Exclusive: Beond looks beyond Maldives to Caribbean under roadmap
Beond, the Dubai-headquartered Maldivian start-up that flies all-premium Airbus narrowbodies and bills itself as ‘the world’s first premium ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Optimares
Divine divan? Optimares SoFab persuades with comfortable simplicity
Throughout the forty-odd years that business class has existed, much of its design and development has been focussed on evolutionary and rev... Continue Reading
Press Release: SIMONA Boltaron, Optimares team on Green Seat Project
SIMONA Boltaron and Optimares SpA are pleased to announce they are collaborating on SoFab, a Green Seat Project for the 2023 Aircraft Interi... Continue Reading
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
Smaller seatmakers look to meet narrowbody seat needs of airframers
As the passenger experience stands as 2019 draws to a close, the overwhelming majority of narrowbody airliners, whether from the Airbus A320... Continue Reading
Press Release: AIX committed to facilitating interiors business in NA
Buyers from the world’s leading airlines, including Virgin Atlantic, Singapore Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Emirates, Qantas and Lufthansa, des... Continue Reading
Optimares secures Airbus A321 Quadra linefit as part of Qatar deal
When Italian seatmaker Optimares produces its first set of Quadra economy class seats for Qatar Airways’ Airbus A321neo, it will at the same... Continue Reading
Hawaiian chooses Adient herringbone, Collins Aspire for 787
Hawaiian Airlines is to install an Adient Aerospace’s Ascent outward-facing herringbone seat in the premium cabin of its Boeing 787-9 ... Continue Reading
Maxima peeks out from behind Hong Kong Airlines’ dimsum cart?
One of the trends in business class I’m following quite closely is what airlines use to replace angled lie-flat sleeper seats in business cl... Continue Reading
Optimares sings “shared aisle access” tune with Aria
Has Optimares truly developed the world’s most space-efficient business class while still enabling direct aisle access for every passenger? ... Continue Reading
Can a 2-2-2 layout ever be better than direct aisle access?
When Emirates unveiled the latest version of its Boeing 777 business class, on the smallest aircraft currently in its fleet — the Boeing 777... Continue Reading
Ethiopian’s 767 refit to support four more years of service
If you thought that the Boeing 767’s heyday was over, Ethiopian Airlines’ recent decision to install Optimares’ fully flat ZEST seats on its... Continue Reading
PaxEx odds and ends: BA brings pain and Ethiopian 767 no longer plain
Just because you know something is coming doesn’t make it hurt any less when it actually arrives. We have known for nearly a year that Briti... Continue Reading
Hawaiian, JPA launch detail-oriented, premium-heavy A321neo
HAMBURG — Reiterating its brand positioning as a premium leisure carrier, Hawaiian Airlines plans to offer a premium-heavy Airbus A321neo ai... Continue Reading
Key business class themes arise from Crystal Cabin shortlist
It might seem that new business class seats are a dime a dozen these days. Indeed, even the shortlisted entrants for the Crystal Cabin Award... Continue Reading
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