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
Geneva-based Burnet Interiors to bid for Grob SPn production
Burnet Interiors has made the interior of the Grob SPn cabin mockup that showgoers can see here on the German airframer’s exhibit (Booth No.
Aircraft
Midcoast Delivers Corporate Global 5000
Midcoast Aviation has delivered the first corporate Global 5000 to be completed outside Bombardier’s own factory completions center.
Rotorcraft
Eurocopter is showing two VIP
Accentuating the positive attributes of helicopters for business travelers, Eurocopter is displaying here at the EBACE show two of its most popular twin-en
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Bombardier books up to 41Midcoast completion slots
Midcoast Aviation and Bombardier have, in principle, agreed to slots at the former’s St.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Gore Design will be doing Airbus VIP interior work
To meet a perceived shortage of capacity and to increase customers’ choices, Airbus expects by year-end to complete qualification of a fifth center to comp
Aircraft
For A318, standard cabins mean faster completions
Airbus has found a ready market for its latest corporate jet, and exclusive cabin outfitter Lufthansa Technik (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Geneva refurbisher plans for growth
High-end, Geneva-based cabin refurbishing specialist Burnet Interiors is boosting its skilled workforce from 18 to 25 to meet rising customer demand.
Aircraft
Jet Aviation builds luxury into 787 and A350
Business aviation devotees are increasingly tapping into the expertise of other industries catering to the high-end marketplace to find news ways to improv
Aircraft
Still larger BBJs are on Boeing drawing boards
Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) has been sending out initial proposals for “green” corporate versions of the proposed 747-8 jetliner, for which parent company B
Aircraft
LHT finishing Challenger 850
Lufthansa Technik is celebrating the arrival at its Hamburg base of the fifth Challenger 850 executive jet.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Maine Refurbisher Plans Major Upgrade
Oxford Aviation is planning to move its aircraft refurbishment business from Oxford County Regional Airport, Maine, to nearby Sanford Regional Airport, whe
Cabin Interior and Electronics
McKinney Aerospace Closes Doors
McKinney Aerospace, a maintenance, refurb and avionics shop at Collin County Regional Airport north of Dallas, closed its doors late last month.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Completions & Refurbishment Roundup: Business never better for completions and refurb outfits
As long as manufacturers keep selling business jets, buyers will continue filling the cabins with the posh, the luxurious and, occasionally, the downright
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Completions Recap 2006: Better and Better
In the midst of continuing economic growth, the General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) released its numbers for the first half of this year and
Cabin Interior and Electronics
iPod finds its way into business jet cabins
The ubiquitous iPod, hardly less in evidence these days than a cellphone, has found its way into the business jet cabin entertainment system.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
International Water-Guard Targets Europe
International Water-Guard, a specialist in aircraft water treatment and water systems, has signed an agreement with UK-based Reheat International of Alton,
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Millennium To Supply Kodiak Interior
Sandpoint, Idaho-based Quest Aircraft has chosen Millennium Concepts to design, fabricate and certify interior packages for its Kodiak 10-seat, single-engi
Cabin Interior and Electronics
SEI brings VIP helo interior expertise to U.S.
Servizi Elicotteristici Italiani, better known as SEI (exhibiting here at parent company Mercaer’s booth, No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
AirCell Makes Wireless ‘Axxess-able’
AirCell displayed the newly certified wireless function of its Axxess flagship satcom system at last month’s NBAA Convention.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Full-Spectrum Enhances Touch Control
“Let there be light,” said designers at DeCrane Aircraft’s Audio International, and to make it even better, they added full-spectrum color.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
SEI Eyes U.S. Site for AgustaWestland VIP Cabins
Servizi Elicotteristici Italiani (SEI), the exclusive interiors shop for AgustaWestland’s civil helicopters, is planning a move to the U.S.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Flying Colours Finding Business at Home
Canadian independent completion center Flying Colours, which traditionally finds about 70 percent of its business south of the border, is seeing more Canad
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Raytheon Little Rock Expands To Do Hawker 4000s, 750s and 900s
Raytheon Aircraft broke ground on October 3 to expand its aircraft completions facilities in Little Rock, Ark., with a $16.3 million facility.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
LHT launches 787 VIP interior
Lufthansa Technik of Hamburg, a leading provider of executive/VIP cabin interior solutions, in partnership with UK-based Andrew Winch Designs, announced th
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Thrane & Thrane demos broadband unit
Dassault and satcom hardware manufacturer Thrane & Thrane (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
In-air Communications Options Grow
Staying connected is getting easier, as Arinc Direct announced that its SkyLink broadband Internet service for business jets is now available above more th
Cabin Interior and Electronics
DeCrane to complete Embraer Lineage 1000
Embraer has tapped DeCrane Aircraft to complete the interiors of its new Lineage 1000 large executive jet.
