Interiors & Connectivity

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).

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

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

Expectations for inflight connectivity are evolving, and U.S. airlines are beginning to offer the ancillary for free to some or all their passengers.

Sustainability and changing tastes are driving trends in onboard catering.

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.

Sustainability continues to weave in and out of aircraft cabin discussions.

Today—not so much as an extra service but as a customer expectation—IFC is improving, and U.S. airlines are upgrading

The Boeing 747 became the air transport vehicle of choice for the elite, everyman and boxes.

As more airlines opt for next-gen IFC systems, technology providers are advancing installation options.

For the time being, in high-end seats, environmental considerations have yet to displace passenger wellbeing as the main design driver.

With Middle Eastern airline Emirates having announced the biggest ever cabin refit programme in history, and record numbers of narrowbody orders across the MEASA region meant the colocated MRO Middle East and Aircraft Interiors Middle East shows were set to shine.

Latest editions of both events will feature an enhanced content agenda, world class innovations and unbeatable networking opportunities

Passengers are pushing more than ever for fast, personalized IFC technology.

Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) will set the scene for the next chapter of aircraft cabin innovation when it returns to the Hamburg Messe from 6-8 June 2023.

MRO Middle East 2023 and Aircraft Interiors Middle East (AIME) 2023, are set to return to Dubai.

Circularity is being applied to cabin product recycling.

Emissions savings from cabins are difficult to locate, but important to overall goals.

More companies, including airlines and those in the aviation supply chain, are requiring documentation around environmental, social and governance (ESG) goals.

Emirates has chosen Inmarsat’s GX Aviation as its inflight broadband system for the airline’s incoming fleet of Airbus A350s.

Emirates claims that its cabin refit program constitutes the largest-known aircraft refurbishment project in history.

The first Emirates A380 to be completely refurbished under the airline’s US$ 2 billion retrofit programme has been today deployed on the Dubai-London Heathrow service.

Communication and sensor systems usually run independently.

ULCC easyJet has expanded its use of AirFi’s connectivity technology on board its fleet.

In September 2022, American Airlines announced it was eliminating international first-class seats and replacing them with more business-class seats.