The organisers of the Passenger Experience Conference (PEC), part of the Aircraft Interiors Expo event in Hamburg, have released the first details of this year’s programme. The one-day event will return on 27th May, with key topics being how to improve onboard environments, services, and the wider passenger experience
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Key themes of the March 2024 issue include how to improve entrance areas, a look at the Russian cabin industry under sanctions, IFC, BermudAir’s sustainable seat design, window design, and much more
American Airlines has placed a new raft of aircraft orders, for 85 Airbus A321neo, 85 Boeing 737 MAX 10 and 90 Embraer E175 aircraft. Plans include offering more premium seats than any other US airline, and retrofitting its A319 and A320 fleets to increase the number of domestic first-class seats
The Crystal Cabin Award, widely considered to be the most prestigious accolade of aircraft cabin innovation, is returning in May. Following an initial vetting process, 72 entries have made it through to the 2024 shortlist
Registration is now live for Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) and World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE). Major industry players such as Boeing, Airbus, Recaro, Safran, Panasonic Avionics, and Collins Aerospace will return this year at the Hamburg Messe from 28-30 May 2024
Avensis Aviation, a provider of passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversions, has launched Medius Evo, a reversible Passenger-to-E-Commerce-Freighter (PTEF) for the Airbus A330-200 and A330-300, designed to enable reduced loading and offloading times
Swedish hybrid-electric airplane maker, Heart Aerospace, has raised a total of US$107 million in Series B funding, bringing total financing to US$145 million. The company says this represents a significant landmark in its goal of enabling more sustainable regional air travel with its ES-30 aircraft
Embraer’s latest figures show that its aircraft deliveries increased 13% in 2023 and its backlog reached US$18.7 billion, representing a US$1.2 billion growth. Deliveries of theE2 more than doubled in 2023
The Airbus Lifecycle Services Centre (ALSC), located in Chengdu, China, has begun operations. The centre will offer services that manage the entire lifecycle of customer aircraft, from parking and storage, to maintenance, upgrades, conversions, dismantling and recycling
Eve Air Mobility (“Eve”) has named additional suppliers for eVTOL aircraft. Recaro will design, certify, and produce the aircraft seats, and is set to deliver a total of 75,000 seats, organised in shipsets of five seats each, with deliveries commencing in Q1 2025