Interiors & Connectivity

By Lindsay Bjerregaard
Saudia will retrofit cabins with Panasonic’s Astrova IFE system and collaborate with the OEM to develop new maintenance capabilities.
Interiors & Connectivity

Soisa Aircraft Interiors is expanding its manufacturing capabilities with the addition of its Dubai facility.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
A seating retrofit program at Jazeera Airways will allow the Kuwaiti LCC to fit an extra row of seats in its aircraft.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
Thales has unveiled an onboard data center that enables passengers to stream their own content on their device, allowing carriers to ditch seatback screens.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Linda Blachly
Airbus said the simpler, lighter bins will lead to an overall improvement of turnaround times and reduce the weight of the cabin structure by around 300 lbs.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Linda Blachly
The aircraft cabin is seeing more of an evolution, rather than a revolution, in designs this week at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX).
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
Customized for Air New Zealand from Safran’s Visa platform, the Business Premier seat can convert into an 81-in. bed.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Thierry Dubois
ATR claims its 70-seat-class ATR 72-600 cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 45%, compared with equivalent regional jets.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
The company has just acquired a new factory at Crawley, Surrey, near London Gatwick Airport and recently unveiled its second business-class seat.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Alan Dron
United Airlines is set to purchase nearly 300,000 Astrova seatback screens from Panasonic Avionics to bolster its inflight entertainment offering.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Victoria Moores
After consulting “a large number” of airlines and IFC competitors, the European Commission decided that Viasat’s market position would remain “moderate.”
Interiors & Connectivity

By Christine Boynton
The MOBILE Act could move forward efforts to accommodate passengers with reduced mobility to stay in their own personal wheelchairs onboard an aircraft.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Victoria Moores
One of the main ideas put forward by Airbus is the use of bionic materials, using designs that mimic nature.
Interiors & Connectivity

Lufthansa Technik has pre-launched its state-of-the-art VIP cabin design for the BBJ 777-9.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Helen Massy-Beresford
Iberia customer experience director Melanie Berry details cabin changes the Spanish airline is making on board to improve its environmental footprint.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Jens Flottau
Recaro Aircraft Seating, a market leader for economy-class seats, has seen demand return following the pandemic, but parts shortages are an everyday challenge.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Sean Broderick
Accidents are becoming more survivable, meaning regulators are doing their jobs, but finding additional improvements has become more challenging.
Safety, Ops & Regulation

By Linda Blachly
Passengers say they care about the environmental effects of flying, but don’t seem willing to change their behavior.
Airlines & Lessors

By Bill Carey
Charter operator JSX said May 8 that it has completed installing the SpaceX Starlink inflight connectivity system across its fleet of 40 Embraer regional jets.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Chen Chuanren
China’s ministry of industry and information technology has given China Mobile the green light to conduct tests of 5G air to ground (5G ATG).
Interiors & Connectivity

Saudi Arabian Airlines (Saudia) has unveiled its latest state-of-the-art business seat at the annual Arabian Travel Market (ATM), in Dubai.
Aerospace

Etihad Airways is showcasing a suite of new products and enhancements at the Arabian Travel Market in Dubai this week.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Christine Boynton
Expectations for inflight connectivity are evolving, and U.S. airlines are beginning to offer the ancillary for free to some or all their passengers.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Linda Blachly
Sustainability and changing tastes are driving trends in onboard catering.
Interiors & Connectivity

By Linda Blachly
To help support airlines’ goals of reducing waste to be more sustainable and more cost-effective, Airbus has been working on a prototype of a Food Scanner.
Interiors & Connectivity