Aerospace is drawn here with a figure extended out sitting in the seat at an angle. The seat bottom is is pushed up while the back is reclined.

New adjustable seat bottom could be a cure for cramped airline seats

Traveling in economy class, with tight seat pitch and limited legroom, can be grueling for some passengers, especially on longer flights. A ... Continue Reading

A showcase of the CL3810. Two seat triples - in shades of grey with white accents - are in view. The winged headrest for privacy is prominent.

Recaro’s CL3810 full-featured economy drops 1.5kg, adds knee space

SCHWÄBISCH HALL, GERMANY — Creating a successor seat to an industry-leading product is always going to be high-stakes. But with its new CL38... Continue Reading

Thales AVANT UP IFE Monitor. It is displaying the AIRFREE duty free landing page that is titled "Sara's Shop". A second screen is showing a scene from a movie.

How Thales slashed weight from its latest IFE technology

Inflight entertainment hardware stakeholders have long sought to drive weight out of their systems to improve the eco-credentials of their p... Continue Reading

Thompson Solo business class herringbone seat in grey and brown tones. View is from the top.

Cleansheet design — and regulation — for new herringbone flatbeds

Every novel seat design isn’t just a #PaxEx pathfinder: it’s also a pioneer project for safety regulators and certification of the seat itse... Continue Reading

from left to right: Amaury Barberot, COO at Expliseat, Cedric Combe, Project Leader at Airbus, Benjamin Saada, CEO at Expliseat, Jean-Francois Delacroix, A320 Product Offerability at Airbus, Catherine Cadet, Seat Commodity Manager at Airbus, Christian Kley, Head of Purchasing Seats at Airbus and David Robson, Head of Cabin Industrial at Airbus.

Press Release: Expliseat enters A320 BFE product catalogue

TiSeat E2, Expliseat’s economy class seats for short-haul and long-haul segments, enters the Airbus A320 BFE Product catalogue becoming the ... Continue Reading

The original 2018 Air Rest didn't feature three-point belts (or, here at the annual AIX show that same year, any belts). Image shows Air Rest on the show floor, covered in grey fabric

Nij crunch leads to new three-point seatbelt default

When Cathay Pacific’s new A321neo business class seat — the Collins Aerospace Air Rest recliner — recently broke cover, Runway Girl Network’... Continue Reading

The new Stelia Opera seat is shown, with two passengers, in side-by-side seats, laying flat

Stelia sings 44°-angle tune with single-aisle Opera suite

The curtain is up on Opera, Stelia’s latest outward-facing herringbone business class seat, designed expressly for single-aisle aircraft. Th... Continue Reading

The Lufthansa Technik head-level divider attaches to the middle seat. It is shown on a seat triple

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Inside the agile certification of COVID-19 cabin additions

As airlines look expectantly towards the resumption of flights during the next phase of COVID-19 lockdown lifting, the new shape of the airl... Continue Reading

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French engineer tables PlanBay seat separation kit in face of COVID-19

They say that necessity is the mother of invention. The COVID-19 crisis is prompting airlines to adopt social distancing measures on board b... Continue Reading

Lufthansa Technik teams up with LG for new AERQ PaxEx partnership

One of the ongoing critiques of the inflight entertainment industry is the slow speed at which the burgeoning advances in consumer technolog... Continue Reading

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Safran reveals details of new Fusio business suite on ANA

After several years on the interiors trade show circuit, Safran has secured a launch customer for its ultra-wide Fusio business class mini-s... Continue Reading

Press Release: Spring Airlines is launch customer for Acro Series 3 ST+

Acro Aircraft Seating is pleased to announce it has been selected by Spring Airlines, the leading low-cost airline in mainland China, to man... Continue Reading

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Delta Flight Products expands IFE platform to be totally Delta-sourced

Delta Air Lines’ new unit, Delta Flight Products (DFP), has taken full ownership of delivering seatback wireless IFE to the US major’s... Continue Reading