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

Nord-Micro Picks CTT Environmental Systems

CTT Systems of Nyköping, Sweden, and Nord-Micro of Frankfurt, Germany, have signed an agreement allowing CTT to develop and deliver for Nord-Micro its zona
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Gore Design Wins A340-200 Contract

MAZ Aviation in the United Arab Emirates has selected Gore Design Completions of San Antonio to refurbish the executive interior of an A340-200 for a Middl
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Flying Colours Completes Second CRJ200

Flying Colours of Peterborough, Ontario, has delivered its second CRJ200 executive conversion.
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Luxury cars inspire Learjet 85 cabin

While Bombardier’s split with Grob on the Learjet 85 program was one topic of conversation at the NBAA Convention in October, it was that aircraft’s cabin
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Lufthansa Technik Moves into Competition’s Backyard

Lufthansa Technik, one of the world’s largest independent centers for single-aisle and widebody bizliner interior completion and refurbishment, has opened
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Cessna Unveils Latest Columbus Mockup

At NBAA 2008, Cessna unveiled the latest cabin mockup of its new Citation Columbus.
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Comlux Acquires Indianapolis Jet Center

Aircraft charter and management provider Comlux The Aviation Group has expanded its reach to the North American completion and refurbishment market with th
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Duncan To Open New Center in Utah

Duncan Aviation plans to build a new, 320,000-sq-ft facility at Provo Municipal Airport in Utah.
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Texas Aviation Delivers a Ferrari

Helicopter interiors specialist Texas Aviation Services has delivered a “Ferrari styled” Eurocopter EC 130 to Mike Herzog of Portland, Ore.
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Refurb On the Fly from Monarch Aircraft

Monarch Aircraft Restoration Services, a San Diego-based Part 145 repair station providing interior refurbishment, has expanded its capabilities by adding
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Ovation Select Promises ‘Seamless’ Electronics Integration

Honeywell has launched its redesigned Ovation Select cabin management system, a package that “seamlessly integrates entertainment and connectivity technolo
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Midcoast Opens Narrowbody Hangar

Midcoast Aviation, with an eye to the burgeoning single-aisle bizliner completion business, has opened a new three-story, 146,000-sq-ft completion and refu
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Snooze While You Cruise with JetBed

When Gary Bosstick, a frequent charter client, became dissatisfied with the sleeping comfort of the typical business jet seat, he did what any entrepreneur
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Hawker Beech unveils 450XP, King Air 350i

Hawker Beechcraft took the wraps off the Hawker 450XP and King Air 350i last month.
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Innotech Installs BPS on Global Expresses

Under a partnership agreement signed with Air Data, Innotech Aviation’s Montreal completion center will install Air Data JetAir bio-protection systems (BPS
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International Jet Interiors Inks Deal with Eclipse

International Jet Interiors, an independent completion and refurbishment center in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., has signed a major service agreement with Eclipse Avia
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International Jet Interiors Inks Deal with Eclipse

International Jet Interiors, an independent completion and refurbishment center in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., has signed a major service agreement with Eclipse Avia
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Precision Pattern Teams with Appearance Group

Precision Pattern, a Wichita-based specialist in aircraft interior cabinetry and finish, has signed an agreement with Appearance Group to provide after-mar
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Texas Aviation Delivers ‘Studio in the Sky’

Texas Aviation Services is no stranger to unusual helicopter interiors, but the Eurocopter AS 350B2 for Hangar 5 Productions of Scottsdale, Ariz., stretche
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Perrone Aerospace Chooses Waterjet Cutting

Perrone Aerospace, a Fultonville, N.Y.-based provider of leather and textiles, has been expanding its capabilities, adding the first laser-guided, water-je
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ExecuJet Aviation To Expand Completions Activity

To mark three years of handling aircraft interior design and completion, ExecuJet Aviation Group is broadening its capabilities by moving into bizliner exe
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School To Train Executive Interiors Specialists

AIC, the Aircraft Institute for Craftsmen, is scheduled to open its doors next spring to train executive interiors specialists.
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Savannah expands to accommodate green completions

Savannah Air Center (Booth No.
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Cessna To Offer JetBed as an Option

JetBed (Booth No.
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True North lands Sikorsky

Sikorsky Aircraft has selected TrueNorth Avionics’ Simphone airborne telephone systems as OEM standard options on new S-76 series and S-92 helicopters.
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Latest Technology Preserves Leather

Zenda Leather (Booth No.
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Midcoast Opens Narrowbody Hangar

Midcoast Aviation, with an eye to the burgeoning narrowbody aircraft completion business, opened a new, three-story 146,000-sq-ft narrowbody completion and
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TrueNorth expands broadband options

TrueNorth Avionics (Booth No.
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Satcom Direct expands U.S. service plan

Airborne communications provider Satcom Direct (Booth No.
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Lufthansa ‘niceview’ update features 3-D moving map

Lufthansa Technik’s latest innovation in cabin “infotainment” is called niceview, an upgrade that takes the venerable moving-map display into a new dimensi