Economy Class & Beyond

Amongst some of the writing community who descend on Aircraft Interiors Expo, there is a thing that we call "The Curse of AIX", which applies to us either travelling to or from the exhibition It started jokingly - but it's turning more and more real each year. It varies forgetting a passport, people delayed, or stuck in airports over night, rerouted, broken luggage and so … [Read more...]

The recently launched Recaro SL3710 Economy Seat has already picked up its first customer for the type - and it's TAP Portugal The partnership between Recaro and TAP Portugal one has been one of some years, with Recaro now the preferred seat supplier for TA Portugal new fleet of 25 Airbus A320/A321’s. The new aircraft will be configured with a mixture of BL3710 seats at … [Read more...]

More news from the floor of Aircraft Interiors Expo, where SunExpress is taking Virtual Reality to the sky - with them partnering with InflightVR Sun Express's Nicole Jung Senior Manager Product and Services and Raphael Baumann Chief Commercial Officer of InflightVR The InflightVR product will fly on from the end of May onwards on flights departing from Antalya. The … [Read more...]

Accessibility on a plane can be a difficult thing, with those who have hearing or sight impediments - and there has been a is a welcome trend towards accessibility (one need only look as far as BlueBox Aviation's accessible IFE system and the win by United Airlines for the Crystal Cabin Award in IFEC this year for their "IFE for all" System). ATR Aircraft are taking a stand … [Read more...]

It's been a busy week for Recaro Aircraft Seating who have launched the SL3710 seat. Recaro SL3710 - Image, Economy Class and Beyond The SL370 is an economy class seat and from my inital trials - very comfortable. It's designed as a short-haul seat, taking cues from the BL3710 (launched last year) and the CL3710 (which won an award at the Crystal Cabin Awards). It's a … [Read more...]

I'm of course talking about this trouble maker which got re-flighted and missed me by a country mile Decorated with RTS stickers. It seems my re-flighted bag (has made it finally to Hamburg. To say I'm relived it's found is an understatement. However - it's going to cause problems on the way home. But that's another problem for a day and a bit away. But, apart … [Read more...]

I've been long impressed by the word Jetlite has done to improving lighting in the aircraft, and how it helps when trying to relax, and aid sleep in the cabin. Today, a new partnership was launched with Recaro Aircraft Seating to bring Jetlite's human centric lighting to the seat. Recaro CL6710 with jetlite lighting installed - Image, Recaro In this phase of the … [Read more...]

AVIO Interiors are back at it again with the SkyRider 2.0... in a lot more mature state than last year. If we look at last year's model verses this year's model, there are improvements with the footrest, as well as the headrest position on the seat. \ The saddle has also been improved, so it is more upward than downward from the previous year's model. If this … [Read more...]

At Aircraft Interiors Expo, it was announced the American Airlines will be operating their first Airbus A321neo today configured with the Airspace XL Overhead bins. With a promised 37% volume increase for  luggage storage - and 60% if you store your bags on the side, it gives a chance for nearly every cabin bag to be loaded on a plane.     The XL Bin deployed and … [Read more...]