Optimares secures Airbus A321 Quadra linefit as part of Qatar deal
When Italian seatmaker Optimares produces its first set of Quadra economy class seats for Qatar Airways’ Airbus A321neo, it will at the same... Continue Reading
Author: John Walton
Inside Lufthansa’s design process for its new 777X business class
How do you design an all-new business class to last for a decade across multiple airlines within the same group? It’s about partnerships, ex... Continue Reading
Airbus teases new business, premium seats for longhaul narrowbodies
With the sales success of the ten-hour-capable A321XLR since its announcement at the Paris Air Show this June, and in the context of product... Continue Reading
Spirit reups with new Acro seats, proposes replacing pitch measurement
US ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines is introducing Acro Series 6LC slimline seats in its economy class, plus HAECO recliners in its Bi... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Technik teams up with LG for new AERQ PaxEx partnership
One of the ongoing critiques of the inflight entertainment industry is the slow speed at which the burgeoning advances in consumer technolog... Continue Reading
Floor Felten of Brisbane Airport on meeting challenges head on
When Floor Felten, executive general manager for strategy, planning and technology at Brisbane Airport, arrived in Australia after sixteen y... Continue Reading
Beyond residential: moving towards the lounge-as-Starbucks model
The driving design trend behind most airport business class (and especially first class) lounges over the last decade has been “residential”... Continue Reading
Where supersupplier Safran sits as airframers go vertical
As recently as a year ago, the message from commercial aircraft manufacturers about the growing cadre of supplersuppliers was one of distrus... Continue Reading
Safran offers upscaling solution to low-def IFE content problem
In a world where inflight entertainment (IFE) screens continue to increase in size, resolution and clarity, the ongoing failure of content p... Continue Reading
Casey Erickson revs up for all-electric Air Race E innovations
Electric aircraft racing around a three-mile oval track at nearly three hundred miles an hour in a sprint to the finish: that’s what Air Rac... Continue Reading
A350 premium economy trends towards narrower 2-4-2 layout
What does premium economy look like? For most of the life of this middle cabin — launched in 1992 by either Virgin Atlantic or EVA Air, whic... Continue Reading
In Conversation Transcribed: ATR with Zuzana Hrnkova
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: ATR with Zuzana Hrnkova
ATR’s vice president and head of marketing Zuzana Hrnkova joins RGN deputy editor John Walton to talk about the past, present and future of ... Continue Reading
Does viral easyJet picture reveal gap in safety regs or procedures?
When easyJet removed two seatbacks from one of its in-service aircraft, it didn’t imagine that a single photograph from a passenger of the n... 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
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