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
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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
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
Icelandair has worked with local artist Sara Riel and Skysupply to create a beautiful and sustainable design for the second in its series of business-class amenity kits
JetZero, a company developing the first commercial blended wing body (BWB) airplane, has found a slightly unexpected investor in the form of Alaska Airlines. If purchase options are taken up, passengers could be in for an amazing experience in the cabin
Performance car company, BMW M, has collaborated with Bcomp, BMW Designworks and others to develop the Visionary Materials Seat, a sustainable seat design manufactured with bio-based materials to reduce CO₂e impacts and enhance recyclability
Ultrafabrics and its partner Tapis have now officially launched AV Bio, a bio-based performance fabric that was unveiled at Aircraft Interiors Expo 2024. Tapis says this innovative fabric is the first of its kind in the aviation and transportation sector, and can revolutionise the way sustainable materials are incorporated into aircraft interiors
Embraer is offering a range of upgrades and performance improvements across its single-aisle commercial jet line up. The upgrades on the E195-E2, E190-E2, and E175 include cabin and passenger experience upgrades, fuel burn and range improvements, and avionics updates
IATA has announced that it is collaborating with the Aviation Sustainability Forum (ASF) to launch a standardised Cabin Waste Composition Audit (CWCA) in September 2024