The shortlist for the Crystal Cabin Awards 2022 has been announced, and one entry seems to be gaining the most interest in the mainstream media: Elevate, a single-aisle aircraft cabin that uses ‘floating furniture’ in business class. With such interest, Elevate warrants a closer look beyond the eye-catching visuals
Browsing: Materials, Trim & Finish
The Crystal Cabin Award, the foremost international prize for innovation in the aircraft cabin, is returning as an in-person event in 2022. The high-calibre judging panel has some tough work ahead to assess the shortlist of innovations, with key themes being sustainability, digitalisation and flexibility
Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), the world’s leading event for airlines and the cabin supply chain, is finally returning as an in-person event. More than 400 exhibitors will be showcasing over 1,000 products, with a focus on industry recovery
Singapore Polytechnic has signed an MoU with JADE, a joint venture between Jamco and SIA Engineering, to jointly establish the first fully certified flammability test aviation laboratory and data centre in the Asia Pacific region
As Singapore Airlines reveals the latest narrowbody business class cabins for its Boeing 737-8 fleet, AVIC Cabin Systems (ACS) has shared details of its partnership in the project
Virgin Australia has revealed a new narrowbody aircraft cabin design prototype, featuring refreshed seat designs. The designs will initially be trialled on two of the airline’s nine new Boeing 737-800s, with a view to rolling out the designs for future aircraft acquired as part of the airline’s fleet expansion
SABIC has launched a bio-based Ultem resin for panels and trim that it claims will offer sustainability benefits while maintaining the performance and processability properties of current Ultem high-performance thermoplastics
The Embraer Executive Jet Service Center in Florida has been certified as a Collins Aerospace Completion Center for in-service aircraft upholstery and cushion work using soft good materials and coverings
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) has worked with contemporary artist Cyril Kongo, also known as Mr Colorful, on a cabin design for the ACJ TwoTwenty business jet
Sekisui Kydex has launched a new decorative translucent thermoplastic product line for aviation interiors, created to give designers another option to achieve refined cabin schemes