The World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE) returns to Hamburg on 14-16 June as an in-person event, to celebrate its 10-year anniversary, post-pandemic bounceback, the latest innovations and the value of collaboration
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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
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
Integrating passenger restraint systems into aircraft seating is highly complex. This report explains how to develop the perfect solution for your seat, cabin and aircraft, and outlines how some of aviation’s most complicated and in-depth seat design regulations work
Unum Aircraft Seating launches today as a new player in business class seating, addressing the needs of smaller airlines and demand for reliable delivery. We spoke to founder Chris Brady to find out how Unum will achieve its aims, and why now is a good time to launch a new aircraft interiors venture
Global business travel spending is expected to surge in 2022, with full recovery expected in 2024, ending the year on pace with the 2019 pre-pandemic spend of US$1.4 trillion – a year sooner than previously forecast
Since it can take one to two years to complete a typical integration programme for delivery of a reconfigured aircraft, the time for airlines to start planning their post-pandemic growth is now. Turnkey aircraft interior modification programmes can mitigate schedule, cost and quality issues
Around 3,000 aviation professionals, including airline CEOs, executives, suppliers and decision-makers, are preparing to attend APEX Expo in Long Beach, the first major in-person industry event since the onset of the pandemic. From sneak previews to show information, here’s what you need to know ahead of the event on 30th November to 2nd December
In our November 2021 issue, Dr Nicola Davies explored how to enhance the passenger experience in the COVID-19 Era using insights from behavioural psychology. Dr Davies cited insights from across the psychology and science sectors, as follows…
What’s better than the annual Crystal Cabin Awards? How about biannual Crystal Cabin Awards? In response to the impact of the pandemic on aviation, two special categories have been added for this year, in recognition of aircraft cabin and on-board products that address the latest air travel challenges