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Aer Lingus to launch AerSpace Business Class

03/05/2019 by Kevincm

Aer Lingus is edging towards a more traditional carrier service, with plans to launch a European Business Class service called "AerSpace" Aer Lingus Airbus A320 retrojet - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The Business class product will be a EuroBusiness product offered on their existing fleet (as well as the A321LR when it comes on stream) According to the airline, … [Read more...]

The Airbus underbelly passenger modules – More promise, but where are the orders?

02/05/2019 by Kevincm

At the Crystal Cabin Awards, Airbus and Safran won the award for Cabin Concepts Award for its Lower Deck Passenger Experience Modules. I covered this in a bit of depth last year at Aircraft Interiors Expo when this launched. In the meantime, both Airbus and Safran have been doing some of the commercial work to make this concept fly. The Demo … [Read more...]

3D printing in the cabin – examining possibilities with Stratasys

01/05/2019 by Kevincm

Replacement parts of an aircraft cabin can be expensive. They can get even more expensive when you're needing only a few of them or a very customised component to the cabin. This is where a technology like 3D printing can help and in the example we're going to look at - additive based printing. Stratasys F900 3D printer The idea behind additive based printing is … [Read more...]

British Airways to introduce Marmite in the Sky. Yes. Marmite

30/04/2019 by Kevincm

If you're British, Marmite can provoke strong reactions - some people love it, other people hate it. So of course, to celebrate part of British Airways 100, the airline has done a tie-up with Marmite to bring it in the cabin, and sell it in-flight Love or hate it - British Airways are selling it - Image, British Airways The tie up begins on the 1st May, … [Read more...]

Acro delivers new seats to Norra

26/04/2019 by Kevincm

It seems Norra is replacing the seating in their current ATR fleet, with new Acro Series 3ST+ seats, with the first delivery been made to the airline. Acro and Finnair personnel (L-R) Jerome Lawler (Acro Key Account Manager), Chris Leese-Wood (Acro CEO), Federico Trincavelli (Acro Sales Manager), James Blake (Acro Project Manager), Karolina Parhiala (ATR fleet manager), … [Read more...]

Lufthansa Techniks shows off USB charging in the overhead panel. Good or Bad idea?

23/04/2019 by Kevincm

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...]

British Airways drops the Financial Times from its offerings. Virgin Atlantic trolls in….

17/04/2019 by Kevincm

It seems that British Airways has chosen to drop the Financial Times from its on-board paper selection. And it seems the FT isn't overly happy about it. The FT ran a half-page advert... and well... see below. British Airways cut ties with the FT and they’re not happy about it. pic.twitter.com/YEvhaPsQZ2 — Mark Di Stefano 🤙🏻 (@MarkDiStef) April … [Read more...]

Jin Air to fly Inflight VR onboard

16/04/2019 by Kevincm

Jin Air (Korea Air's low-cost offshoot and a Hanjin group company) are and InflightVR working together to deliver Virtual Reality experiences in the air. Jin Air will trial 10 devices on daily flights between Seoul, South Korea and Da Nang, Vietnam to get additional passenger insight on usage preferences and the adequate rental price before deploying it to their whole … [Read more...]

Examining the Crystal Cabin Award winning Recaro CL3710 long haul economy seat

10/04/2019 by Kevincm

We all know of the Recaro CL3710 seat (the companies long-haul economy class product, that’s in service with various airlines), and that it won the Crystal Cabin Award 2019 for Passenger Comfort Hardware. The title of the updated hardware? Sleeping comfort above the clouds. The Recaro CL3710 - Sleeping comfort above the clouds The CL3710 in various configurations - … [Read more...]

Virgin Atlantic to drop the Flying Lady, Welcomes new flying icons

03/04/2019 by Kevincm

Virgin Atlantic for many years has had the flying lady on the nose... and sometimes the back of the plane. The Flying Lady/Birthday girl - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The original design inspired by Alberto Vargas in the 1930s and 1940s. However, times have changed. And it's time to welcome the Flying Icons that promote inclusion and diversification. And there's a … [Read more...]