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.
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Comlux’s U.S. division adds completion firm
Comlux announced the formation of Comlux America and the acquisition by that entity of independent completion and refurbishment specialist Indianapolis Jet
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Competitors team up on satcom services
Satcom Direct, which had been competing with Honeywell International’s OneLink, announced that it has officially signed a contract Saturday to work in coop
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Fischer + Entwicklungen Offers New Crew Seats
Fischer + Entwicklungen (F+E) has introduced a crew seat, the Model 225/355, which is certified to FAR Part 25 and TSO C127a and provides an adjustable lum
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German interiors firm expands capacity abroad
Lufthansa Technik, one of the world’s largest centers for interior completion and refurbishment of narrow- and widebody aircraft is expanding in a move des
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Jet Aviation Takes Orders for A350-900 XWB Interiors
Jet Aviation recently signed two letters of intent with customers for the interior completion of two Airbus A350-900 XWB (extra-widebody) executive/VIP jet
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Gore Design Picked for Green BBJ Completion
Few segments of the completion and refurbishment industry are as busy as that of narrowbody and widebody cabin finish work, and Gore Design Completions (Bo
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Portable JetBed promises in-flight sleeping comfort
Looking for something more comfortable for a nap, or perhaps a more substantial snooze, than a reclining seat? JetBed of Downers Grove, Ill.
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Piaggio to double Avanti production
Italy’s Piaggio Aero has introduced a third cabin choice for its six- to seven-seat Avanti II twin-turboprop, and expects to almost double production this
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Seagil Demos bart management software
Atlanta-based SeaGil Software, a developer of aviation software since 1985, is demonstrating various features of its BART aviation management software at B
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Customers can outsource their coffee water
The new Hi-Fly “t” series of espresso and coffee makers by Iacobucci HF Electronics S.p.A., enables brewers to connect their own external source of water r
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Completions and refurbishment
If there are any tears being shed by those in the completion and refurbishment industry these days, they’re most likely tears of joy.
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Mideast expo puts spotlight on interiors
Gulf VIP, an event for the Middle East’s ultra-rich that promotes executive jet interiors to the “the lucrative markets of Qatar, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia”
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DeCrane outfits the whole interior
DeCrane Aerospace was founded 19 years ago by Jack DeCrane with the idea of assembling under a single umbrella all aspects of aircraft interior completion
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DeCrane Is For Sale…For the Right Price
Since late 2006 DeCrane Aerospace has undergone an internal restructuring that included a name change, a headquarters relocation, a shift in marketing stra
Aircraft
BAe revives former airliners as corporate jet alternative
With a three-foot wider interior than the Bombardier Challenger 604, the Avro 146/RJ is claimed to offer “an airliner-size cabin for the price of a small b
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Indianapolis Jet Center OK’d for CRJ conversion
Indianapolis Jet Center (Booth No.
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BBJ projects stack up at Greenpoint
Greenpoint Technologies, like most of the narrowbody and widebody completion centers, is dealing with growing demand.
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Gore Wins Head-of-State 767 Contract
Gore Design Completions (Booth No.
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Upgraded IFE from Vision Systems
French cabin products manufacturer Vision Systems Aeronautics (Booth No.
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Mid Continent serves up cabin entertainment unit
Mid Continent Controls of Derby, Kans., a manufacturer of cabin management and in-flight entertainment system controls, is showcasing a new media server fo
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Yankee Pacific gaining traction
Completions group Yankee Pacific Aerospace of Rye, N.H., is celebrating just its second anniversary, but that hasn’t stopped the company from contemplating
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Flying Colours Wins Green Challenger 850 Contract
Fast on the heels of its first CRJ200 conversion to an executive/VIP Execliner configuration, Canadian independent completion and refurbishment specialist
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BAE converts RJs for bizav
BAE Systems Regional Aircraft this year will deliver six more of its corporate-configured, four-engine Avro RJs for a variety of business and government op
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UK firm weaves around natural-fiber difficulties
There’s usually more than a little one-upmanship to business aircraft interiors.
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Avionics Update: Sirius satellite radio reaches for the sky
As anyone who has it or has tried it can attest, satellite radio is seriously cool.
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UK firm planning line of upgraded cabin products
IEC In-Flight Systems plans to introduce a digital cabin management system (CMS) for business aircraft.
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BMW designing interiors for PC-12s
Pilatus Aircraft of Broomfield, Colo., has commissioned BMW DesignWorks USA of Southern California to develop nine identically priced interior designs for
