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The highly sustainable product, initially derived from a waste product of cane sugar production, ultimately finding applications on Boeing and Airbus aircraft. In an initial programme, the end customer needed to extend the storage capability of overhead bins on their Boeing 757 aircraft. Percival Aviation created a solution that allows passengers on the aircraft to stow...

“We're going to almost double our STC count,” remarked CEO Dave Helfgott in an interview with Avionics International at the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) Convention this week. “Our goal is to have over two-thirds of the addressable market covered by the end of the year, and more if we go faster. We're going as fast as we can right now,” he said. The company ann...

The new Business Suite, designed exclusively for single-aisle aircraft, is the latest evolution in flydubai’s Business Class offering which will see 10 suites introduced to a number of the carrier’s newest aircraft before the end of 2023. The new seat will offer all passengers in Business Class direct aisle access, which equals the Business Class experience on board many...

“The Falcon 900B is a proven, reliable, workhorse aircraft, and PWI is grateful for the original opportunity to bring our LED cabin lighting back to this business jet,” said PWI president and CEO Robi Lorik. "PWI is looking to expand approved LED lighting to additional business jets this year." PWI's PMA covers two different cabin lighting options for the Falcon 900B. T...

According to the company, when the aircraft arrived at Duncan Aviation, “It lacked the character and uniqueness the customer wanted.” Under the direction of lead designer Heather Pridemore, Duncan Aviation’s creative teams restyled the jet’s interior and exterior. Along with the overall black-and-white aesthetic, the interior features a three-place custom divan and a cen...

“This aircraft is truly a work of art. The style is clean, bright, and characterized by a minimalist color palette. It features many unique design elements,” said VIP Completions president Ben Shirazi. “We delivered this aircraft to a long-standing valued client and collaborated with her personal designer to deliver an exceptional level of customization. For example, the...

Usually the world’s longest flights would fill most fliers with some sense of trepidation, however Qantas’s latest renders mean that passengers are in for a more comfortable ride than they might have thought. While currently Qantas has only announced details of the business and first class cabin designs, premium and economy are being developed as well and will be announc...

AirJapan will be the new medium-haul international brand, as part of ANA, as such the airline that’s somewhere between a low-cost and full service carrier (think JetStar) will offer nothing but economy seating onboard its fleet of Dreamliner aircraft. AirJapan intends to begin operating flights in February 2024 and expand its network over time, focusing on destinations w...

SWISS First, SWISS Business and SWISS Economy are being totally redesigned – brought to life by studio Priestmangoode (the business class seat being a new product designed by PearsonLloyd) – while the popular SWISS Premium Economy which was introduced in 2022 will also be retained. The airline plans to gradually install the new cabins throughout its long-haul fleet from ...

These new seats replace the existing Super Diamond seats found on the rest of the A350 fleet, with a more condensed seating LOPA, yet the additional benefit of privacy thanks to full height walls – although no doors, even though this seat design allows for it. As highlighted on the airline’s facebook page, the seats feature a new design as well, with a brighter cabin lo...

Adding Foresight MX to the UH-60 can give the aircraft this capability or replace existing capability with a package that is substantially lighter and less expensive, according to GPMS. While legacy HUMS equipment can weigh up to 100 pounds, Foresight MX has an installed weight of less than 17 pounds and is one-third of the cost, according to GPMS v-p of sales Todd Power...

While 2022 brought us Finnair’s innovative and much lauded, non-recline Airlounge business class seat, Virgin Atlantic’s A330neo glamorous Upper Class suites and Delta’s new First Class on the A321neo, 2023 certainly won’t be falling behind when it comes to cabin revamps. We do not intend to present here an exhaustive list of every single cabin upgrade currently in the...

That is partly because airlines over the past decade have invested heavily into a halo product that’s not at the front of the plane, but the most sought after instead. For some airlines that’s meant the removal of First Class altogether, for others a new hybrid Premium Business Class has been developed, and then most recently, for the likes of Lufthansa, an entirely new ...