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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Lufthansa Technik Cabin System Picked for Challenger 300

German interiors specialist Lufthansa Technik will be providing its network integrated cabin equipment (Nice) system to Bombardier as standard equipment on
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Out With the Old, In With the New

Elliott Aviation recently completed its first transformation of a Hawker 700A cabin
into an 800XP equivalent.
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Alto Aviation Wins Audio Contract for Legacy 600s

Embraer Executive Aircraft has selected Alto Aviation of Leominster, Mass., as the baseline cabin entertainment audio system for all the Brazilian manufact
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B/E Offers an Executive Seat Designed for Bliss

B/E Aerospace has begun deliveries of its new UltimateComfort executive seat with adjustments ranging from “comfortable” to “bliss.” The Miami-based compan
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Coming To America: An Aircraft Interiors Show

Reed Exhibitions’ Aircraft Interiors Expo team is launching a new event for the Americas.
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Versace Executive Seat Fits Bizliner

In collaboration with TAG Aircraft Interiors, Italian design house Gianni Versace of Milan continues to move into the business aviation cabin.
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Arinc Direct Expands Broadband Service

Arinc Direct customers will soon be discovering new horizons.
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Steecon Offers Swinging Door

Steecon Enterprises has developed a bulkhead swinging door.
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AirCell Axxess Satcom Gets EASA OK for Challengers

AirCell has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) certification for its Axxess EZ satcom system on Bombardier’s Challenger 600, 601 and 604.
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Lufthansa Technik Wins First 747-8 Completion Order

Lufthansa Technik has won a contract to do the first interior for an executive version of Boeing’s new 747-8.
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Millennium Gets Kodiak Interiors Order

Interiors development and certification specialist Millennium Concepts of Wichita has received an order from Quest Aircraft for follow-on production interi
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Down the Aisle…

BaySys Technologies in Accomac, Va., has been contracted to build and install an executive interior in a green Airbus A340-200 for a Middle Eastern custome
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Brilliance marks CareJet treatment

An exterior paint job on a Gulfstream G550 will typically cost in the neighborhood of $150,000 and, with proper care and maintenance, will last about five
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Executive conversions breathe new life into aging CRJ200s

In an industry faced with escalating prices and increasingly long lead times for aircraft deliveries, Project Phoenix has joined a growing number of compan
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Weak Dollar Prompts Price Hike at IWG

International Water-Guard Industries (IWG) is “adjusting its pricing and business policies in response to the unprecedented shift in exchange rates between
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A King Air cabin with a Brazilian touch

Opened for business a little less than two years ago, interior refurbishment specialist Interiors by Brazil has introduced a King Air 90 cabin that has clo
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Inmarsat I4 Satellites Will Be Six Times Faster

Inmarsat, the global satellite-communications company, is preparing the next generation of its geostationary satellites, which a spokesman said will be far
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Conversions Bring New Life to Old Regional Jets

Montreal-based Project Phoenix has joined a growing number of companies offering a program to convert used Bombardier CRJ200 regional jets into executive a
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Completion and Refurbishment: King Aerospace Launches Bizliner Program

King Aerospace has launched what it calls the “Ultra VVIP Customization Program,” which will expand the Ardmore, Okla.
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Completion and Refurbishment: Greenpoint Unveils SkyHome 2010

If the question is where to find a home in the sky, Greenpoint Technologies has an answer.
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Completion and Refurbishment: E-A-R’s Noise Treatment Easy On the Ears

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has selected E-A-R Specialty Composites as its partner in developing the cabin thermal/ acoustic package for its ne
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Completion and Refurbishment: Infusion Design–Into the Light

Business aircraft cabin specialist Infusion Design has long preferred a low profile.
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Completion and Refurbishment: Yingling Aviation’s New Oasis Is No Mirage

Yingling Aviation, which has found a ready market among Cessna Caravan owners for its Oasis interior, has unveiled a restyled Oasis, “with no increase in p
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Completion and Refurbishment: Jormac Introduces Bin/Liners for Bizliners

Jormac Aerospace, a Yankee Pacific division, has developed an overhead bin/cabin liner for Boeing 727, 737 and 757 single-aisle aircraft as a solution to s
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Completion and Refurbishment: Zenda Leather Moves from Ground to Air

Zenda Leather, well known among automobile and furniture manufacturers for more than 100 years, is growing wings.
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Completion and Refurbishment: The Hermès Helicopter, a Fusion of Styles

Eurocopter and Hermès, two companies with distinctly different disciplines, have launched an effort that will blend their respective skills and creative ge
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OEMs set sights on lowering cabin altitude

The business aviation industry is on a constant quest to create a more comfortable cabin environment for the traveler, but only in the past several years h
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Westward Ho the Cabins Work

When BaySys Technologies, a completion and refurbishment center, decided to expand last year, the site selected was far from its headquarters in the sleepy
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Completion and Refurbishment: Executive Version of Grob’s Utility Jet

Design of the full-size executive cabin mockup of the Grob SPn midsize “utility jet” shown in September at the NBAA Convention reflected lukewarm response
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Completion and Refurbishment: Airbus Corporate Jetliner Center Ramps Up

The Airbus Corporate Jetliner Center in Toulouse, France, which opened for business in July, has taken in its first two aircraft for cabin outfitting, both