What you might have missed from AIX 2024
Exploring the latest in passenger experience… in a rush.
- Planning is Overrated. Other People’s Plans, Doubly So
- Flixing over to London and the joy of the Elizabeth Line
- British Airways North and South lounges
- BA974 London Heathrow to Hamburg Airport (Club Europe)
- Into Hamburg, The IBIS Budget, Hamburg St Pauli/Repherbahn
- When technology goes wrong…
- Stuff you might have missed from AIX 2024
- Back to Hamburg Airport and the Hamburg Airport lounge
- BA967 Hamburg Airport to London Heathrow (Club Europe)
- To the Late-Night Coach
- Desk Rabbit Life
It’s time for your “What you missed at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2024” – including all the stuff you might have missed on the way.
I’m going to approach my headlines in the usual way – alphabetically – so I do not show favouritism, bias, or “you’re friends and you’re just writing nice things without critical thought.”
Trust me – you do not want to know how much fluff I remove from some PR’s. It’s a real challenge some days.
With that, let’s go
Acro Aircraft Seating
- flyadeal selects Acro Aircraft Seating Series 9 for its aircraft – Throwing in some Series 6 to Series 9 conversions to the mix
- Acro Aircraft Seating Series 9 takes to the sky with Volotea – It’s good to see traction with the Series 9 family.
- Pegasus Airlines selects the Acro Series 9 Fixed-Back seat – Another win for Acro post-AIX
Airbus
- Exploring the new Airbus A330neo cabin demonstrator – Coming 2026 onwards
- Retrofitting options for more luggage space – The Airspace Bin L – Dear Airlines. If you’re going to keep older A320s in service and have A320neos, just install these, please.
- Airbus Services secure multiple contacts over AIX – Bins for Swiss, Retrofits for Thai Airways and China Airlines
- DEEP DIVE: The A321XLR interior demonstrator – glimpses of a near future
AirFi
- AirFi Appointed as Portable IFE Partner for Indigo Trial – Another win for AirFi as it continues to expand its reach
ATR
- ATR pushes forward with its HighLine premium platform – With progression with its launch customers. Yes, customers.
Bluebox
- Bluebox secures a renewal of their partnership with Jazeera Airways – Extended play with Bluebox Wow.
- Bluebox Aviation Systems and FFLYA test payment over the Iridium Certus satellite network
Bucher
- JetBlue and Bucher announce a partnership for cabin features – And some lovely dividers and pantries for JetBlue
Collins Aerospace
- Collins Aerospace to unveil cabin solution for onboard wheelchair accommodation – Much more about this next week
- Collins Aerospace unveils its new “Helix” seat – The PR might be dry, but it’s not too bad, to put it mildly
- Introducing Maya by Collins Aerospace and Panasonic Aerospace – The hot concept seat of the show with its 45″ Curved OLED. Interest was high in the seat – to put it bluntly
Delta Flight Products
- Examining the updates to Delta Flight Product and Air4All Accessible Wheelchair seating product – And why it is so important
Expliset
- Air France launches Expliseat Ti2X for its Embraer E190 fleet – And it’s not too bad either.
- The Expliseat Ti2X Prime for Air France – Passable for the mission?
- Expliseat signs Jazz Aviation for its TiSeat 2V seat – And a late-breaking order from Jazz to round out the seating news
Flightpath3D
- FlightPath3D takes off with an updated Kids map – Edutainment in a map
- FlightPath 3D to offer Accessibility Options
Hughes
- AJet to partner with Hughes, TCI and Turksat for in-flight connectivity – Another win for Hughes as they start inking their own deals via its network and partners
- Hughes signs onto the Airbus HBCplus Programme as it nears entry to service – with SES and others having pieces of the pie too
- The promise of LEO Inflight Connectivity – and its path to delivery – with Hughes, Pansonic and Oneweb
Panasonic
- Introducing Maya by Collins Aerospace and Panasonic Aerospace – The hot concept seat of the show with its 45″ Curved OLED. Interest was high in the seat – to put it bluntly
- Air Canada signs for Panasonic Avionics Astrova – Some big upgrades for Air Canada for its passenger
- EVA Air signs for 54 installs of Panasonic Avionics equipment – A nice spread of orders across various Panasonic product lines
- Air Arabia signs Panasonic Avionics to provide connectivity and IFE – Wireless IFE on the way for Air Arabia
- Examining MAYA by Collins Aerospace and Panasonic Avionics – the next step forward in seating?
- The promise of LEO Inflight Connectivity – and its path to delivery – with Hughes, Pansonic and Oneweb
Recaro Aircraft Seating
- Recaro Rebrands its seating lineup – Welcome R1 to R7 – Going from lots of letters and numbers to a simpler code.
- airBaltic selects the Recaro R2 seat for its A220-300s – Another big order for the efficiency seat that is the R2
- Recaro shows off the R Sphere – A seat with sustainable materials, as well as a glimpse of the future?
Starlink
- Qatar Airways announces its Starlink Deployment plans – Although good luck finding a Starlink rep at the show.
Soilsa Aircraft Interiors
Stelia Aerospace (Airbus Atlantic)
- Stelia Aerospace launches Opera Essential – A sustainability saver or a way to cut the business class seat to the bone?
- The Stelia Opera Essentials – Weigh saver… or discount business class candidate?
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