Interiors & Connectivity

Accidents are becoming more survivable, meaning regulators are doing their jobs, but finding additional improvements has become more challenging.

Passengers say they care about the environmental effects of flying, but don’t seem willing to change their behavior.

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.

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).

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.

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

Circularity is being applied to cabin product recycling.

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

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

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.

Air India has committed more than $400 million to refurbish the cabins on all of its current widebodies, comprising 27 Boeing 787s and 13 777s.

Onboard digital connectivity has evolved from being regarded as a “nice-to-have” to a “must-have” due to new expectations and rising expectations.

Airline operations communications (AOC) would be conducted over commercial broadband networks under a future connectivity plan advanced by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the FAA and manufacturers Airbus and Boeing.

Everyone travelling by air appreciates a comfortable flight aided by amenities such as inflight entertainment and connectivity and a decent amount of