Seat certification bites as luxury-rebranded Stelia pauses Comet
The rebrand of Airbus’ premium seatmaker Stelia, which was created from the merger of Aerolia and Sogerma in January 2015, is well under way... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Zodiac Aerospace
Press Release: Air France selects Zodiac’s RAVE IFE for 15 A330s
Zodiac Aerospace has announced at the Aircraft Interiors Expo that Air France has selected Zodiac Inflight Innovations to install its ground... Continue Reading
Zodiac’s multisensory immersive future of business class
The Aircraft Interiors Expo is always fascinating from a business class perspective. Today, before the show opened, Mary Kirby and I got a s... Continue Reading
#PaxEx TV: Collaborative civil aviation research takes off in Hamburg
Runway Girl Network has been following the story of the ZAL TechCenter civil aviation research facility in Hamburg for quite some time. The ... Continue Reading
Is United going aisle-access in business with Recaro seat?
United’s likely Boeing 777-300ER seat map LOPA (layout of passenger accommodation) has been revealed by aviation journalist Brian Sumers, an... Continue Reading
Lumexis presses Airbus to broaden IFEC catalogue offerings
The recent news that Zodiac Aerospace has been deselected from the Airbus A330neo interiors catalogue due to lavatory supply issues on the A... Continue Reading
Apex or Nadir: the accountancy straw that breaks the camel’s back?
In the perennial quest for the optimum business class seating configuration balancing increasing passenger expectations about space requirem... Continue Reading
Opportunities abound for B/E as US airlines improve #PaxEx
B/E Aerospace today put some eye-opening figures against its aircraft interiors winnings with North American airlines, telling analysts it e... Continue Reading
From vaporware to real world: the Crystal Cabin Awards, analysed
The Crystal Cabin Awards, presented by the Hamburg Aviation Cluster at the Aircraft Interiors Expo each April, showcase the passenger experi... Continue Reading
A Space-Flex setback: carrier chooses comfort for crew
Earlier this year RGN learned that a major carrier was evaluating the Airbus/Zodiac Space-Flex v2 lavatory/galley option and had less than s... Continue Reading
Zodiac’s lower deck patent asks more questions than it answers
Zodiac Aerospace is exploring the opportunity of seating passengers underneath the main deck of commercial aircraft, in the area currently o... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Airlines’ bespoke premium seat choices warrant questions
British Airways introduced the first flat-bed business class seat in 2000. At that point in time, no seat manufacturer was making fully hori... Continue Reading
Cabin concept seeks to provoke questions about passenger desire
In the landmark Chicago Area Transportation Study of 1955-1962, urban planners defined desire lines as “the shortest line between orig... Continue Reading
American’s post-Zodiac business class seat options explored
So long, American Airlines’ unique forwards-backwards herringbone seat, we hardly knew ye. The often fractious relationship between airline ... Continue Reading
American seeks new business seat vendor after chronic delays
American Airlines has started looking for a new vendor to supply Business Class seats for its Boeing 787-9 aircraft and the remainder of its... Continue Reading
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