TRIP REPORT: AIX2022 – What you might have missed from the show

What you might have missed from Aircraft Interiors Expo 2022
Aircraft Interiors Expo 2022: Back in Person

• Redemption seats exist for a reason
• Off to LHR, Terminal 5 South Lounge
• BA0974 London Heathrow to Hamburg (Club Europe)
• Into Germany and IBIS Hotel
• What you might have missed from Aircraft Interiors Expo 2022
• What do I get up to on the off-hours? (or “Do you have a life?”)
• Back to Hamburg Airport
• BA0957 Hamburg to London Heathrow (Club Europe)
• There’s a coach around here, I swear…
• Innovation continues

So there’s been a lot of headlines and coverage from Aircraft Interiors Expo I’ve covered this year (With the last bits coming on stream as time allows).

So here are some bullet lists, going in alphabetical order (in case anyone accuses me of bias).

Acro

• flyadeal signs with Acro Aircraft Seating for Series 6 seats

Aerq

• AERQ and Eurowings Discover announce a partnership for AERENA platform
• Semi-Transparent screens as dividers? AERQ shows a possibility for the cabin.

Airbus

• Airbus launches Airspace Link HBCplus with Inmarsat and Safran
• Airbus to offer touchless lavatories as a retrofit item
• Larger overhead bins? Airbus presents a retrofit possibility

ATR

• ATR show off their new concept seat

Butterfly Flexible Seating

• Examining the Butterfly Seat – Progression on a Design

Collins Aerospace

Examining Collins Aerospace AirLounge – Can it deliver?

Crystal Cabin Award

Crystal Cabin Award 2022 Winners Announced

FlightPath 3D

Latécoère and FlightPath3D partner on a 4K 3D Flight Map on Smart LiFi Monitor

Mirus

• Mirus Seating launches its Kestrel seat – we get to try it

Panasonic Avionics

• Panasonic Avionics and Adobe announces a services tie-up
• Panasonic Avionics launches Astrova OLED Screens
• Qatar Airways signs for Panasonic Astrova for its Boeing 777X fleet
• Examining Panasonic’s Astrova System – OLED picture quality in the sky

Pexco

Examining AirShield and its place in the cabin

Recaro Aircraft Seating

• Recaro signs Philippine Airlines for additional BL3510 seats
• KLM and Transavia signs for Recaro Aircraft Seating products
• Tibet Airlines selects Recaro Aircraft Seating for Business and Economy Class
• Recaro shows off its CL3810 Long Haul Economy Seat, with Panasonic Astrova and AERQ’s IFE options

Oneweb

• Oneweb prepares to take off – What can it deliver?

Safran

• Safran reveals Euphony, a headset-free sound solution and
• Does Safran’s Euphony work in practice?
• Safran Seating launches its VUE and UNITY seating range
• Safran Seating signs SunExpress for the Z200 seats
• Safran to outfit ITA Airways new cabins

Thales

• Examining Thales Optiq QLED system – a challenger to OLED in the sky?

ZIM

• The ZIM Privacy – A valuable upgrade

Next: What happens in the off hours? 

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