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Designing the future of single-aisle galleys and service areas
网页Fundamentally, it’s crucial to have a firm grasp on how this hardest of hard product affects the softest of soft product: catering. “The challenge for airlines, manufacturers and designers alike is that in developing a galley for a line-fit aircraft, you’re creating an environment that will remain in service for 5-10 years and is relatively inflexible once installed,” says Ben …
United brings back embedded IFE under massive narrowbody …
网页Approximately 100 mainline narrowbody aircraft won’t be refurbished as they will be retired in the near future. United currently plans to retrofit two thirds of its aircraft by 2023 and complete the program by the summer of 2025. United offers in-seat IFE on the lion’s share of its widebody fleet, and has even set a standard for accessible ...
Interior supply chain delays still hitting long-backlog Airbus
网页Interior supply chain delays still hitting long-backlog Airbus. FARNBOROUGH — If the absence of flying activity at Boeing this year was understandable, the very quiet show for Airbus was somewhat more surprising. Record sales for its flagship aircraft, especially the A320 and A350 families, combined with supply chain constraints (especially ...
Safran’s Unity adds premium stagger to its business lineup
网页It’s called Unity, and it’s a surprisingly spacious, surprisingly premium product in the direct aisle access widebody game. Unity is a direct forward stagger, rather than being angled in the way that Optima (the seat introduced by United Polaris and now used on Air France and elsewhere) is angled in order to add additional density.
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网页Deputy Editor. John Walton, an international journalist, contributes opinion and analysis to RGN’s Details + Design and Nose To Tail columns. He specializes in cabin interiors, seating, connectivity, and premium class service. A keen analyst of how developing tools can be applied to aviation news, John is at the forefront of social media in the aviation sector, …
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网页Delta now eyeing mid-late 2025 for free Wi-Fi on transpacific routes. Having fitted Viasat’s high-capacity Ka-band geostationary (GEO) satellite-supported inflight connectivity to the lion’s share of its domest... Continue Reading.
Adient blends auto and aero for Aspect and Ascent seats
网页The company, a joint venture between leading automotive seatmaker Adient and aircraft manufacturer Boeing, has planted a flag in the longhaul narrowbody segment with its new single-aisle friendly Aspect seat, pictured above. Separately, Adient in January announced the completion of head injury criterion (HIC) testing and certification for its ...
Flying United? Charge up your devices and bring wired headphones
网页Charge up your devices and bring wired headphones. While United Airlines continues to take delivery of new Boeing 737 MAX 8 aircraft with its new United Next interior, retrofits of the carrier’s more than 500 other narrowbody aircraft have yet to start. I flew with United on a recent weekend getaway from New York LaGuardia to Chicago O’Hare ...
Inside Austria’s next-gen Nightjet sleeper trains - Runway Girl
网页X. Within the next three years, a fleet of nearly three dozen Austrian Railways (ÖBB) Nightjet sleeper trains will be whizzing their way through the European night at up to 230 km/h. The new trains from Siemens are truly next-generation, both in approach and in passenger experience. Let’s start at the couchette end of the experience, the ...