RX Global, the organiser of Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), has appointed Archana Dharni as the new event director of AIX. Dharni succeeds Polly Magraw – AIX’s event director from 2015 to 2024 – who has moved into a new role at RX as portfolio director of transportation events
World Travel Catering & Onboard Services Expo (WTCE) will return to Hamburg in April 2025 with more features, introduced to highlight the latest advances in the onboard sector. From onboard technology to sustainability, wellbeing to thought leadership, the event will have something to offer everyone in the inflight catering, passenger comfort and onboard services sectors
A new category has been added to the internationally renowned Red Dot Award for product design. Assessment criteria in the Sustainable Design category include renewability, repairability, durability and recyclability
APEX has announced the full list of airline industry leaders speaking at APEX/IFSA Global Expo in Long Beach on 28 to 30 October. The lineup of high-profile speakers includes Benjamin Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM, Michael Rousseau, president and CEO of Air Canada, and Shai Weiss, CEO of Virgin Atlantic
Mark Allen Group, owner of Aircraft Interiors International, has acquired Sixth Continent Holdings, owner of The Moodie Davitt Report. The Moodie Davitt Report is a leading media, events and business intelligence player in the global travel retail and airport commercial revenues sector
Highlights of the September issue include the Digital Experience Manager, which can revolutionise IFE curation; our ever-popular annual seating review; how to optimise seat designs for streamlined maintenance; a preview of APEX Global Expo, and more…
The Crystal Cabin Award, the world’s leading accolade for innovations in aircraft cabins, has opened the application phase for the 2025 awards, and there are some interesting new developments. Most notably, a dedicated category for accessibility innovations has been introduced
Diehl Aviation has opened a second Customer Collaboration Space to boost innovation in aircraft interiors. This new facility in Hamburg complements the company’s existing space in Seattle, offering a flexible environment for collaborative product development with customers and partners
The finalists of ‘Best Customer Journey Experience’, a special category of the Crystal Cabin Award due to be presented during APEX Global Expo in October, have been announced. The three innovations in the running have been developed by Skyted, Spafax and Thales
Two cabin product designs by Lufthansa Technik have been successful in the 2024 Red Dot Design Awards, the annual international design competition that recognises the best product design, communication design and design concepts
