All Systems & Interiors news – Page 112
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NewsINTERIORS: A320s to have supplier-furnished Recaro seats
Airbus and German manufacturer Recaro Aircraft Seating have partnered to introduce supplier-furnished economy-class seats on the A320 family.
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NewsINTERIORS: Diehl plans Hamburg site expansion
Diehl has unveiled plans to move into a new location in Hamburg, as it attempts the complex balancing act of consolidating operations, after a period of rapid growth, while continuing to expand.
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INTERIORS: Acro seeks launch customer for premium-economy seat
UK-based Acro Aircraft Seating is on the lookout for a launch customer for its conceptual premium-economy-class seat, which it is displaying for the first time on its Aircraft Interiors stand.
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NewsINTERIORS: Connecting with passengers
In an attempt to get a handle on the state of in-flight connectivity – the demands of passengers, the potential benefits for airlines and pilots and the immediate future – we gathered three industry experts in a room at the Geneva headquarters of SITA OnAir to discuss the topic. Participants ...
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NewsINTERIORS: Thales Inflyt takes off
There’s a new kid on the block in the world of in-flight entertainment and connectivity this morning, although it’s a company that already has plenty of experience in the segment.
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NewsINTERIORS: SPICE galley concept proved too hot for airlines
Airbus’ SPICE – or SPace Innovation Catering Equipment – galley system concept failed to get off the ground because “the industry was not ready for such a big step”, says the airframer. However, it provided some valuable lessons on how to progress with visionary new products in the future.
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INTERIORS: Airbus details A350 increased seat-count options
Airbus is rolling out its flexible seating initiative across its entire widebody range with the new A350 twinjet the next in line to receive the modifications.
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INTERIORS: Zodiac stays cool with new trolley
Zodiac Aerospace has shown off a prototype of a cooled trolley which keeps in-flight meals chilled for up to 10h.
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NewsINTERIORS: Diehl showcases halon-replacement extinguisher
Diehl Aerosystems' division AOA is demonstrating its FIREX water-mist fire-suppression system for aircraft cargo compartments, which it says is the only halon replacement system to have passed all US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) proof-of-concept tests.
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INTERIORS: Collins re-invigorates IFEC offer
Rockwell Collins arrives at Aircraft Interiors hot on the heels of its recent acquisition of Pacific Avionics, building on the Cedar Rapids, Iowa-headquartered company’s portfolio of in-flight solutions.
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INTERIORS: Put the 'wonder' back into flight, urges design firm
Decision-makers in the airline industry need to “start earlier” and have the willpower to carry their ideas through the long and challenging regulatory process, a design company specialist has told the Passenger Experience Conference in Hamburg.
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NewsINTERIORS: Airbus gains traction with Space-Flex concept
Over the decades, cabin designers have become increasingly adept at squeezing a quart into a pint pot. For metric users that is the equivalent of compressing 1.136 litres into a 568ml container – well, nobody ever claimed that British Imperial measures were particularly logical, but you get the idea.
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Airbus sale of Dassault shares boosted by over-allotment takeup
Airbus’s 25 March move to sell off its shareholding in Dassault Aviation has completed, with buyers taking up the full over-allotment option – lifting the total number of shares sold to 1.73 million, worth some €1.76 billion.
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NewsINTERIORS: Challenging the cabin orthodoxy
Certain seating layouts seem to be so commonplace now that there is a temptation to assume they have been around for decades. But no matter how widespread it now is, the fact is that the reverse herringbone seat pattern adopted in so many of the latest business-class cabins is a ...
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NewsINTERIORS: Australia's big two up the ante on domestic mid-haul
Competition in the Australian domestic airline market remains fierce and looks set to stay that way. Driven by a need to retain premium passengers, the country’s two largest carriers are investing more and more resources and marketing effort into routes from the east coast to one key destination – Perth ...
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NewsBombardier risks losing third-largest CSeries customer
Repeated delays and a new financing problem could drive Bombardier’s third-largest customer for the CSeries to cancel the order within a few months.
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NewsMitsubishi to delay MRJ first flight: report
Mitsubishi Aircraft will hold a press briefing on 10 April, which could see it announce yet another delay to its MRJ regional jet programme.
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NewsINTERIORS: Middle Eastern carriers show their Gulf in class
Twenty years ago the idea that routes from Dubai, Doha or Abu Dhabi to London Heathrow would be some of the busiest trunk operations in the world would have been hard to imagine. Fast forward to 2015, though, and that faintly ridiculous notion has become an impressive reality.
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NewsINTERIORS: Premium passengers face well-appointed future
As business class cabins become ever more luxurious, airlines find themselves at a fork in the road when it comes to deciding their future strategies for premium passengers.