Airbus pushes 10-abreast A350 beyond leisure/charter markets
Having told Runway Girl Network in 2015 that it is working to make the 10-abreast A350 XWB more comfortable, Airbus now confirms it has adva... Continue Reading
Author: John Walton
Airbus IoT: low-hanging fruit within reach but privacy questions remain
Promises about the potential benefits of the Internet of Things for airlines, travelers and the wider commercial aviation industry have been... Continue Reading
Jamco’s quest for elegance results in upmarket new staggered seat
With the exception of some of the possible arrangements and kinematics of its Spread Your Wings seat from last year, Japanese seatmaker Jamc... Continue Reading
After engines, cabin supply chain is Airbus’ biggest A320neo blocker
Supply chain problems with engines are still causing headaches for raising the rate of production of the Airbus A320neo family, but the pass... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic’s photo-friendly afternoon tea is bang on trend
If there’s a perfect storm of passenger experience trends at the moment, it’s Virgin Atlantic’s afternoon tea. Now offered in all three of t... Continue Reading
Recaro not sleeping on success after bumper year and award wins
As economy seat specialist Recaro goes from strength to strength, with a Red Dot Product Design award for its shorthaul BL3710 slimline and ... 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
HAECO’s Meredith Frazier on the need for realistic role models in STEM
Innovation in aviation can come from the most unusual sparks of imagination, and HAECO Cabin Solutions staff engineer Meredith Frazier, who ... Continue Reading
New airline galley equipment offers better food & beverages – and IoT
When you think “galley insert”, you might think of industrial design that could charitably be described as “industrial chic”, replete with b... Continue Reading
Style & Design’s Moments seat poses fascinating questions
I wasn’t expecting to come across one of the most thought-provoking seats of the 2019 Aircraft Interiors Expo at the booth of upholsterers M... Continue Reading
airBaltic’s A220 impresses amid wetleased Munich capacity push
As capacity issues at Frankfurt Airport and a chilly relationship between Lufthansa and the airport operator bite, and in the context of an ... Continue Reading
The growing role of AIX as space for provoking collaborative thought
“Stop, collaborate and listen,” wrote recording artist Vanilla Ice in his seminal 1990 work “Ice Ice Baby”, and this principle was well and ... Continue Reading
Viasat bridges the gap to global Ka-band coverage
For airlines that want to take advantage of a single inflight connectivity provider globally, but still want Viasat’s regional Ka-band servi... 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
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