We’re in the mop-up phase of our show coverage from Aircraft Interiors Expo 2025 (with a few more releases to plough through). But there is still news to go through, kicking off with Ethiopian Airlines who have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Safran Seating for new seats. Safran Z400 Seat...

LATAM will soon be the recipient of the Recaro R7 Business Class Seat, with LATAM meeting Recaro at Aircraft Interiors Exo The Recaro R7 seat will be retrofitted to LATAM Group Boeing 787 Dreamliners. The R7 offers an increased shell height and suite door for enhanced privacy. Inspired by the...

Still in the world of Satellite communications,  Airbus and Hughes Network Systems have signed an agreement for Hughes Network Systems to become a member of Airbus’ HBCplus Ka-band offering. This follows an MoU announcement with Hughes at last year’s AIX Expo and makes Hughes Network Systems the latest Managed Service Provider (MSP)...

Azul Linhas Aéras is planning to update their interiors, with the airline selecting RECARO Aircraft Seating to supply their seats  This will be for the airline’s Airbus A330 fleet.  Azul has selected the CL6710 Business Class and CL3710 Economy Class seats from RECARO to outfit their new A330 aircraft fleet, with deliveries scheduled to begin...

Airbus and Amazon are working to enhance Airbus’ High Bandwidth Connectivity Plus (HBCplus) programme offerings with high speed, low-latency low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite inflight connectivity service (IFC) from Project Kuiper, Amazon’s satellite internet network. Tim Sommer, Airbus VP, Head of Connected Aircraft Programme and Dr Dylan Browne, Global Head...

We’re into day three of Aircraft Interiors Expo, and the headlines keep coming in, this time with Airbus and Thai Airways International (THAI) signing a Letter of Intent (LoI) to retrofit the airline’s A350s, This will enhance passenger comfort and operational efficiency, with state-of-the-art cabin upgrades. The retrofit programme, when...

Cathay Pacific has announced that from August 2025 it will be one of the very few airlines to offer both 100% seatback inflight entertainment and 100% high-speed inflight connectivity across its fleet. <Cathay Pacific Boeing 777-300ER – Image, Economy Class and Beyond Customers travelling on Cathay Pacific flights will be...

Lufthansa City Airlines took delivery of its first brand-new Airbus A320neo on Tuesday. This took place at the Airbus factory in Hamburg-Finkenwerder. The aircraft, registration D-AIJP, was named “Ingelheim am Rhein”. This first brand-new Airbus symbolises the key role that Lufthansa City Airlines plays within the Lufthansa Group in redefining...

Lets go to premium seating, with Thompson Aero Seating announcing a new programme with Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (THAI), to deliver business-class seats for its Airbus A321neo fleet. THAI Airways will use the Vantage seat for its Airbus A321neo fleet. This will offer passengers as fully flat business...

On the sidelines of Aircraft Interiors Expo 25, Qatar Airways has announced it is nearing the completion of the installation of Starlink on its Boeing 777 fleet, with the Airbus A350 fleet next. Qatar Airways will also begin equipping its Airbus A350 fleet with Starlink Wi-Fi this month, becoming the...

Breaking at Panasonic Avionics this afternoon is that Air India has signed for Panasonic’s Astrova IFE system. The flag carrier of India will see Astrova line fit on 34 of its new widebody aircraft currently on order. This includes Six Airbus A350-1000s 14 A350-900s 14 Boeing 787-9s.  Panasonic Avionics will...

At Aircraft Interiors Expo 2025, STELIA Aerospace has officially launched the next-generation RENDEZ-VOUS Business Class product. This is an update to the 2023 launch of RENDEZ-VOUS, with it transformed and  designed to cater to the evolving needs of modern air travel. Whilst it retains its “sofa” type layout for spaciousness....

More news from the show floor at Aircraft Interiors Expo 25, with Panasonic Avionics announcing that Riyadh Air will be the first airline to launch the company’s fully integrated in-flight engagement (IFE) interactive design and publishing tool – Modular Interactive (MI). MI represents the industry’s first interactive authoring platform. It is...

At Aircraft Interiors Expo, All Nippon Airways (ANA) launched their new seats, in collaboration with Recaro Aircraft Seating – continuing a 35 year partnership. ANA and Recaro Launching their new seat – Image, Economy Class and Beyond. The seats, blending advanced ergonomics with stylish design, will be rolled out on...

Panasonic Avionics has unveiled Converix, an innovative, open and neutral application hosting platform to provide a complete aircraft-wide solution for non-safety critical services. Airlines will be able to seamlessly integrate all their IFEC services through Converix. Scalable storage capacity will support traditional media. In concert with in-flight connectivity, it creates...

At the Passenger Experience Week in Hamburg, The Crystal Cabin Awards winners were announced at a gala dinner. The Crystal Cabin Award Winners 2025 – Image, Hamburg Aviation.  A panel of 27 international experts selected the seven most pioneering entries from a pool of outstanding submissions. Let us go through...