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
Completion centers await new Boeing widebody projects
Head-of-state and VVIP completions centers are awaiting two new Boeing widebodies–the 747-8 and the all-composite 787.
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LBAS Installs NiceView Moving Map In Learjet 60A
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS, Booth No.
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CFM Celebrates 500 Millionth Engine
CFM International, the GE/Safran partnership that developed the CFM56 high-bypass turbofan, is celebrating its 36th anniversary with a record 500 million
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JetNet offers aircraft info for smartphones
Bizav data provider JetNet is unveiling and demonstrating a new smartphone app for accessing its Evolution database.
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Aerial View Systems offers high-def digital cameras
Aerial View Systems has been in business in Newport Beach, Calif., for 25 years developing increasingly sophisticated external cameras for business jets.
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Honeywell announces JetMap III
Honeywell has unveiled JetMap III, the latest upgrade of its cabin information system featuring worldwide three-dimensional perspective views of terrain, o
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Austria’s List finds market for flex stone
The relatively new stone floor from List Components & Furniture of Austria appears to be gaining in popularity and independent completion and refurbish
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B/E Aerospace showcases ‘value added’ cabin comforts
You can argue all you want about whether the recession officially ended in June 2009 as some financial pundits have declared, but as far as a recovery is c
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Greenpoint showcases its 747-8 completions options
Independent cabin completion specialist Greenpoint Technologies (Booth No.
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Altitude Aerospace displays ‘Pounamu’ cabin for BBJ
When it comes to creating mockups, Altitude Aerospace has taken the art to a new level with the Boeing Business Jet Pounamu cabin on display here at NBAA 2
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Interior refurbs provide alternative to new jet buys
At a time when the business aviation industry is showing signs of recovery, you may be wondering whether it makes more sense to update a used airplan
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Astronics offers new LED lights
Astronics, a provider of advanced, high-performance lighting and electronics systems for the global aerospace industry, has announced a new line of LED lan
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Gulfstream GIII gets ‘flying theater’
Flight Display Systems has gone Hollywood, in a manner of speaking.
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Leather maker launches green product initiatives
Perrone Aerospace (Booth No.
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N.Z. firm offers a multi-role BBJ cabin
The multi-role business jet cabin has come of age as several companies step in to serve a growing market for such interiors.
Aircraft
Millennium Concepts Inks Deal for PiperJet Seats
Piper Aircraft has chosen Millennium Concepts of Wichita to provide the passenger and crew seats for the PiperJet single-engine very light jet.
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Wisdom of Snecma’s Choice of SaM 146 Engine over GEnx Still Debatable
Certification this past summer by EASA and the Russian authorities of the Powerj
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Cabin Humidity Emerges as Service Differentiator for High-yield Passengers
No one likes to endure the sticky feeling of excess humidity, but lack of humidity in aircraft cabins at altitude can be a major cause of discomfort and tr
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BaySys Plans Completion Facility in Morocco
Independent completion and refurbishment center BaySys has signed an agreement with Royal Air Maroc and "a strategic regional investor" to support developm
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JCB Begins Construction of Completion Facility
Construction is well under way on JCB Aero's new aircraft interior completion and refurbishment center scheduled to open this fall near l'Isle Jourdain in
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Cabin Crafters Comes of Age
In 1986, at age 18, Mario Diaz came from his native Argentina "to spend a couple of months." Twenty-five years later he is CEO of Cabin Crafters, a fast-gr
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PAC Seating Focused On Large-Cabin Market
While some seating companies were focused on the small and midsize market and took a hit during the recession, PAC Seating Systems took aim at the large-ca
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Cabin Crafters is the American success story
In 1986, Mario Diaz came from his native Argentina as a boy "to spend a couple of months." Twenty-five years later he is CEO of Cabin Crafters, a fast-grow
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Midcoast to absorb Savannah Air Center
Midcoast Aviation is absorbing the operations of sister company Savannah Air Center to “consolidate our talents into a single center of excellence,” accord
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Boeing develops guidance for executive 787 completions
Boeing is deep into preparations for its first “green” 787 BBJ delivery in 2012 and is confident it can avoid the myriad early completion problems that pla
Aircraft
Piper Taps DeCrane, Propel for PiperJet Cabin Design
Piper Aircraft yesterday announced that it selected DeCrane Aerospace and Propel Designs as interior specialists for the PiperJet.
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Long-haul truck seats could enhance helo ride
New Bose technology designed to dampen the road vibration translated into semi-truck cab seats could be applied to helicopters, according to at least one l
