f you haven’t toured the Waterfront Seat yet, this is a good time to sit up and get excited.
This futuristic and smart business class seat–developed through a collaboration between Panasonic Avionics, TEAGUE, Formation Design and B/E Aerospace–has been recognised with a Gold Spark design award for its innovation and future-vision.
AirAsia signed a deal for 100 A321neo planes with Airbus at Farnborough yesterday which was a powerful vote of confidence in the European plane manufacturer’s… Read More »AirAsia Hands Aviation Some Awesome, and Not Just With Order of 100 A321neos
Southwest Airlines has revealed new crew uniforms and new cabin interiors for the 737-800 as part of its updated Heart brand. The airline first introduced… Read More »I ❤️SWA: Southwest Reveals New LUV-able ‘Software’
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SAS launches its first flight from Stockholm to Los Angeles today as part of the airline’s investment in long-haul expansion.
The new route will introduce daily service from Arlanda to L.A., with an outbound flight SK939 departing Stockholm at 9:50 am and landing in LA at 12:15. The return flight SK940 departs L.A. at 2:15 and arrives to Stockholm, Arlanda at 10:00 am.
I’ve written about Olivier Grégoire’s proposal for a vertical cabin design previously on Skift.
He first approached me in December of last year with a unique concept to make vertical cabin design work around a passenger needs for space and privacy during long haul flights.
Grégoire has since sent me a link to a video he produced which illustrates more clearly how the design would work. He proposes the cabin concept for the A350 aircraft.
As mentioned last week, and first revealed by Aircraft Interiors International Magazine, Emirates Airline is finally ready to make its move on revolutionising the passenger experience and it’s obviously taken its time to come up with a whopper of a wallop. But what does it mean for the industry going forward? Is it really a game changer?
Falling into the new seat category which AII has appropriately dubbed ‘super business class’, Emirates says the design of the new Business Class seat is “inspired by the interior of a modern sports car, captured in the diamond stick pattern of a light grey full leather cover, ergonomically designed headrest, and its sleek overall look and feel.”
Boeing has submitted a new super-hygienic “Clean Cabin-Fresh Lavatory” concept to the Crystal Cabin Awards, which ticks all the boxes on passenger comfort and cabin… Read More »This IS the Space-Age Aircraft Lavatory You Are Looking For
Emirates takes us on a quick guided tour of its new two-class A380 aircraft.
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This special-insights report covers the why, how, when, and for whom of one facet of this differentiation: the true Premium Economy product.
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The Innovative Aircraft Seating Conference 2015 kicks off this week in Hamburg. The theme of this year’s meeting is Redefining the Travel Experience. The agenda reveals… Read More »Passenger Comfort Is Key Focus for Innovative Aircraft Seating 2015
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Every week, besides the articles I write here on Flight Chic and on VolandoAndo, I prepare Flight Chic Special Reports for leading industry publications. While I’m… Read More »Tech, Tech and Tasty: 3 Odd Aviation Stories You Might Have Missed
Qatar Airways Airbus A350XWB: the beauty is in the details
As Reuters reports, Air Berlin has opted to install Recaro Slimline seats on its existing fleet of narrow-bodies on short and medium-haul service. The slimline design of… Read More »Air Berlin Retrofits Short-Haul Fleet To Recaro Slimline Seats
JAL has debuted its surprisingly roomy new Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner, an aircraft clearly purposed for passenger comfort. Beyond the impressive structural improvements, which come from taking… Read More »JAL Features Thales’ AVANT System in New Roomier 787
Two celestial bodies featured at Aircraft Interiors Expo, Americas which show promise for low-footprint cabin comfort. One has already found its place in the A350XWB catalogue. The… Read More »Sogerma’s Celestial Bodies Feature In Airbus A350XWB Seating
After a specially tailored three-week training course in London, an élite group of Etihad Airways’ cabin crew are ready to serve in the skies as the aviation… Read More »Etihad’s Savoy Butlers Are Cleared for Take-Off
Zodiac Seats has introduced of a new generation of seats for the premium economy class, which looks a lot like a one of the old… Read More »Sleepers In Seattle: Zodiac Introduces High-Density Comfort to Business
The gentle designer responsible for a number of creative seat innovations–likely to end cabin all manner of cabin conflicts–has recently found himself under attack from heavy machinery. An innovative… Read More »The Secret War Over The Aircraft Seat To End All Seat Wars
After the dramatic unveiling of its new livery on the A380 last week in Hamburg, Etihad Airways has quietly revealed the new livery on its 787-9 Dreamliners at an event in Seattle overnight.
It’s delightful to see that the Interiors Wars continue hotting up. Well-faceted black diamonds are hot, sexy, classy and rare–a jewel of a cabin!
Qatar Airways took us for a tour of its new A380 aircraft, and began with an apology for having “no butler, no residence, no suites.”
As Jonny Clark, The DesignAir, highlights in this excellent feature on the Royal Jordanian 787 Dreamliner, Royal Jordanian has made the most of the sense… Read More »Royal Jordanian’s 787 Offers Understated Luxury
Airbus has been to cornering the market on key patents for seat designs clearly intended to protect various special applications and technologies–raising the question of whether… Read More »Latest Airbus Seat Design Development Is A Boon to Babes
I was very excited when I learned of the Kickstarter project to document the life of American designer Walter Dorwin Teague, to whom aviation (only… Read More »An Ode to Walter D. Teague, the Father of US Industrial Design
