Cabin Interior and Electronics
News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
'Living Walls' Will Live in VIP Boeing 787-9 Cabin
Four “living walls” designed by Edese Doret will be installed in a VIP Boeing 787-9.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Embraer To Sell Lineage 1000 Green
In a departure from its earlier policy of doing all Lineage 1000 cabin completion work in-house, Brazilian OEM Embraer is now offering a green variant of t
Cabin Interior and Electronics
RDT Introduces Tempus IC Telemedicine Breakthrough
London-based RDT, a telemedicine products specialist, has introduced its new Tempus IC, a small, lightweight remote medical “assistant” that RDT claims wil
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Cordner’s BAe 146/Avro RJ Conversion Mining for Business
Cordner Aviation Group made its first
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Aviation Fabricators Goes Hawker with Cabin Upgrades
Aviation Fabricators has received an STC approval for its arm-ledge/table design for the Hawker Beechcraft King Air C90, E90, F90 and 200.
The package is d
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Field Aviation Delivers Executive Q400s
Toronto-based Field Aviation has delivered two Bombardier Q400s in a corporate shuttle reconfiguration to Avitrade Belgium, which will operate them on beha
Cabin Interior and Electronics
ViaSat Adds South America To High-speed Internet Coverage
ViaSat has completed the addition of its Yonder high-speed Internet coverage to Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and surrounding areas.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics
This Chameleon Stands Out
Chameleon Products has added a new dimension–a third dimension, to be more accurate.
The new product–Visionairy–was created to introduce 3-D images into th
Cabin Interior and Electronics
BaySys Moves To Ku-Band Broadband
Independent completion and refurbishment center BaySys Technologies of Melfa, Va., has concluded that service over a Ku-band satellite system “provides a s
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Otonomy Offers Answers To Ground Security
As more and more business and private jets travel farther abroad, often to airports where ground security is minimal at best and nonexistent at worst, Oton
Cabin Interior and Electronics
EMS Aviation’s Aspire Gaining in Popularity
EMS Aviation, now a Honeywell company, is continuing to find customers for its Aspire 200 LG data connectivity system.
Regulations and Government
Public portrait of Sarkozy’s A330: French “GAO” flags cost overrun
The refurbishment of a government Airbus A330-200 (used mainly for the president) ran €33.2 million (about $46 million) over budget, according to a recent
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Flying Colours: Growth Without Sacrificing Quality
While much of the completion and refurbishment industry was battling to remain afloat during the recession, Flying Colours in the quiet Canadian city of Pe
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Diversified Aviation Within Its Comfort Zone
“We’re a prime contractor–a small version of what Greenpoint Technologies and Gore Design Completion started out as,” said Gary Girard, president of Divers
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Jet Aviation To Shed Up To 300 Jobs at Basel Site
Jet Aviation will cut 200 to 300 jobs at its Basel, Switzerland aircraft completions facility, a company spokesman told AIN, confirming lo
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L-3 Picks Up 747-8 Outfitting Contract
L-3 Platform Integration has won a contract to outfit the cabin of a 747-8i for an unidentified customer who has been a client for 20 years.
The interior f
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MSBExpertise Doubles Manufacturing Capacity
MSBExpertise, a specialist in cabin composite monuments and such items as “green” monuments, brackets and latches, and china and crystal slot inserts, is e
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Nordam Returns to Family Roots
With assumption of the CEO position by Meredith Siegfried, the Siegfried family has again taken on a leadership role at long-time aviation components provi
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Greenpoint Acquires T.R. Reed Enterprises
GreenpointTechnologies of Kirkland, Wash., has acquired T.R.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Jet Aviation St. Louis Enhances Falcon 7X Table
Few things take the pleasure out of dining or inhibit work efficiency on board more than a chair and table that are too far apart.
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ST Aerospace Delivers DC-8, Forecasts Growing Market
Singapore Technologies, better known for its MRO services as ST Aerospace, has delivered a finished DC-8 to an unidentified Middle East customer.
The desig
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Alliance of Five Ventures into BAE Market
Cordner Aviation Group, a newly launched Berlin-based firm, has, along with four alliance partners, launched a service for the conversion of BAE 146 and Av
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Paris 2011: Bright Skies for Breitling Winner
Breitling(Static AA168) recently ran a photo competition on Facebook that had the theme of capturing the spirit of aviation.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Paris 2011: TE Connectivity brings ‘intelligence’ to electronics
One of the newest names in aerospace is also one of the biggest, but even before Tyco Electronics became TE Connectivity this past March, few in the indust
Engines
Conforming Nextant 400XT To Make Debut at EBACE
The first production-conforming Nextant Aerospace 400XT will make its public debut next month at EBACE in Geneva.
Aircraft
Gulfstream Plans G650 Cabin Completions
At the same time Gulfstream Aerospace is preparing an assembly plant for its new G650, the Savannah-based OEM is readying an adjacent building for cabin
Cabin Interior and Electronics
I-Cair Earns EASA Approval on Globals
Innotech Aviation, the Montreal-based cabin environmental safety specialist, has received EASA approval for its I-Cair cabin air quality system for the Bo
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Jet Works Wins MD-87 Completion Contract
Jet Works Air Center of Denton, Texas has won a “multi-million-dollar contract” for re-configuration of an MD-87 to an executive role.
The MD
The MD
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Audio Response Massage Seat Unveiled
Aero Seating Technologies, which introduced its new 16-g “Master Class” seat with vertical lift and tilt-pan adjustment earlier this year, is pushing the
