A 30m-long dynamic test sled lies at the heart of Mirus Aircraft Seating’s M-Test lab. See why the company invested £4 million in the facility
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Mirus Aircraft Seating has opened M-Test, a 407m² crash-test facility. The company says the facility is the largest to be commercially available in the UK – and the country’s most technologically advanced
Expliseat has raised €17 million (US$18.8m) of capital investment, which will be used to build a new aircraft seating factory, advance its product development, expand its customer base, and enter new transportation markets
Boliviana de Aviación (BoA), the flag carrier of Bolivia, has selected the Hawk lightweight economy seat from Mirus as the retrofit model for its Boeing 737-800 fleet
Step inside Thompson Aero Seating’s production site in Portadown to see how its cutting-edge business-class airline seating is manufactured
Following HK Express’s first-ever order of seats from Recaro Aircraft Seating – a contract for more than 4,000 seats – passengers will be able to try them out from April 2023. The airline is retrofitting its A320 Family fleet with the SL3710 model, the lightest seat in Recaro’s portfolio
Spain’s flag carrier, Iberia, has a notable track record with introducing A350 innovations. The latest development is becoming launch customer for Recaro’s CL6720 business-class seat on the aircraft
The annual Crystal Cabin Awards always serve as a reward for innovation today, and as a trend indicator for what tomorrow’s flight experience might look like. More than 80 entries qualified for the 2023 shortlist, with many reflecting the ever-increasing drive for passenger comfort, an increased focus on accessibility, and the rise of future air mobility
SWISS has revealed its ‘SWISS Senses’ long-haul inflight experience, with redesigned first, business and economy cabin designs that will be retrofitted throughout its long-haul fleet from 2025 onwards, and line-fitted on its new A350-900s. “This is the most comprehensive cabin renewal in the history of our company,” says CEO
Recaro has renovated and streamlined its Final Assembly Line (FAL) in Schwaebisch Hall, Germany, in a project worth more than €4 million. The 11,000 square meter FAL now features more than 350m of conveyor technology, and an LED lighting system claimed to use 60% less power