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Press Release: Jamco reveals hands-free lavatory technologies

Jamco Corporation has revealed its new hands-free lavatory lock knob and door handle, which enable passengers to unlock and open the lavator... Continue Reading

A male Finnair cabin crew member, dressed smartly and wearing a mask, communicates with a female passenger on board

Horizon scan: how PaxEx is changing during COVID and afterwards

Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, an enormous variety of solutions have been proposed to reduce the risk of the spread of the SARS-C... Continue Reading

A man in a mask and other protective wear holds the mobile UV wand up to an aircraft seat to kill viruses

Boeing seeks partner to offer mobile UV wand for surface disinfection

Boeing is pursuing third party entities to manufacture and distribute a new mobile UV wand that disinfects flight decks, galleys, lavatories... Continue Reading

A wheelchair user enters the LAV4ALL lav on an aircraft

New LAV4ALL design seeks to deliver accessibility and dignity

A new LAV4ALL design, developed by Austrian MRO provider FACC Aftermarket Services, seeks to make narrowbody lavatories accessible while occ... Continue Reading

A picture of Diehl's offices in southern Germany. A blue sky serves as a backdrop to the building. Three flags are in front

Interiors innovation, at speed, in the time of COVID-19

In a time of crisis, it would be all too easy for a paralysis of innovation to set in for aircraft interiors suppliers. Airframers are endin... Continue Reading

Sunset out the window of a Singapore Airlines A350, flying the world's longest route. Clouds and a beautiful pale yellow/pink light is seen in the sky

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Singapore Airlines mostly impresses on world’s longest flight

The air was thick and humid outside Singapore’s sprawling Changi International Airport last September. The blast of cold, conditioned ... Continue Reading

Press Release: HAECO certifies onboard, hands-free sanitation devices

HAECO Cabin Solutions, a business unit of the HAECO Group with headquarters in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA, has launched three devices t... Continue Reading

Boeing's self-cleaning lav includes UV light. This image shows blue light bathing an onboard lavatory

Boeing seeks to build confidence in air travel through data

As airlines plan their return to service in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, they must build passenger confidence that flying is safe. Th... Continue Reading

Wheelchairs with electric motor in store

Op-Ed: When airlines damage my wheelchair, they take away my legs

Deb Young is a survivor. In October 2013, a horrific car accident left the long-time educator a triple amputee. Since then, she has experien... Continue Reading

Image of a Southwest 737 wing on takeoff from sunny Tampa

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Southwest suspends snack and beverage service under new measures

Forget the pretzels. And put away your credit card. Southwest Airlines is introducing what it calls “stringent” new measures in response to ... Continue Reading

Rethinking amenity kits and soft product in the new normal

Air travel and the passenger experience has already changed beyond measure as the result of COVID-19 and the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that cau... Continue Reading

A touchless lavatory as envisaged by Diehl. A woman places the back of her hand a few inches away from a sensor above the aircraft toilet, and the lid is seen closing

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Crystal Cabin concepts that address passenger health prove timely

In a post-pandemic world, we can expect that air travel will be different than the way it was before the coronavirus crisis. There will be g... Continue Reading

Safran Cabin temporarily suspends production at four plants

Aircraft interiors supplier Safran Cabin has temporarily suspended production at four plants in North America as it wades through the challe... Continue Reading

Looking out a circular aircraft window at the wing tip in the clouds with a cabin pressure box titled in front

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Alaska Airlines hard product largely shines on A321neo

Alaska Airlines found itself in a weird position when it acquired Virgin America. Virgin operated an all-Airbus fleet that Alaska didn’t wan... Continue Reading

Vacant green sign, vacant symbol on an airplane lavatory door. Raised, brushed metal lavatory sign, recessed plastic vacant sign. Toilet room, wc, water closet on airplane board (Vacant green sign, vacant symbol on an airplane lavatory door. Raised.

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Boeing proves ally in push to freeze footprint for one narrowbody lav

Regulatory efforts to improve the flying experience for passengers with reduced mobility have become not even a compromise but a fight for U... Continue Reading