Panasonic Avionics has secured deals with both Emirates and Iraqi Airways to deliver IFE technologies
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Emirates has announced an 18-month retrofit programme to install premium economy cabins in 53 Boeing 777s and 52 more A380 aircraft. The UAE airline is also considering upgrades to its B777 business class cabins, with new seats in a 1-2-1 configuration
Virgin Australia has revealed a new narrowbody aircraft cabin design prototype, featuring refreshed seat designs. The designs will initially be trialled on two of the airline’s nine new Boeing 737-800s, with a view to rolling out the designs for future aircraft acquired as part of the airline’s fleet expansion
On Monday, 1 November, Malaysia Airlines ferried a patient who required an urgent transfer. For this special mission, the airline sped-up its admin process and the engineering team mounted an aircraft-rated stretcher to nine economy class seats
British Airways (BA) has selected Collins Aerospace to upgrade the Club World cabins on its fleet of Boeing 777 aircraft. The agreement includes installation of the Club Suite business class seat, the Club Kitchen and a new cabin configuration
Sad news: Emirates’ first A380 has retired and gone to the great recycling yard in the sky. Good news: parts of the aircraft will be upcycled into furniture and goods, which you can buy
In response to safety issues related to lithium battery shipments, Qatar Airways Cargo intends to replace its entire fleet of more than 10,000 Unit Load Devices (ULDs) with Safran Cabin’s new Fire Resistant Container (FRC), aiming to exchange 70% of the units during 2022
Air Dolomiti, the Italy-based airline subsidiary of Lufthansa Group, has selected Geven’s Essenza RJ economy class seat for a retrofit programme on 15 Embraer 195s. Installation is scheduled for between December 2021 and March 2022, with the first retrofitted aircraft expected to fly in January 2022
Ethiopian Airlines Group has signed an MoU with Aero HygenX, outlining a plan for fleetwide deployment and regional marketing of the company’s RAY autonomous UV-C cabin disinfecting robot
British Airways is recruiting additional cabin crew to help fly its summer schedule, with an expected start date of spring 2022. The airline is inviting people of all ages and backgrounds, whether looking for the first step in their career or a complete career change