Rethinking the aircraft seat for a new market reality
The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis for the airline industry, but it is also an opportunity to reevaluate the design of the passenger exper... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Slimline Seat
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
Spirit working to address technical glitches slowing its IFC rollout
Spirit Airlines snatched the #PaxEx headlines at the APEX EXPO with the unveiling of its new Acro Series 6LC slimline seats, and its push fo... Continue Reading
Behind the rise and rise of the Recaro CL3710
It may not have the snappiest name — like any good Recaro seat, it shares a product number with an old Nokia phone — but the Recaro CL3710 i... Continue Reading
Cathay chairman: most passengers see refurbed 777s as improvement
Cathay Pacific has no regrets about its decision to densify its Boeing 777-300 family with 10-abreast seating in economy class, telling Runw... Continue Reading
Tight seat pitch? Peach moves to pre-recline slimline design
On a recent quick trip aboard ANA’s expanding low-cost carrier Peach, I found myself on board JA816P, a three-and-a-half year old Airbus A32... Continue Reading
Readying to take its first A330neo, TAP touts comfort vision
TAP Air Portugal’s decision to adopt standard Recaro slimline seats on its Airbus A320 family aircraft and pitch them as tight as 28 i... Continue Reading
Panasonic Avionics stays focused on serving its niche in IFE
Outside of inflight connectivity, the most hotly competitive part of the inflight entertainment industry right now must surely be the portab... Continue Reading
Italian seatmaker Geven readies ultra-slimline for major European airline
Twenty-eight inch seat pitch is not only manageable, it’s relatively comfortable at knee level even for six-footers: these are words that th... Continue Reading
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