The challenges of incorporating antimicrobial materials into the cabin
More than half a year into the COVID-19 pandemic, and as medical researchers learn more about the spread of the disease, it is clear that th... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Seatmakers
Combining strategic purchasing with empowering women employees
In the era of COVID-19, strategic purchasing is increasingly important in aviation, because the risk that smaller suppliers in particular ar... Continue Reading
In Conversation Transcribed: Business class with Virgin and BA
John Walton: Hello and welcome to Runway Girl Network, In Conversation, a deep dive into aviation and the passenger experience. I’m RG... Continue Reading
In Conversation: Business class with Virgin and BA
Joanna Bailey and Thomas Boon from Simple Flying join aviation journalist and interiors expert John Walton to face off about the newest busi... Continue Reading
Slim seats are an eco-start but recycling makes bigger difference: AIRA
Slimline economy class seats get mixed #PaxEx reviews, especially when they’re used by airlines to add more rows in tightly-configured... Continue Reading
Beyond Beyoncé: in search of a post-doors model for suite privacy
Last year I coined the idea of the Beyoncé Model for updated business class seats with doors on the side giving business mini-suites: “if yo... Continue Reading
Jamco uses Mixed Reality tech to help on-the-fly seat fixes
As airline seats become more complex, more customized and more detailed in terms of color, material and finish, keeping them fully functiona... Continue Reading
Airbus looks for new approaches to premium seat availability problems
Earlier this month the production and capacity squeeze on premium seatmakers took a particularly unusual turn. When Airbus revealed its new ... Continue Reading
Ranking 2019’s best business class seats
This year holds much promise for new and expanded business class products, with new seats and new types of seat on the horizon as seatmakers... Continue Reading
Interiors industry unconcerned by exposure to potential China trade war
Amid growing concern among high-tech players in the aviation industry about industrial espionage by — and the growing prospects of a US trad... Continue Reading
In-seat monitors, USB ports bring Nij to the fore
As seatmakers continue their push to create denser cabins while maintaining or even improving some aspects of passenger living space, new ce... Continue Reading
Recaro’s lean boss Esther Smart talks transparency and no blame culture
Five years into the process of transforming seatmaker Recaro into a lean organisation — one that works along the principles evolving over de... Continue Reading
Get out of your comfort zone, says Recaro director of ops Mirjam Bruhns
As one of the few women in major engineering roles within aviation seatmakers, Recaro’s Mirjam Bruhns stands out for more than just her unus... Continue Reading
Evolving business class suite privacy beyond just adding a door
After the Aircraft Interiors Expo this April, I noted that quite a lot of seatmakers seemed to have adopted the Beyoncé model: if you liked ... Continue Reading
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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