Economy Class & Beyond

The all-new Recline option of Acro Aircraft Seating’s Series 9 has taken to the air this month with Volotea. The airline which connects 18 countries, and 110 European cities has become the inaugural customer for the Recline  Series 9 with a 5-year contract within its Airbus narrow-body fleet (A319/A320). This year, Volotea will incorporate this new seat model into up to 5 … [Read more...]

A new seat launched, with Expliseat cooperating with Air France for new seating for its Hop! subsidiary. §§§ These new seats are called the TiSeat 2X. They will be installed on the Embraer E190 platform - of which, Air France Hop! operates 23 of the type. The TiSeat 2X incorporates an ultra-light all-carbon and titanium structure, with recycled components and minimal … [Read more...]

In Hamburg, we've had the latest round of winners of the Crystal Cabin Awards. Let's see what innovations caught the judge's eye this year. Various categories were challenged, with the winners announced at an awards show in Hamburg. A jury of 28 industry experts selected the eight most innovative products from a wide range of submissions. Overall, the award-winning … [Read more...]

ATR has been working away with its HighLine premium cabin concept - the idea of using the ATR42 and ATR72 and fitting in premium seating layouts. There's been a lot of movement since last year. On the occasion of Aircraft Interiors Expo 2024, ATR unveiled an advanced design for its new All-Business Class configuration.    This will feature a unique 1-1 layout, the … [Read more...]

We continue our Passenger Experience Week coverage, with AirFi being appointed by Indigo for its portable In-Flight Entertainment Trial. Hello6E - Image, AirFi.   IndiGo, India's largest airline by both fleet size and the number of passengers carried, has selected portable inflight entertainment (IFE) provider, AirFi, to embark on a three-month trial of wireless, … [Read more...]

Hot off the show floor, Stelia Aerospace (Airbus Atlantic) launched a new seat today - the Opera Essential The seat has come from two years of a thorough lifecycle analysis and environmental impact  assessment inspired by its elder sibling OPERA  SA, (Single-Aisle) the design approach of  OPERA ESSENTIAL gravitates around 4 key pillars: Mass optimisation, streamlined … [Read more...]

This morning's big reveal was Collins Aerospace and Panasonic Avionics unveiling MAYA. MAYA combines Collins Aerospace and Panasonic Avionics' respective expertise in design, technology development and integration into a singular integrated solution, providing a clear differentiator for the business class cabin by redefining comfort, passenger immersion, accessibility and … [Read more...]

At the Aircraft Interiors  Expo (AIX) 2024, RECARO Aircraft Seating is introducing a new seat naming strategy more closely aligned with the iconic RECARO brand. The new names, ranging from R1 to R7,  reflect the various classes and complexities of the seating solutions. … [Read more...]

Bluebox Aviation Systems Ltd. (Bluebox) and FFLYA Ltd. (FFLYA) have conducted successful ground tests of credit card payments over the Iridium Certus satellite network to demonstrate the technology Bluebox Wow portable unit, with an FFLYA router -  Image BlueBox.  The tests involved live payment transactions completed on an iPad for the purchase of in-flight … [Read more...]