Teague Elevates ‘floating’ herringbone with Nordam Nbrace
Whenever a beautiful, stylish, innovative cabin concept appears, one of the disappointingly relevant realities that it smacks up against is ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Seat Design
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
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
Stelia learns design lessons from previous herringbone generations
With Stelia’s Opera outward-facing herringbone looking set to be a major part of the narrowbody longhaul future, the company is drawing on a... Continue Reading
As it flies into the sunset, what the Airbus A380 can teach us
As Air France announces it will be the first airline to withdraw completely its fleet of Airbus A380s, Emirates is in negotiations with Airb... Continue Reading
Industry stakeholders weigh likelihood of major cabin reconfigurations
Will aircraft cabins be reconfigured in response to the coronavirus pandemic? That’s the question that a number of industry stakeholde... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Lessons airlines can learn from Singapore’s A380 first class
Who knows if we’ll see A380s flying again, and if so how many? It seems clear that, for many airlines, the downturn caused by the coronaviru... Continue Reading
Press Release: Safran presented Janus award for Skylounge Core seat
The jury at the Institut Français du Design has unanimously awarded its Janus Label of Excellence to the Skylounge Core seat in business cla... Continue Reading
Factorydesign champions honest seating; predicts seat size regulation
London-based Factorydesign has worked with Acro Aircraft Seating to develop a new premium economy seat for Icelandic leisure carrier Primera... Continue Reading
In Conversation: what’s new in economy class?
Going deep on economy seats, Routehappy by ATPCO director of airline research Jason Rabinowitz joins RGN deputy editor John Walton to discus... Continue Reading
Will double beds drive a replacement or a renaissance in herringbones?
Only a decade since the first double beds in first class appeared in our skies aboard Singapore Airlines’ first Airbus A380, innovation by s... Continue Reading
Press Release: Mirus launches RWorks in-house design team
Mirus is pleased to announce the launch of RWorks. RWorks is Mirus’ in-house industrial design team. The team sits in parallel with Core (pr... Continue Reading
Avionics, comms players divulge 3D printing aspirations
Aircraft avionics specialists and inflight connectivity providers are using 3D printers to rapidly prototype components for antennas and oth... Continue Reading
MAS CEO: Thompson developing new direct aisle access seat for 737
LE BOURGET — Seatmaker Thompson Aero is designing a new fully flat seat with direct aisle access for the Boeing 737 cross-section, which Mal... Continue Reading
Crystal’s private cruise jet misses on the hard product
Cruise line Crystal’s new jet looks beautiful in some areas, and redefines the onboard dining area in particular. My RGN colleague Cynthia D... Continue Reading
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