Air New Zealand has unveiled the Economy Skynest, a ground-breaking lie-flat prototype sleep product for economy class travellers. Watch the customer experience, industrial design and executive teams explain the thinking behind the innovative design
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From fashion runway to airline runway, Taiwanese carrier EVA Air is launching an updated fashion partnership with celebrated designer, Jason Wu. This video celebrates the launch
Greek airline, Aegean, has launched a new identity inspired by the nation’s cultural and architectural heritage. Aegean worked with PriestmanGoode to develop a vision for the brand, with the work spanning everything from logo design, livery, graphic items and digital products, to cabin interiors including soft items, amenity kits and meal services
Explore MAVERIC, Airbus’s vision for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft. The blended wing body design could generate up to 20% fuel savings and improve the passenger experience through its exceptionally spacious Airspace cabin layout
The Access aircraft lavatory designed by ST Engineering features a moveable wall that can expand the lav to offer PRMs 40% more space, creating enough space to accommodate a passenger in a wheelchair and a carer
When choosing new seating for its Airbus A320neo cabins, Spirit Airlines worked with experts who stated that seat pitch is an inadequate measurement of guest comfort and an outdated reference as seat innovation becomes more advanced
In the Ultraleichtbausitz project, vehicle seat construction and design was reconsidered with a view to weight reduction. The result is a seat weight of 10kg, enabled by an innovative ‘xFK in 3D’ hybrid frame structure, which complements metal additive manufacturing. Could this project influence future aircraft seating design?
Finnair has completed the cabin modifications of its narrow-body Airbus fleet used on European routes. As part of modifications, more seats have been added to the aircraft, and internet connectivity systems installed. Watch the project in progress in this timelapse video from the hangar of Finnair’s maintenance partner, CSAT
On 25 January 2020, Boeing’s 777X aircraft flew for the first time and completed a successful first flight. This major milestone for the airplane programme begins the next phase of testing for the 777X as Boeing works towards certification and then delivery to customers in 2021. See for yourself how the aircraft performed
Japan Airlines (JAL) has invested in Boom and has options to purchase up to 20 of its supersonic passenger aircraft. Yasushi Omori, JAL’s vice president of business creation, shares his thoughts on the future of supersonic aircraft for commercial air travel