Economy Class & Beyond

AIX18: Geven and Lufthansa Group launch their new seat

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Day 2 of Aircraft Interiors Expo takes us to the packed how that is Geven and the launch of Lufthansa's Group new seat for their short-haul fleet. Again - like the announcement the day before - it's based the Essenza seat. The seat itself will be the same across the entire group of airlines, with different covers installed - you'll see the family resemblance in the … [Read more...]

AIX18: The Skyrider 2.0 …

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From the floor of Aircraft Interiors Expo, AVIO Interiors are typing to push an ultra-low-cost seating product. And it's... different. Rather than me rattle on - let's look at the AVIO Skyrider 2.0 Well. What can I say to this? According to AVIO interiors it offers: 20% extra seats on a plane at 23" 50% less weight And well. If you think some of the seats … [Read more...]

AIX18: Bombardier, Spicejet and Expliseat formally launches its new Q400 seat

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Last week I covered something that was interesting to me - the new seats for SpiceJet. At Aircraft Interiors Expo 2018, the seat was finally revealed in the flesh for the Bombardier Q400. Featured: Spice Chief Marketing Officer - Debojo Maharshi Patrick Baudis- VP- Head of Marketing, Bombardier Benjiman Saada- CEO Expiseat Why is this seat important? Well - it goes back … [Read more...]

AIX18: Geven partners with Wizz Air for new Essenza Seats

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In the battle that is the short-haul seating market, Wizzair and Gevan have announced the airline is to order and deliver new seats based on the Geven Essenza seat. WizzAir and Geven reps lauching the seat. The Essenza seat - Images, Economy Class and Beyond The new seat will be rolled out from January 2019 aboard Wizzair's new order of Airbus A320neo family … [Read more...]

AIX18: KLM sign with JAMCO for new World Business Class seat

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From the sidelines of AIX 2018, KLM has announced it will be using the JAMACO Venture Business Class seat in its Boeing 787-10 aircraft. These will be branded as World Business Class seats. JAMCO Venture seat With KLM World Business Class branding - Images, KLM According to KLM, this new seat will be lighter than previous seats - thus reducing the fuel to lift them … [Read more...]

Verdi calls for strikes at Köln, Frankfurt, Munich and Bremen

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Well, if it isn't France that's having a strike, it's Germany that has one. This time the Verdi Union is calling out its workers on strike at Cologne (Köln), Frankfurt, Munich and Bremen on Tuesday 10th April This board is going to have a lot of cancelled flights tomorrow - Image, Economy Class and Beyond Over 800 flights are due to be cancelled. The strike … [Read more...]

AIX18: Air Canada selects Gogo 2Ku for its C Series planes

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There's a lot of early breaking news from Aircraft Interiors Expo, but we'll look at Wi-Fi first, with Air Canada selecting GoGo 2Ku for its inflight wifi connectivity. The 2Ku equipment will be installed as a line-fit option at the factory and integrated into the planes. The agreement covers 45 planes that are currently on order. 30 additions frames are being held as … [Read more...]

Even in space, you’re going to need interiors…

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Space is big. Really big. But also, according to Virgin Galactic - The SpaceShip Company planes are going to need something. That's right. Interiors. VSS Unity in flight At the Passenger Experience Conference today, there have been a variety of talks - with Virgin Galatic's Adam Wells, Head of Design, Virgin Galactic showing off a little of the future (inducing … [Read more...]