One of the stand-out economy class seats of the year has got another customer - with LOT Polish Airlines taking delivery of the Recaro BL3710 seats for re-fit into the airlines' Boeing 737-800 fleet Dr. Mark Hiller, CEO , RECARO Aircraft Seating Rafał Milczarski, CEO LOT Polish Airlines at the announcement of the BL3710 seats - Image, Recaro. Recaro will be working … [Read more...]
EVA Air takes delivery of its first Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner
EVA Air because an a Boeing 787 Dreamliner, taking delivery of its first Boeing 787-9. EVA Air Boeing 787-9 being delivered - Image, The Boeing Company. The aircraft has been delivered via a lease with ALC (Air Lease Corporation) from Boeing's South Carolina Delivery Center. The plane is fitted with twin GEnx powerplants, and marks the first of 24 aircraft to be … [Read more...]
Air China signs for Recaro CL3710 long haul seats in Economy Class
Recaro are busy filling its order book - this time for an order of 2500 seats for Air China. The airline has selected the CL3710 for its Airbus A350 fleet. RECARO Aircraft Seating CL3710. Image, Recaro Aircraft Seating These will be fitted 10 Airbus A350-900 aircraft for the Air China long haul fleet, which was delivered to Air China on the 8th August 2018, and had it's … [Read more...]
Shenzhen Airlines opt for Recaro seating for their shorthual aircraft
Recaro A/S has scored another order for its seats - for Shenzhen Airlines. The airline is ordering seats for its Boeing 737 MAX aircraft, with 300 CL5710 seats (the electric-powered business recliner seat) and 5500 Bl3530 seats in economy class. This marks the first time the CL5710 has been flown aboard a Chinese carrier. Recaro CL5710 for Shenzhen Airlines - Image, … [Read more...]
Westjet signs for Recaro seating – both long and short haul
With the recent announcement of WestJet's new long haul service, the airline has turned to Recaro for seating - both for short and long haul. Let's look at the longhaul seat, with the airline taking the CL3710 seat for Economy Class seating. I've covered it numerous times, with China Southern, Singapore Airlines, Delta and many more Recaro CL3710 seats - Image, … [Read more...]
Acro Seating announces first delivery the Series 7 Seat with Primera Air
Acro Aircraft Seating has formally announced that Primera Air have taken delivery and fitted the first Acro Series 7 seats to the Primera Airbus A321neo fleet. The Series 7 Seat - front - Image, Acro Seating. The Series 7 Seat - back - Image, Acro Seating. The first delivery has been completed, with the Series 7 Seat - a Premium Economy product. Four rows of Series … [Read more...]
Lift by Encore’s 737 Tourist Class Seat – The right fit?
I’ve focused a lot at Economy class seats in my look at Aircraft Interiors Expo. Mainly, as these are seats that then majority of passengers use. And there’s good reason as Seat manufacturers design new seats that can try to improve the passenger experience (and I’m going to be blunt - some of the seats that have come out are downright awful... and are flying … [Read more...]
A350 Day and Night: A new pitch on the First Class seat?
Airbus were going great guns at Airbus Interiors Expo - as well as the underbelly bed idea, a concept for premium seating appeared - the Day and Night concept for the A350. What's the idea behind this concept? Day and Night - Render, Airbus Interiors Services Utilisation of space in the premium cabins - as we know - is a presume as airlines develop doored seats and … [Read more...]
Stelia Aerospace Opal: A new definition of the Business Class seat?
As airlines continue to develop their products, eventually an airline might say "We need to offer full-flat seats with direct aisle access". But in addition to offering that feature, they need to retain the density of their older products ... or to you and me - seat counts. Well, Stelia Aerospace have come up with a seat that might fit the bill - the Opal. Opal - from … [Read more...]
Examining Primera Air’s new seats by Acro
Primera Air is slowly finding its feet (and in the same breath, its fleet) as the airline commences operations. For its Airbus A321neo fleet, Primera Air have partnered with Acro Aircraft Seating for two products - and economy class product and a premium seat product. Let's take a look at them. First look at the seats in the front of cabin. - based on the Acro Series 7 … [Read more...]
