Interiors & Connectivity

Several winning products from the 2023 Crystal Cabin Awards include technology features that could simplify aircraft maintenance.

Saudia will retrofit cabins with Panasonic’s Astrova IFE system and collaborate with the OEM to develop new maintenance capabilities.

A seating retrofit program at Jazeera Airways will allow the Kuwaiti LCC to fit an extra row of seats in its aircraft.

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

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.

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

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

ATR claims its 70-seat-class ATR 72-600 cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 45%, compared with equivalent regional jets.

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

United Airlines is set to purchase nearly 300,000 Astrova seatback screens from Panasonic Avionics to bolster its inflight entertainment offering.

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

The MOBILE Act could move forward efforts to accommodate passengers with reduced mobility to stay in their own personal wheelchairs onboard an aircraft.

One of the main ideas put forward by Airbus is the use of bionic materials, using designs that mimic nature.

Iberia customer experience director Melanie Berry details cabin changes the Spanish airline is making on board to improve its environmental footprint.

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

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.