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Diehl Aviation's Skypax galley-lav combo is seen here onboard an aircraft. The two lavs sit side-by-side, and feature a swinging partition to support access for wheelchair users

Diehl demos Skypax wheelchair-accessible galley-lav module

Combination galley-lavatory modules have been available for the best part of a decade, with some also offering improved accessibility for fl... Continue Reading

A female passenger is sitting in the Air NZ Business Premier seat. The seat is all white with a large IFE screen. There is purple hue lighting surrounding the Visa seat.

Behind the changes in Safran Seats GB’s Visa seat for Air NZ

At the very front of Air New Zealand’s new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner sits a new business class herringbone seat spanning two market segments, ... Continue Reading

Air NZ Skynest with passengers in it on a 787 rendering

Air New Zealand’s new 787-9: the shape of longhaul to come

Air New Zealand’s next-generation Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner — one version of which will fly its ultra-longhaul flights, including nonstops to ... Continue Reading

L-bin by Airbus is being displayed as the new retrofit overhead bin option on teh AIX show floor of 2022

Airbus develops “light-refit” larger overhead bins for A320 family

Tucked into the very back of the Airbus booth at the Aircraft Interiors Expo, well behind the new business class suites, wafer-thin inflight... Continue Reading

Mirus Kestrel seat in grey on the show floor at AIX 2022

Mirus unveils Kestrel ultra-lightweight 28” slimline

Slimline seat specialist Mirus is breaking the 7.5kg fully dressed seat barrier with Kestrel, its latest pre-reclined economy class seat des... Continue Reading

Safran's Vue business class seat for narrowbody aircraft is grey with darker grey thermoplastics.

Safran’s Vue from the top in crowded narrowbody herringbone market

If the 2010s were the decade of the herringbone seat on widebody aircraft, the 2020s are the decade of the herringbone seat on narrowbody ai... Continue Reading

A man is sitting in the Collins AirLounge seat on the show floor at AIX 2022

Collins’ AirLounge sofa seat: the talk of AIX

At the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg last week, the big topic of discussion was Collins Aerospace’s AirLounge seat, presented in its Fi... Continue Reading

Airbus HBCplus graphic shows a white Airbus aircraft with an antenna sending out signals to surrounding satellite systems.

Airbus goes supplier-furnished for HBCplus IFC, including on A350

HAMBURG — Airbus is offering a new linefit supplier-furnished catalogue option for inflight connectivity across all its commercial aircraft ... Continue Reading

A fridge and snack section are seen as part of the m-flex by Collins Aerospace

Collins M-Flex door-bar ready and waiting for widebody customers

HAMBURG — Collins Aerospace has spent the three years since we last saw its M-Flex convertible door-service-bar monument focussed on develop... Continue Reading

Recaro CL3810 in sets of 3 on an aircraft.

Recaro cuts weight from CL3810 seat, reveals new IFE integrations

HAMBURG — In a preview interview and seat unveiling prior to the Aircraft Interiors Expo this week, Recaro Aircraft Seating revealed that th... Continue Reading

Privacy doors are shut on the Jamco Quest seat. The seat is grey with chocolate brown details and blue thermoplastics.

Jamco evolves Quest staggered business class seat

HAMBURG — Of all the fascinating pre-pandemic seat concepts reappearing at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg this week, Jamco’s upmarke... Continue Reading

A rendering of the Pexco AirShield in action, showing air nozzles creating a 'shield' of air

Pexco-Teague AirShield asks key post-COVID cabin air quality questions

HAMBURG — As the airline passenger experience industry gathers for its first Aircraft Interiors Expo trade show since the start of COVID-19,... Continue Reading

A large sign with the floral batik motif hung above an escalator. The sign is for Singapore Airlines' SilverKris Lounge

Singapore revels in updated batik fabric for new lounge design

For the design of its new lounges in Changi Airport, Singapore Airlines is drawing delightfully on the new custom-made batik motif it has be... Continue Reading

Condor A330neo business class in a 1-2-1 configuration. The seats are blue with white and blue vertically striped antimacassars.

Condor’s new staggered business class sets premium leisure standard

German leisure airline Condor is following up its recent controversial yet brave stripey rebrand with an impressive new business class, feat... Continue Reading

VantageDUO is pictured here in an outdoor setting. The seats are rich browns with a quilted cover.

Thompson launches new VantageDUO paired angle seat with zero-G

Ahead of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg next week, Thompson Aero Seating is unveiling its new VantageDUO paired angled seat, aimed a... Continue Reading