Blurring the business-first line leaves a hard product opportunity gap
The line between business and first class has been shifting ever since the former was introduced some forty years ago, but recent developmen... Continue Reading
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Recliner-plus seating evolves for widebody PE and narrowbody business
Several new seating products, familiar from the stands at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, stand out in their extra space, comfort, functionalit... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic, Stelia, ZIM speedily spruce up ex-Airberlin A330s
Last time we checked in with Virgin Atlantic’s then-newly-leased ex-Airberlin Airbus A330-200s back in January, the airline had just hit on ... Continue Reading
Air Canada looks to stop gadgets from slipping into business seats
Personal electronic devices have a way of slipping out of passengers’ hands and into the crevices of business class seats, which can create ... Continue Reading
Acro’s Series 7 arrives on Euro-leisure Primera Air
If you, like me, have been waiting with bated breath for Acro’s spacious Series 7 to make its début, it’s finally here. The seatmaker made i... Continue Reading
New restraint system addresses airline passenger violence
A workplace conflict consultancy in Britain has developed a passenger restraint system which will be easier for crew to use while reducing t... 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
How the design of cabin safety equipment works
Following Southwest Airlines Flight 1380, there has been active speculation and energetic discussion on social media about possible design i... Continue Reading
Is the future of seatback thermoplastics really greige?
Settle down in your airline seat and look at the seatback in front of you. It’s almost certainly grey or beige. So is the armrest, and so is... Continue Reading
In Conversation: key trends and big news from a busy AIX 2018
What’s new in the world of the Aircraft Interiors Expo? RGN’s Mary Kirby and John Walton are in conversation about AIX 2018, talking new sli... Continue Reading
Geven diversifies suppliers, grows overseas to double capacity
Italian seatmaker Geven, preparing for two major economy class seat production programmes for the Airbus A320 family, is transitioning to a ... Continue Reading
Geven’s Roberta Macciocca balances engineering and business
Walking the line between the exacting demands of airline customers and a deep knowledge of seat engineering processes is a complex challenge... Continue Reading
Winning the zero-sum game with storage and features, not angles, doors
Much of the design innovation in business class seats over the last few years has focused on resolving the zero-sum problem with staggered s... Continue Reading
Boeing aims for seat market with Adient to fill nose-to-tail gap
Boeing and automotive seatmaker Adient are creating a new joint venture airline seatmaker, Adient Aerospace, in which Adient is the 50.01 pe... Continue Reading
Industry has not seen Koito repeat but quick turn orders are a thing
In 2010 Japanese seatmaker Koito Industries’ falsification of test data on as many as 150,000 seats in the world fleet came to light. The fi... Continue Reading
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