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How can you give passengers more space without reducing seat count? In theory, the only way is up. But what are the true prospects for bunk beds returning to the skies?
HAMBURG — As the world of aviation attempts to find a ‘new normal’ post-pandemic, the return of the Passenger Experience Conference (PEC) ...
This is the first in a series of interviews with the movers and shakers behind herringbone seats, at a time when RGN would normally be roaming the halls of the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. What’s the most successful business class seat in recent times? With the arrival of new products for new aircraft like the A321XLR, and updated versions still arriving on newly delivered widebodies, it has to be the “reverse” herringbone. The first of these, débuting in 2008-09 on US Airways’ Airbus A330 fleet, was Cirrus, from the then Sicma, later Zodiac Aerospace, and still sold by Safran...
Balancing airlines’ desires to sell as many seats as possible on the aircraft and the provision of onboard catering and other services to allow them to price tickets at their desired levels has always been a complex task. But with the dawn of the age of long-haul, single-aisle flying with the long and extended range Airbus A321neo in particular, the passenger experience industry has a challenge on its hands. And it’s one that has a history of falling through the cracks, because it lies across the areas of responsibility of a variety of airline or lessor departments, airframers, cabin desi...
Premium economy: Why this will be the hottest airplane seat in 2021 CNN 2/15/2021 © Courtesy Emirates Emirates recently debuted its latest A380 with luxurious premium economy seats. Premium economy. The two words might seem a weird combination in airline terms, since it's a rare airline where economy seats feel premium these days. But these seats between coach and business class on international flights were heating up even before Covid-19, and as we all start to travel again in 2021, they're set to be a must-fly for many passengers. Why? It's a combination of factors. First, the economi...