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
DeCrane not Taking a Back Seat
DeCrane Aircraft Seating has announced a patent on core technology around which a new line of lightweight 9-g and 16-g executive single and double passenge
Cabin Interior and Electronics
How Does a HUD Work?
As far as pilots are concerned, the head-up display may as well consist of the HUD combiner glass and little else, because that is about all they see.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Special Report: Cabin Electronics
For a long time–too long some say–the industry has been struggling to give passengers on corporate aircraft the same business and entertainment tools at 41
Cabin Interior and Electronics
CES Offers Glimpse of Future Cabin Tech
The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas last month lived up to its reputation as a playground for tech lovers, with more than 2,500 companies show
Aircraft
Elliott offers King Air upgrade
Elliott Aviation has introduced an interior upgrade kit that it says can morph that aging King Air 200 cabin into the equivalent of that of a new [but larg
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Arinc bringing SkyLink service to more aircraft
Look for Arinc’s SkyLink high-speed-data satcom service to start showing up in a wider range of airplane types now that an exclusive agreement with Gulfstr
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Satcom Direct hones service mix with new calling options
If you routinely fly aboard a business jet with an onboard Inmarsat satcom system, chances are you’ve heard of a Florida company called Satcom Direct.
Charter & Fractional
HeliExpo06: EXPO News at a glance
New Engine for AStars
Canada’s Heli-Lynx helicopter services delivered two AS 350BA AStars powered by the Hone
Aircraft
Renovation Hardware
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Cabin Interior and Electronics
MRO Profile: Lufthansa Technik
Lufthansa Technik makes its home at the south end of Hamburg International Airport in a neat sprawl of voluminous blue and gray hangars, workshops, researc
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Interior Shop Getting More Room Inside
Savannah Air Center in Savannah, Ga., recently broke ground for a new structure that will house its expanded interior fabrication shop.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
This Is Not To Sit Still For
Corporate aircraft seating specialist Pacific Aircraft Components is developing its first line of 16-g seats and divans.
Regulations and Government
FAA logjam slows approval of COTS cabin components
If it’s “off the shelf” it’s off the list.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Emteq Takes Cabin Light Beyond White
Cabin lighting specialist Emteq of New Berlin, Wis., took advantage of Aircraft Interiors Expo 2006 to introduce its Quasar full-spectrum mood lighting sys
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Aircraft Interiors Expo
“It’s like opening night on Broadway,” whispered a visitor to the 2006 Aircraft Interiors Expo, as he edged carefully past a showgoer with two bags stuffed
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Lufthansa Sees Future in Standardized Widebody Cabins
Lufthansa Technik, which has contracts with Bombardier for the completion of 17 Challenger 850s over the next several years, has already delivered the firs
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Waypoint Points the Way in Interior Management
Start-up Waypoint Partners of Fort Lauderdale is a new member of the industry, specializing in the monitoring of cabin completion, extensive refurbishment
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Kvand Delivers Fourth Yak-42 VIP Refurbishment
Moscow-based Kvand recently delivered its fourth Yak-42 executive upgrade cabin refurbishment.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Managing Outside Light Doesn’t Mean You’re a Shady Character
Lou Martin & Associates has introduced what it calls its NT Pleated Shade system as the latest in its line of aircraft window shades.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Alto Aviation Making Sweet Music
Alto Aviation, with roots at audio giant Bose, is expanding and last month completed a move from its old Sterling, Mass.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
AirCell plans nationwide network for in-flight Wi-Fi
AirCell’s winning bid of $31.319 million for an important segment of the air-to-ground frequency spectrum last month bodes well for business jet operators
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Brisk helo sales boost completions business
If the helicopter industry has been going nowhere fast in recent years, the direction now appears to be up, and shops doing special-mission and corporate h
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Completions outlook good and getting better
It is hard not to get excited,” said General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) president and CEO Pete Bunce in April as he reflected on market acti
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Very Light Jets: Very Nice Cabins
The very light jets (VLJs) are coming.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Limited-edition cabins evoke flavor of world's cities
One of the major selling points of the business jet seems always to have been the ability to customize and personalize the cabin to fit the customer’s desi
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Associated Air Center Gets DAS Approval
Associated Air Center, a Landmark Aviation company and large aircraft executive/ VIP interiors specialist at Love Field in Dallas, has received FAA designa
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Side Ledge, Pocket Door Upgrades Coming from Aviation Fabricators
Aviation Fabricators of Clinton, Mo., is awaiting supplemental type certificate (STC) approval from the FAA for a new side-ledge kit for older Beech King A
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Emteq Offers New Low-profile LED Lighting
It sheds a new light on things.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
HighTech ‘Finishing’ in the Black
HighTech Finishing announced at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition that last year was its best 12 months since 2001.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Jet Aviation Makes ‘Nice’ in North America
Lufthansa Technik has selected Jet Aviation as the sole North American authorized sales and service outlet for the German completion center’s Nice (network
