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.
Aircraft
Jet Aviation delivers Middle Eastern customer’s second BBJ
Jet Aviation in Basel, Switzerland, has delivered a second Boeing Business Jet to an undisclosed Middle Eastern customer.
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Heads up provides Citation X and Excel LED lighting
Heads Up Technologies of Carrollton, Texas, is providing upwash, downwash, aisle and toe-kick LED lighting as standard equipment in Cessna’s Citation X, XL
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MacCarthy Interiors moves to New Gatwick facility
Business aircraft cabin specialist MacCarthy Interiors has moved its headquarters to a new and larger facility near Gatwick Airport, about 35 miles south o
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Ultra and QinetiQ developing new quiet cabin technology
Two UK-based specialists in the noise-reduction field are developing new technology that promises a substantial decrease in cabin noise.
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Cabin complexities call for independent expertise
The independent aircraft interior completion manager is based on a dusty little airport on the outskirts of Fort Worth, Texas, and the airplane interior be
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Completion & Refurbishment: Aircraft Interiors Show To Debut in Dubai
Fairs & Exhibitions, which organizes the biennial Dubai Airshow in the United Arab Emirates, will debut a new aircraft interiors show–Aircraft Interior
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StarPort USA launches completion and refurb center
StarPort USA, the Sanford, Fla., FBO launched in 1995, has survived a bankruptcy and a recession, and with an eye on the slowly improving economy has launc
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Completion and refurbishment business building nicely
The completion and refurbishment industry continues to grow.
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Bigger is better at Jet Aviation West Palm Beach
Bigger is the latest goal for the interior refurbishment department at Jet Aviation’s West Palm Beach, Fla.
Aircraft
Adams Rite offers lav water system for Challenger 300
A new self-contained lavatory water system developed by Fullerton, Calif.-based Adams Rite Aerospace has received FAA, JAA and Transport Canada approval fo
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Montreal Jet opens refurbishment shop
Three-month-old interiors, mods and maintenance shop Montreal Jet Center is preparing to accept its first business jet for interior refurbishment and airfr
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Is vibroacoustic disease taking a toll on aviators?
Business aircraft crews and passengers are generally aware of the danger of prolonged exposure to noise in terms of hearing loss.
Aircraft
One private jet to go and supersize it, please!
It’s really, really big, and as an executive transport, the giant Airbus A380–unveiled in Toulouse, France, last month– will be the biggest and most comple
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Demand for Paint Never Faded
Even during the worst days of the recent recession, the demand for aircraft exterior paint remained relatively strong.
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Jet Works opens new paint shop and makes plans for a larger one
Denton, Texas, completion center Jet Works Air Center recently opened a new, 12,000-sq-ft paint shop converted from an existing hangar.
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Midcoast’s Bombardier interiors shop ramps up as demand grows
Midcoast Aviation has a long history of doing interior completion work on Challenger 604s for Bombardier and recently began work on the first of four Globa
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Bombardier’s Montreal Center delivers first Challenger 300
Canadian manufacturer Bombardier delivered the first Challenger 300 from its Montreal center in January.
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Iridium Satellite fax a first for BizJet International
Bizjet International in Tulsa has become the first non-OEM in the U.S.
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Cessna looks forward to completions at new center
Cessna Aircraft opened its new $61 million Citation Service Center multi-use facility in Wichita in December and the interior refurbishment shop is hard at
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Independent Centers Reap Airbus Harvest
The Airbus business aircraft juggernaut keeps rolling, and independent completion centers are happily enjoying the result.
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So far this year, the
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Falcon 50-4 Upgrades Bring Bonus Work in Cabin Refurb
Premier Aircraft has received a supplemental type certificate from the FAA for its Falcon 50-4 engine upgrade, and that approval is bringing in some cabin
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DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center Is Done
Founder Dale Dunn launched DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center in 2004, and the company opened for business in Tucson, Ariz., in February 2005 with high
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Flight Display Creates More Moving Experience
For years, the moving-map display was little more than a page from Mrs.
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Jet Aviation Delivers a Small Airbus with a Big One Due
Jet Aviation, which recently delivered an executive A320-200 to the Saad Group in Saudi Arabia, is now making room at its Basel, Switzerland, facilities fo
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Completion Center Closes after Two-year Struggle
When founder Dale Dunn announced the formation of DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center in Tucson, Ariz., in 2004, the expectation was that it would emplo
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Under DeCrane, PATS takes on completion role
When DeCrane Aircraft Holdings bought PATS in 1999, the newly acquired company’s primary focus was on the installation of auxiliary fuel tanks, and in part
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Teledyne Introduces Iridium Upgrade for MagnaStar Phones
Midcoast Aviation in St.
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Matsushita Avionics Systems becomes Panasonic Avionics
Japanese manufacturing giant Matsushita, the company behind the Panasonic brand, announced a name change for its cabin electronics division effective April
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OnAir leaves business aviation to rival group
OnAir, the inflight voice and data communications joint venture among Airbus, SITA and Tenzing, will not pursue business aircraft installations for the tim
