It’s the Saturday after the week before, and your author has their feet up after a week on the press beat.
But Saturday has come, so it’s time for Last Week at Economy Class and Beyond.
Ferris Wheel at the Hamburg Dom (Frühlingsdom) – Image, Economy Class and Beyond
Aircraft Interior Expo
We covered a lot during the show (and there’s still a little more to come, before we hit our Post-Show Coverage). Thank you all for visiting during the week.
Crystal Cabin Awards
Interiors
- Airbus moves the A220 programme forward with Airspace confirmed for three airlines.
- Introducing the RAVE Aerospace and Safran’s “Origin” Concept
- Airbus showcases its next-generation First Class Experience concept for A350-1000
IFE Screens
- Panasonic Avionics unveils eXNeo
- Thales launches FlytEdge Aura – Bringing Tandem OLED to the Sky
- ZIPAIR Completes Fleetwide Deployment of MacBook Pro Inflight Server Platform
Seating
- Air Canada selects Collins Aerospace Seating for its upcoming Airbus A321XL.R
- Expliseat unveils its first Business Class Seat – Introducing the TiSeat S
- Collins Aerospace secures three launch customers for the Helix Main Cabin Seat
- flyadeal signs with Gevan and Jiratchi Seating for their A330neo seating
Wireless Connectivity and Antennas
- ThinKom Unveils Space-optimised ThinAir Nexus Aircraft Antenna
- Garuda Indonesia selects MOMENT for its Wireless IFE solution
- Virgin Atlantic to accelerate its Starlink rollout, with Airbus A350 family to lead
- Viasat enters Technical Evaluation Process with Boeing to Qualify Viasat AERA
- Thinkom Secures SES Open Orbits Type Approval for ThinAir Ka2517 Antenna
- Air Canada commences flying with Panasonic Astrova
- Delta Air Lines selects Airbus for A350-1000 in-flight connectivity solution with Hughes
- Air India taps Hughes for next-generation In-Flight Connectivity
Other headlines that made it through the list
- Air New Zealand opens bookings for Economy SkyNest – Worth the $495 for four hours of a flat surface to sleep?
- Qatar Airways extends its timetable through to September, with 150 destinations on the list – More connectivity announced
Pretty pictures
Next Week
Things are heading back to normal… well, what accounts for normal at Economy Class and Beyond.
We’ll be kicking off our post-AIX content (when your author gets more than a few minutes to pull stuff together). In addition, we’ll be working through the Chicago Trip Report (which I held back due to it being lost in the show content).
On top of that, we’ll have our usual mixture of news, views and anything else that catches my eye.
Until Monday, it’s feet up time for a little. And maybe bath salts too.
Happy landings!
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