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WAMOS Air cabin with blue Cobalt Spectrum LED lighting casting a pretty glow.

Press Release: IFPL provides cabin lighting refresh to Wamos Air fleet

IFPL Group is pleased to announce that Wamos Air has chosen the Cobalt Spectrum drop-in LED mood lighting system for its Airbus A330-200 and... Continue Reading

A close up of the side of the Electra Airways aircraft.

Press Release: Electra selects IFPL’s Cobalt Spectrum lighting

IFPL Group are delighted to announce that Electra Airways have chosen Cobalt Spectrum LED drop-in mood lighting for its A321 fleet. Electra ... Continue Reading

A sunset glow from the LEDs is lighting the ceiling and sidewall of the Boeing 777X cabin mock-up.

Hands-on with Boeing 777X’s wider cabin, big bins, new lighting

As Boeing accelerates towards its revised 2025 service introduction of the 777X versions of its venerable 777 twinjet, the airframer has ful... Continue Reading

Green LED lighting is casting into a cabin that is configured in a 2-2 layout. There is a red light strip down the sides of the aircraft.

The evolving drivers of LED cabin lighting, now and in the future

Airlines are increasingly coming to the realisation that cabin lighting can play a huge part of the passenger experience and help them to st... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace's Hypergamut lighting system is in use in an aircraft cabin. Collins says its solution helps to mitigate passenger jet lag

Collins seeks to mitigate jet lag through Hypergamut lighting

Lighting can affect the passenger experience in a multitude of ways, either by disrupting flyers’ circadian rhythms, or bathing the ca... Continue Reading

STG Aerospace mood lighting, in this instance showing purple, stretches down the length of the business class cabin

Press Release: STG supports Delta’s A330 cabin lighting refresh

Leading aircraft cabin lighting company, STG Aerospace, is thrilled to announce that Delta Air Lines has deployed STG Aerospace liTeMood® LE... Continue Reading

Smart use of mood lighting in an aircraft cabin as it cast soft blue over the fixtures.

Glow Up: interior lighting is getting smarter

On a recent Eurostar trip between France and London, it was striking to observe just how much the stark light onboard the train diminished t... Continue Reading

The MAX 8 looked pristine as it advanced towards the gate. Image: Fintan Horan-Stear

Comparing American Airlines’ 737-800 and MAX 8

Now that the Boeing 737 MAX has settled into service across the globe, does this new aircraft provide a significant improvement to its prede... Continue Reading

Cebu’s 459-seater A330neo: density beyond “greige”

When Cebu Pacific announced at the 2019 Paris Air Show how many seats it was putting on its Airbus A330neo, there were gasps of shock. 460 w... Continue Reading

LED cabin lighting specialist STG to unveil Universal Lighting family

STG Aerospace, a long-time manufacturer of LED cabin lighting and emergency floor path marking technology for aircraft, has stayed busy with... Continue Reading

A "wi-fi not available" screen on Air Canada's Boeing 737 MAX

Passenger experience on Air Canada 737 MAX is head scratcher

With the aim of visiting family in Vancouver last month, I began searching travel options from my home base of New York City. Roundtrip fare... Continue Reading

Collins Aerospace's Lilac-UV cabin sanitizing system, with violet germicidal light sanitizing aircraft seats from the PSU

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

A Diehl concept cabin which reimagines the front of the aircraft, and includes LED lights and projector technology

Diehl and HAECO in pact to jointly deliver aircraft cabin interiors

Over the last several years, the aircraft interiors industry has seen notable consolidation. Rockwell Collins got the ball rolling in 2017 w... Continue Reading

Alaska Airlines' first class seat with dark beige seat covers with black trim. A water bottle is positioned on the side table

Flying first in Alaska’s sparkling new A320 cabin amid COVID

Like many frequent fliers of yore, the pandemic clipped my wings for most of the past year. But an intra-state business trip from Seattle to... Continue Reading

Business Aircraft cabin interior with large lit windows and beige/brown seats.

Press Release: PWI celebrates STC for King Air window LED upgrade

PWI is proud to announce that the FAA has given STC approval to the PWI B200/250 King Air window LED upgrade. “We’ve been waiting a long tim... Continue Reading