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Crystal Cabin Award finalists announced
The finalists for this year’s Crystal Cabin Awards have been announced. The awards recognise outstanding aircraft cabin products and concepts, and will be presented at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (31 March – 2 April) in Hamburg. A panel of international experts has selected three finalists per category from a total of 51 contestants.
Seating innovations are recognised in the passenger comfort category, with Aeras Seat Project’s seating system, Lantal’s Pneumatic Comfort System and Recaro’s CL 3620 seat vying for the prize.
Recaro is also competing – along with Airbus and Teague – in the industrial design/ interior concept category. Recaro’s entry is the SL 3510 economy-class seat, while Airbus’s Customized Engineering Long Range division has developed a Video Control Insert (VCI) for in-flight entertainment (IFE) systems; and Teague is recognised for its redesign of Emirates Airlines’ first-class cabin.
In the greener cabin, health and safety category, AeroCat is nominated for its RFID-equipped airline catering trolley; B&W Engineering for A-LogEqu, its system of galley inserts; and Boeing for its recyclable aircraft carpet.
The materials and components category finalists are B/E Aerospace, Flasin Faser and Iacobucci. B/E Aerospace has introduced designs for vacuum toilet assemblies, generators and waste tanks; Flasin Faser GmbH is aiming to replace current glass fibre composites with natural fibre materials; and Iacobucci has been nominated for the H-Box – a dry ice cooling drawer.
Aircell, Lufthansa Technik and Sicma Aero Seat are shortlisted in the entertainment and communication category – Aircell for Gogo, its inflight internet service; Lufthansa Technik for niceview, its latest infotainment system; and Sicma Aero Seat for its Seat Integrated Technology (SIT) IFE system.
Lastly, the finalists for the Judges’ Commendation Prize are Bombardier for a stand-up shower for the Global XRS fuselage segment; CeBe Network GmbH Engineering & IT for its new courier/crew rest module for the main deck area of freighter aircraft; and James Lee for the ‘Paperclip’ Armrest Concept, a transversely offset, double-level armrest.
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