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A fridge and snack section are seen as part of the m-flex by Collins Aerospace

Collins M-Flex door-bar ready and waiting for widebody customers

HAMBURG — Collins Aerospace has spent the three years since we last saw its M-Flex convertible door-service-bar monument focussed on develop... Continue Reading

Intelsat makes aircraft linefit gains, secures connectivity wins

Despite the challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis in commercial aviation, Intelsat in the last 18 months secured new inflight connectivity... Continue Reading

A chalkboard photo od the earth and sun with two aircrafts flying around it.

Safran eyes interiors breakeven in 2022, makes environmental pledge

Safran’s interiors business, including its seats, cabins and inflight entertainment system lines, took a near 20% revenue hit in 2021 owing ... Continue Reading

Satcom Direct Plane Simple Ku-band dual variant tail mounted antenna

Satcom Direct invites bizjet operators to upgrade to Plane Simple

Satcom Direct is inviting business jet operators that originally installed the Astronics tail-mount antenna in support of Panasonic Avionics... Continue Reading

Falcon 300 Inmarsat GDC Terminal Certification with hughes

Press Release: GDC terminal for Inmarsat GX receives FAA approval

Inmarsat, the world leader in global, mobile satellite communications, today announced that the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has... Continue Reading

aircraft, pilots, crew, istock, generic, Night Flight A320 with Pilots Left Corner View

Iridium eyes FANS flight trials for Certus in 2022/23

Iridium’s work to ensure its new Certus global satcom service is validated for aircraft safety communications is progressing, though t... 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

Top view of workers on the exterior of a Lufthansa aircraft.

Aircraft retrofit market readies for new IFC system installs

A wave of new inflight connectivity system installations is forthcoming as airlines prepare to replace legacy kit with next-gen hardware and... Continue Reading

Aircraft seating sled for testing, with 3 crash test dummies in place at Mirus facility

Crash testing capacity crunch drives new Mirus site expansion

A few hours northeast of London near Norwich, Mirus Aircraft Seating is building its own dynamic test facility for aircraft seats, featuring... Continue Reading

CarlisleIT ESA cooling system as displayed at APEX Expo 2019

One-on-one with CarlisleIT director Jeff Behlendorf

As a provider of inflight connectivity system integration components, antenna radomes and satcom aircraft equipment kits, as well as aircraf... Continue Reading

Belly of an Embraer E2 inflight in a clear blue sky.

Press Release: Honeywell, Embraer offer better data transfer for E2, E1

Honeywell and Embraer have worked jointly to install Honeywell’s Aircraft Data Gateway 400 (ADG-400) on all of Embraer’s new E2 commercial j... Continue Reading

Two men crouched on the floor of a green aircraft, looking at specs for an interior mod

IAMA recommends airlines price options as airframers enter W-IFE

Airbus and Boeing late last year separately announced plans to play a more meaningful role in bringing wireless entertainment to aircraft. W... Continue Reading

Rows of slimline seats on an Airbus narrowbody with tablets fixed to the back of the seats, showing streaming content

Airbus W-IFE represents natural evolution of airframer strategy

Airbus has long offered an inflight connectivity backbone on board its aircraft, enabling approved aero ISPs to interface with the architect... Continue Reading

overhead console in aircraft cabin interior

Designing the direction of cabin airflow in the face of COVID

It’s no secret that airflow influences airborne contaminant distribution and disease transmission. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, i... Continue Reading

Recaro's CL6720 business class suite is shown. It offers great privacy. A man is seen sleeping in privacy

Recaro aims at density, quality with revamped CL6720 suite

When premium class travel demand returns after COVID-19, the landscape will look very different: fewer first class products, fewer older and... Continue Reading