Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
Thales has been awarded a contract by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines to upgrade the country’s air traffic management system.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Matthew Fulco
The companies will integrate Spacesail's low-Earth orbit (LEO) connectivity into Airbus' High Bandwidth Connectivity (HBC)-plus.
Connected Aerospace

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Air France is adding its new La Premiere first class cabin on select Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to four more destinations: Atlanta, Boston, Houston and Tel Aviv.
Airlines & Lessors

By Adrian Schofield
Korean Air is revealing plans to install Starlink high-speed Wi-Fi across its own fleet and those of its subsidiaries.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Helen Massy-Beresford
TAP Air Portugal plans to offer long-haul passengers a premium economy option with a new cabin for its Airbus A330s and A321LRs, starting from next summer.
Airlines & Lessors

By Thierry Dubois
Jamco Corporation plans to buy Iacobucci HF Aerospace S.p.A., a specialist in galley inserts such as espresso and beverage makers, trash compactors and ovens.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Air Canada’s narrowbodies and regional jets will be retrofitted with refreshed cabins over the next couple of years.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
Expliseat has begun to recycle production waste and incorporate it into new seats, before proceeding with materials from end-of-life seats, the CEO says.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
Safran Seats is seeing work on a new headrest for seats in economy come to fruition while also researching ways to accommodate a fixed shell in that cabin.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Lee Ann Shay
Lufthansa Technik debuted its high-definition touchscreen in the surface of a folding tray table at the Dubai Airshow. See how you can watch a movie, order food or read.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
The head injury criterion (HIC) in seat certification is generating difficulties for seat manufacturers, companies say.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Bill Carey
A federal jury in Delaware has found that Gogo infringed on patents held by SmartSky Networks in launching its new 5G air-to-ground system.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Kurt Hofmann
Lufthansa Group LCC Eurowings is set to launch a premium seat trial onboard an Airbus A320neo from Berlin to Dubai International Airport.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
Air Cambodia has ordered a premium seating configuration from regional turboprop manufacturer ATR for the retrofit of three ATR 72-600s.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Christine Boynton
Safran Seats will establish a manufacturing and seat assembly facility in Dubai to support Emirates that will initially focus on business and economy seats for cabin retrofits.
Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Jill Stockbridge
Lufthansa Technik is debuting its new hidden touch-display technology at Dubai Airshow 2025 which it is targeting at both business jet and airline premium cabins.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
Singapore Airlines will roll out LEO satellite connectivity to enhance inflight Wi-Fi as part of a long-haul cabin product revamp set for the 2026 first half.
Airlines & Lessors

By Kevin Michaels
Industry stakeholders would be wise to pay more attention to this surprisingly complex, highly cyclical and often overlooked component of the supply chain.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Garrett Reim
Amazon has rebranded its Project Kuiper satellite internet constellation to “Amazon Leo,” signaling that it is moving from R&D toward commercial operations.
Satellites

By Victoria Moores
Emirates Airline President Tim Clark is planning to expand his active Airbus A380 fleet from 95-96 aircraft today to around 110 by the end of 2026.
Airlines & Lessors

By Chen Chuanren
A recent agreement between Airbus and China Southern Airlines for inflight connectivity systems points to a likely order for 10 new A350s.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Victoria Moores
Air-to-ground (A2G) inflight connectivity specialist SkyFive has been granted a 10-year license to provide A2G connectivity in India.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Adrian Schofield
Qantas revealed a new cabin product for its mainline narrowbody fleet and reports that production of its first Airbus A350-1000ULR is on schedule.
Airlines & Lessors

By Helen Massy-Beresford
British Airways signed a deal with Starlink that will allow all passengers to benefit from free Wi-Fi onboard, with rollout set to begin in 2026.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
Recaro is planning on producing some 150,000 seats this year, a double-digit increase over 2024 in a context of supply and demand challenges.
Interiors & Connectivity