All Systems & interiors articles – Page 49
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AIX: Brussels Airlines to upgrade cabins on A330 fleet
Brussels Airlines has engaged London-based JPA Design to create a new cabin interior for its Airbus A330 fleet.
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AIX: Global Eagle launches wireless IFE system for regional aircraft
Global Eagle Entertainment has launched an all-in-one portable in-flight entertainment solution aimed at regional aircraft, which it says will enable large airlines to provide a consistent entertainment experience across their fleets and provide regional carriers with a low-cost IFE option.
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AIX: Diehl studies new forward galley concept
Enter any single-aisle aircraft at the front and you usually see a lavatory on the left-hand side of the cockpit door and a galley to the right of it.
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AIX: Air Canada to install Gogo 2Ku across CS300 fleet
Air Canada has extended its agreement with Gogo to install the provider’s 2Ku in-flight connectivity service on its Bombardier CSeries CS300 fleet, with the system to be linefit during assembly.
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AIX: Adient and Boeing reveal first fruits of collaboration
Almost three months after announcing their planned partnership, Adient and Boeing are today unveiling two prototype seats they intend to contribute to Adient Aerospace, their recently-proposed cabin seating joint venture.
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AIX: New Global Eagle chief bullish about firm's future
Global Eagle Entertainment’s newly-installed chief executive, Josh Marks, is looking forward to a bright future for the firm following a turbulent couple of years.
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AIX: AIM Altitude reveals integrated front row monument for Vantage XL seat
AIM Altitude has collaborated with sister company Thompson Aero Seating to develop a front row monument that complements the Northern Irish manufacturer’s Vantage XL business class range and can be customised by the customer to “reflect its brand”, according to the AVIC-owned interiors specialist.
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AIX: AerCap picks Air France-KLM's technical arm for 777 upgrade
Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance has won a contract from AerCap to refurbish the cabins of three Boeing 777s.
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AIX: Embraer and Widerøe reveal cabin details of first E190-E2
The newest interior on the block almost certainly belongs to Norwegian regional carrier Widerøe and its Embraer 190-E2, the first of the re-engined variant to be delivered.
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AIX: Design company aims to banish fear of flying with digital companion
Airline passengers of a nervous disposition could soon benefit from a newly-conceived digital travel companion that can anticipate their anxiety triggers and provide personalised coping techniques to help keep fears at bay throughout their flight.
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AIX: LHT to install 'quick and easy' cabins for lease
Lufthansa Technik has introduced a leasing service for cabin interior equipment.
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AIX: Honeywell unveils latest satcom system
Honeywell has unveiled its latest satellite communications system, the Aspire 400, to provide in-flight connectivity to the cockpit and cabin.
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AIX: Bombardier switches focus to CRJ
After making its AIX debut last year with a production-standard cabin mock-up of the newly in-service CSeries, Bombardier is back at Hamburg, but this time the emphasis is on its CRJ family and the Atmosphere cabin it unveiled last year. It comes as the Canadian manufacturer expects an upswing in ...
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AIX: FACC gears up to deliver first Airspace luggage bins for A320
FACC is showing at Hamburg a mock-up of the overhead stowage compartments it will supply for the new Airspace-themed cabin on Airbus A320s as it gears up for series production of the larger units in the last quarter of 2018. The Austrian manufacturer is also looking at the potential for ...
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AIX: Chinese ownership gives Acro new momentum
A Chinese factory and a move into one of the most lucrative airline markets in the world, line-fit approval from Boeing, and designing its first business-class product. All these are in the near-term sights of UK seating manufacturer Acro as part of an expansion strategy initiated by its £55 million ...
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PICTURE: BelugaXL emerges with its Trent engines
Airbus has rolled out its new BelugaXL high-capacity transporter with its Rolls-Royce Trent 700 engines installed.
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Airbus orders rise but deliveries fall over first quarter
Airbus secured an order for six A320neo jets from an undisclosed customer in March, along with a deal for two A321s from VietJet.
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AIX: How perception plays role in passenger comfort for Boeing
More than 10,000 examples may have been built, but the Boeing 737’s cabin dimensions – save for changes in fuselage length as variants and new-generation families arrived – have not altered since the narrowbody entered service 50 years ago. That original Lufthansa 737-100 from 1968 shares the same 3.54m cabin ...
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Boeing tankers refuel each other in KC-46 milestone test
Boeing announced that its KC-46 Pegasus aerial tanker programme completed its fuel on-load testing, part of its overall Supplemental Type Certificate, by successfully transferring 146,000 pounds of fuel from one KC-46 to another KC-46 during flight.
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ANALYSIS: How Mirus found its comfort zone in aircraft seating
Aircraft seating has notoriously high barriers to entry, so when two years ago a new name emerged at Aircraft Interiors in Hamburg, complete with a prize 60,000-unit launch order from one of the fastest-growing carriers in Asia, people sat up and took notice. Mirus Aircraft Seating marked its debut at ...