Welcome to the August edition of our monthly Aviation Resilience Report, compiled by editors across our aerospace titles. Among the encouraging news of innovation, investment and signs of recovery, this issue also includes a discussion between editors of how new fabrics and materials are helping to make aircraft interiors safer
Welcome to the third edition of the monthly Aviation Resilience Report. At this challenging time for the aviation industry we have seen a great deal of innovation and resilience right across the sector, as operators navigate a path through the coronavirus crisis. These advances and initiatives might inspire aviation’s strong recovery in the weeks and months to come…
Passenger confidence is key to the recovery of air travel. Designers and suppliers around the world have come up with ideas that can help flyers feel safer in the cabin and more physically separated from their fellow travellers. From low-cost cardboard isolators, to 3D-printed air blades, a wide range of ideas has been developed very swiftly to help reassure nervous passengers and accelerate the recovery of aviation
In this interview Holger Hampf, president of BMW Designworks, critically reflects on the aviation industry, pointing out how the automotive and aircraft sectors can inspire each other to enhance the passenger experience
If air travel during Covid-19 is considered as a design problem, then innovative ways of applying design thinking and human-centred design principles can be uncovered to resolve the new wave of issues in the passenger experience
The second edition of the monthly Aviation Resilience Report from MA Business is a cross-sector compilation of some of the most important stories from the past month. The report helps provide inspiration and ideas that will enable all parts of the aviation industry to bounce back stronger than ever in the weeks and months to come
As aviation moves on from its pause in recent weeks, let’s remember an important flight that helped establish the aviation industry. 110 years ago, at 6.30pm on 2 June 1910, aviation pioneer Charles Stewart Rolls took off alone in his flimsy biplane to achieve the world’s first non-stop double crossing of the English Channel by aeroplane. His legacy should encourage us to keep looking to the future
Airlines will have to address passengers’ fears of contamination in the cabin when commercial flying resumes. This work should include updating their amenities and inflight offerings and considering the seatback pocket and inflight magazines
From orders to deliveries, how is Covid-19 affecting the electronics industry?
A major part of Aircraft Interiors Expo is the inflight entertainment and connectivity zone. Take a look at the essential IFEC reveals we are missing at the 2020 show…