Economy Class & Beyond

Examining Collins Aerospace’s InteliSence – An eye in the sky for a better passenger experience?

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We're going to take a look today at another Crystal Cabin Awards winner - Collins Aerospace’s InteliSence. InteliSence is an, integrated intelligence system, which provides cabin crew with deep insights to improve airline operations, cabin service and the passenger experience. It uses AI and predictive information, to help airlines with on-board provision.  This … [Read more...]

The Acro Series 9 – A Welcome Upgrade?

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At Economy Class and Beyond, we've always liked how Acro Aircraft Seating has worked on its products. We're going to take a look at the Acro Series 9 - the newest in the airlines seating family There are four variants of the Acro Series 9: Series 9FB - The fixed-back variant, launched by Jet2 Series 9R - A recliner-seat variant Series 9 Regional - A … [Read more...]

Recaro unveils the PL3810 – its new long haul Premium Economy Seat

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At Aircraft Interiors Expo, Recaro Aircraft Seating launched their new Premium Economy Seat - the PL3810. The Recaro PL3810 seat is aimed at the Premium Economy market, based on work done on the market and observational research, as well as global passenger trends. It is targeted at the wide-body market, for those airlines who want to offer a premium seat for those … [Read more...]

Airbus launches the Airspace Cabin for the Airbus A220 Family

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The Airspace passenger experience programme, which Airbus started with the A333neo programme, and has since spread through the airframers line-up - is to further expand, with the Airbus A220 to gain the cabin experience. The move comes from market demand that Airbus has noticed. The key new feature of this cabin enhancement is the Airspace XL Bin – provided by … [Read more...]

ATR Aircraft unveils new premium cabin options – Introducing ATR Highline

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ATR Aircraft have some advantages compared to small jet-powered aircraft - simply put, they consume a lot less fuel than their counterparts. Now they want to push home that advantage, to offer premium cabin configurations. They call this ATR Highline. . The concept takes the ATR Aircraft family and offers five different cabin concepts that can be applied, depending on … [Read more...]

Delta Flight Products unveils the Air4All Demonstrator – The most important demonstration of AIX?

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We're kicking off our post-AIX coverage with what I consider one of the most important innovations and demonstrations of Aircraft Interiors Expo 2023. At Economy Class and Beyond, we've kept a close eye on the Air4All consortium and its work - the idea and development to allow a powered wheelchair to travel aboard an aircraft, without going into the cargo hold - with the … [Read more...]

AIX2023: Panasonic Avionics signs Saudi Arabian Airlines

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Panasonic Avionics Corporation and Saudi Arabian Airlines (SAUDIA), the national flag carrier of Saudi Arabia, have signed an agreement for the installation of the Astrova seat-end solution on up to 30 of its aircraft. The Astrova seatback IFE solution will cover a retrofit on 30 of SAUDIA’s widebody aircraft fleet – 12 Airbus A330s and 18 Boeing … [Read more...]

AIX2023: AirFi scores three awards at the Passenger Experience Week

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AirFi has been busy, with three awards in the back pocket at the Passenger Experiance Week in Hambug. The AirFi suite of solutions won The Crystal Cabin Award for IFEC and Digital Services, the Onboard Hospitality (OBH) Award for Best Onboard Technology, and the PAX Tech Readership Award for Best Technology. Ivo Zaal (AirFi COO, left) and Job Heimerikx (AirFi CEO) … [Read more...]