Steila Aerospace's Opal seat entered service last year with the promise of a good compromise between space and density for airlines looking to upgrade their business class experience. But the Opal has been busy around the rest of the show, with both AlloSky and Airbus showing it off in different forms. Firstly, let's look at the two variants that are flying at the moment … [Read more...]
Air Premia signs for Recaro seating in their upcoming 787
Air Premia (an airline of South Korea - currently in its startup) phase has chosen first Boeing 787-9 aircraft exclusively with Recaro seats The Seoul-based airline - a hybrid low-cost carrier - will equip their plane with two of Recaro's long haul seats - the CL3710 (for an economy class product) and the PL3530 as a premium economy product. Let's look at the seats … [Read more...]
Lufthansa Techniks shows off USB charging in the overhead panel. Good or Bad idea?
The demand to charge is one that is becoming more of a demand in the air, as travellers seek to charge their phones and tablets. Lufthansa Technik showed off a concept for retrofit - USB charging... installed in the Overhead Passenger Service Unit Walk me through this...At the moment, a lot of the USB charging solutions are either in the seat, or embedded into In-flight … [Read more...]
Airbus’s Skywise Platform – Bringing IoT into the cabin and to the plane
One of the things that have been emerging the past few years is the concept of the "Smart Cabin" with manufacturers moving forward the idea of connecting elements of the cabin up into a data-connected experience. What does this mean to you and me? The Connected Cabin brings together the data experiences, and flows them out to both crews, passengers and ground support, … [Read more...]
SkyWise by Airbus – An answer to ensuring safety critical equipment is in place before flight?
At Aircraft Interiors Expo, Airbus demonstrated SmartCheck - a system that has the potential to save time in the cabin with cabin checks. We all know that there is a lot of emergency equipment in the cabin, and one of those checks before a flight to depart is to ensure that this kit is installed and waiting (such as life vests, O2 generators or containers and loose … [Read more...]
Examining the Recaro CL6710 Next Generation – refining their Business Class Seat
The Recaro CL6710 finally turned into a flying product last year, with El-Al and TAP Portugal launching the seat into the skies. But Recaro isn't sitting still with the design, with them showing off some ideas and concepts in what it calls the CL6710 Next Generation seat. Looking down the demonstration layout Let's go through some of the ideas Firstly, there's a … [Read more...]
The Acro Series 6LC – Giving good options for the short-haul market
At the start of AIX, I previewed the Acro Series 6LC - the follow up to the Series 3 seat. I spent some time with Acro during the show to examine the passenger experience it offers. The 6LC is aimed at the low-cost carrier, with the significant improvements and part reduction we've all come to expect from the seat aimed at the low-cost carriers. It borrows from the … [Read more...]
The Curse of AIX is strong this year. Too strong for me…
Amongst some of the writing community who descend on Aircraft Interiors Expo, there is a thing that we call "The Curse of AIX", which applies to us either travelling to or from the exhibition It started jokingly - but it's turning more and more real each year. It varies forgetting a passport, people delayed, or stuck in airports over night, rerouted, broken luggage and so … [Read more...]
AIX19: Recaro score their first win for the SL3710 with TAP Portugal
The recently launched Recaro SL3710 Economy Seat has already picked up its first customer for the type - and it's TAP Portugal The partnership between Recaro and TAP Portugal one has been one of some years, with Recaro now the preferred seat supplier for TA Portugal new fleet of 25 Airbus A320/A321’s. The new aircraft will be configured with a mixture of BL3710 seats … [Read more...]
AIX19: SunExpress to carry InflightVR
More news from the floor of Aircraft Interiors Expo, where SunExpress is taking Virtual Reality to the sky - with them partnering with InflightVR Sun Express's Nicole Jung Senior Manager Product and Services and Raphael Baumann Chief Commercial Officer of InflightVR The InflightVR product will fly on from the end of May onwards on flights departing from Antalya. The … [Read more...]