The 2025 Showcase issue of Aircraft Interiors International is now available online! This special issue is packed full of ideas, designs, materials, design approaches and technologies that can inspire and enable future cabin projects.
Browsing: Accessibility
Accessibility organisation, All Wheels Up (AWU), has announced its appreciation and support of the US Department of Transportation’s final rule titled, ‘Ensuring Safe Accommodations for Air Travelers with Disabilities Using Wheelchairs’. This rule alters Air Carrier Access Act regulations to improve air travel for people who use wheelchairs and other assistive devices
Emirates has launched an initiative with the goal of becoming the world’s first Autism Certified Airline. The airline has worked with experts to create a new blueprint for serving passengers with accessibility requirements, encompassing the entire journey – from ground services to inflight services
The Crystal Cabin Award is the most prestigious prize that recognises innovation in aircraft design, the passenger experience, cabin technology, sustainability, and the wider aviation industry. The 2025 shortlist features more than 50 innovations across seven categories, including advances in sustainability and accessibility
Visitor registration is now open for Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) and World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE). These highly popular events for the aircraft cabin interiors and the onboard hospitality procurement industries will be co-located at Hamburg Messe, Germany from 8-10 April 2025
Highlights of the November issue of Aircraft Interiors International include: insights into the potential for textures to enhance comfort and branding; a focus on the Middle East aviation market; galley innovations; advances in cabin lighting; the latest cabin materials, from leathers & textiles, to thermoplastics; and more…
Aviation events organiser, RedCabin, has announced that the Aircraft Cabin Innovation Summit (ACIS) 2024 will take place from 3-5 December in Tokyo, and will be hosted by All Nippon Airways (ANA). Hundreds of C-Suite leaders from across the aviation industry are due to gather for the three-day summit, to explore the major challenges and trends faced by the aircraft interior industry
A new expert group has been announced in the UK today, which will work to improve accessibility, empower consumers and raise industry standards for disabled passengers, from booking to inflight, to baggage claim. The Aviation Accessibility Task and Finish Group will be led by Baroness Grey-Thompson, with members including presenter and disability campaigner Sophie Morgan
Television presenter and disability advocate Sophie Morgan has created a documentary in which she sends a group of disabled travellers undercover to expose the injustices – and consequences – of inadequate service experienced when flying. As she says, “It’s a hard watch at times. But a necessary one”
Thales’ innovative range of accessible in-flight entertainment technologies has won a Crystal Cabin Award in a special category: ‘Best Customer Journey Experience’. Thales won with the Suite for Accessible IFE Solutions, which supports passengers who have visual and hearing assistance needs