TRIP REPORT: Aircraft Interiors Expo 2018 – What you might have missed

Examining the new at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2018 – What you might have missed

• Other airports exist other than Heathrow
• Did I mention I hate suitcases? Off to Birmingham Airport
  
• FlyBe BE7109 Birmingham to Hamburg
• Into Hamburg
• The IBIS Budget St Pauli
• Aircraft Interiors Expo – A look back at the coverage
• The Crystal Cabin Awards 2018
• Back to Hamburg Airport
• FlyBe BE7110 Hamburg to Birmingham
• Home James
• Innovation is key. Also being prepared

At Aircraft Interiors Expo, there were plenty of announcements, plenty of sales and plenty of things to keep an eye on. I’ve covered a lot of them here, but for your delectation are the majority of what I covered (and there was a lot …. and there’s still bits and bobs still being released).

I’m also going to go by company name – because it’s easier (amazingly!)

Acro Aircraft Seating

• The new Primera Air seats – a deep dive
• The Acro Series 3

Airbus

• More A380 seating on the A380 upper deck
• The modular-cargo pods for sleep, medical and other uses (press release version and my impressions)
• Airbus A350 – Day and Night – A new pitch on the first class seat?

ATR

• Cabinstream IFE – IFE for an ATR
• Examining the NeoClassic and NeoPrestige seats – coming soon for ATR Aircraft

Avio Interiors

• The Skyrider 2.0.

Expliseat

• SpiceJet and Expliseat launch new seats for the Bombardier Q400

Lift by Encore

• The Lift by Encore Boeing 787 Tourist Class seat – the missing step forward?
• Lift by Encore Boeing 737 seat – into the plane

Geven SpA

With a daily press conference, Geven announced three customers for variants of the Essenza seat.

• WizzAir
• Lufthansa Group
• Interjet

Gogo

• Air Canada signs for Gogo 2Ku for its Bombardier CS300

Iacobucci HF Aerospace

• The ReTrolley – Recycling in the air.

Immfly

• Immafly to provide inflight technology to enable ancillary services to Pegasus Airlines (not written about)

JAMCO

• KLM Sign for the Venture seat

Joon

• Joon tries to explain themselves

Rebel Aerospace

• The Rebel S:two and Joy

Recaro

• The Recaro BL3710: The new standard in short-haul seating?
• China Southern signs for an all-Recaro interior for the A350.

Stelia Aerospace

• The Celeste – Progress is good
• The Opal – A new definition of the Business Class seat?

Virgin Galactic

• Even in space, you’re going to need interiors.

Next: Innovation is important – as The Crystal Cabin Awards proves

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