Economy Class & Beyond

Safran Vue Business Class Single-Aisle seat launches with flydubai

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flydubai has partnered with Safran to launch  “The Business Suite” - a new seat concept for its aircraft. The seat was unveiled at the Arabian Travel Market exhibition. The seat unveiled by flydubai is a highly customised premium business class seat based on Safran’s VUE platform. flydubai's interpretation of VUE will be introduced to a select … [Read more...]

ANA unveils its low-cost longhaul operation – AirJapan

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A new low-cost long-haul airline has been unveiled - with AirJapan joining the fray, by ANA. Air Japan will seemingly the Boeing 787-8 for this project with the cabin configured with a single cabin layout. The airline is working with a brand concept of "Fly Thoughtful". Let us see how that trickles down to the product. The cabin will be configured with 324 … [Read more...]

Jet2 selects Acro Seating for their new aircraft seats

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Jet2.com has selected the new Acro Series 9 Fixed Back Seat from Acro Aircraft Seating for its fleet of new Airbus A321/A320neo aircraft. Acro Series 9 for Jet2.com - Image, Acro Aircraft Seating This will mark Jet2.com as the first customer of the new Acro Series 9 seat. The seating will be installed on the company’s 98 firm-ordered Airbus A321/A320 neo … [Read more...]

Geven delivers its SuperEco seat to MYAirline

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MYAirline, Malaysia’s new low-cost airline has partnered with Geven, to bring its new SuperEco seat to its aircraft. The SuperEco seat will be fitted to all of MYAirline’s A320 fleet, with aircraft seats manufactured in Italy. The seats feature a  customised ELeather padded dress cover to reduce weight and waste. This is combined with the lightweight … [Read more...]

STELIA Aerospace unveils its new RENDEZ-VOUS seat

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It was talked about in hushed tones at Aircraft Interiors Expo, but it seems that STELIA Aerospace is ready to unveil its new seat - called RENDEZ-VOUS. The new RENDEZ-VOUS seat is a staggered Business Class offering, to give passengers the utmost “at home” feeling. It was designed in collaboration with Design Investment. A seat of this size will target … [Read more...]

JetSMART takes flight with Recaro SL3710 seating

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With JetSMART taking delivery of their first Airbus A321neo, there has to be a seating product installed for passengers. JetSMART selected the Recaro SL3710 as its seating option. The SL3710 seat from Recaro Aircraft Seating took flight on JetSMART’s A321neo for the first time on August 15. These aircraft will feature a dense configuration, with 240 seats … [Read more...]

Examining the Butterfly Seat – Progression on a Design

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The Butterfly seat is one I've kept an eye on, with them showing off the latest their latest single-aisle suites.  The demonstrators were showcased at the stands of Tapis and Kydex featuring extensive use of high-performance aviation fabrics provided by Tapis, as well as aviation-grade thermoplastics with proprietary Infused Imaging technology provided by Sekisui … [Read more...]

AIX22: Examining Collins Aerospace AirLounge – Can it deliver?

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If there was one seat that spotted in more than a few locations this year at Aircraft Interiors Expo, it's the Collins Aerospace AirLounge Seat. Or what most of you might know better as the new Finnair Business Class seat. Now, I'll be honest, I haven't had much time to sit in one (but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that I get to ride in it on one of the two remaining … [Read more...]

AIX22: The ZIM Privacy – A valuable upgrade

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We're sticking with seats in our look back at Aircraft Interiors Expo 22, as we take a deep look at the ZIM Privacy Seat (or the PC-02). For those who have been keeping an eye open, this is Lufthansa Group's new _Prenium Economy Seat, it might seem familiar. It has also won an order from Air New Zealand apparently to feature its new Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in … [Read more...]