Economy Class & Beyond

Breaking late into the event at Aircraft Interiors Expo is an announcement China Southern Airlines will use Recaro seating throughout the Cabin for its upcoming Airbus A350. China Southern will use: The CL6710 (Business Class Seat) - Currently used by El-Al, to be launched by TAP on the A330, and now by China Southern on the A350 The PL3530 (Premium Economy) - To be … [Read more...]

Interjet of Mexico today announced that it will be taking the Geven Essenza seat (that we've seen with Lufthansa Group and WizzAir). But with a few twists. Geven Essenza Seat Back of the seat The seat launched with representatives of Geven, Airbus and Interjet - Images, Economy Class and Beyond. So - the twists? Big ones in passenger experience terms - … [Read more...]

With the fight for short-haul/mid-haul seating continuing unabated, Recaro have thrown one heck of a spanner into the current seat wars - The BL3710 The BL3710 might seem familiar to readers of this blog - it’s an evolution of the CL3710 which is used for long-haul flights. This seat is intended for short to mid-haul flights. So, the BL3710 is a slimline … [Read more...]

Day 2 of Aircraft Interiors Expo takes us to the packed how that is Geven and the launch of Lufthansa's Group new seat for their short-haul fleet. Again - like the announcement the day before - it's based the Essenza seat. The seat itself will be the same across the entire group of airlines, with different covers installed - you'll see the family resemblance in the … [Read more...]

From the floor of Aircraft Interiors Expo, AVIO Interiors are typing to push an ultra-low-cost seating product. And it's... different. Rather than me rattle on - let's look at the AVIO Skyrider 2.0 Well. What can I say to this? According to AVIO interiors it offers: 20% extra seats on a plane at 23" 50% less weight And well. If you think some of the seats … [Read more...]

It wouldn't be an Aircraft Interior Expo without at least something to do with the inside of the Airbus A380. This time, Airbus are adding Cabin-Flex to existing A380 products. Qantas Airbus A380 at Heathrow Airport - Image, Economy Class and Beyond. According to Airbus, the idea is to change the cabin door arrangement on the upper deck for a more premium … [Read more...]

Last week I covered something that was interesting to me - the new seats for SpiceJet. At Aircraft Interiors Expo 2018, the seat was finally revealed in the flesh for the Bombardier Q400. Featured: Spice Chief Marketing Officer - Debojo Maharshi Patrick Baudis- VP- Head of Marketing, Bombardier Benjiman Saada- CEO Expiseat Why is this seat important? Well - it goes back … [Read more...]

The belly of the plane. A quiet place where there's cargo and fuel normally. However, Airbus and Zodiac Aerospace think it can be something more - and have partnered to develop and market lower-deck modules with passenger sleeping berths. Yes. Bunk beds on a plane. Proposed lower deck sleeping module - Image, Airbus/Zodiac Aerospace. BREAKING: @Airbus and … [Read more...]