Experience the future of business class travel with Collins Aerospace's Aurora suite. Discover exceptional comfort, intelligent design, and customization options for single-aisle aircraft. Collin...
A highly customised version of Thompson Aero Seating’s VantageXL First fully flat-bed seat has entered service with Virgin Atlantic as the luxurious Retreat Suite in Upper-Class. The post Unv...
https://flightchic.com/2022/11/02/a-closer-look-at-the-design-of-virgins-new-retreat-suite/
Aircraft seating newcomers, LIFT systems, have extended their collaboration with Boeing aircraft with the award of a new 787 Tourist Class seat which is designed to optimally match the design of ...
https://flightchic.com/2017/04/10/lifts-787-tourist-class-is-next-big-leap-in-boeing-collaboration/
The Innovative Aircraft Seating Conference 2015 kicks off this week in Hamburg. The theme of this year’s meeting is Redefining the Travel Experience. The agenda reveals an industry focused on ...
Singapore Airlines had committed itself to a very aggressive installation program, to get its fresh product to market quickly and keep up with competitors in the region. This came after a long pr...
https://flightchic.com/2015/09/04/sia-a380-premium-economy-delays/
Two celestial bodies featured at Aircraft Interiors Expo, Americas which show promise for low-footprint cabin comfort. One has already found its place in the A350XWB catalogue. The COMET® by S...
https://flightchic.com/2014/10/20/sogermas-celestial-bodies-feature-in-airbus-a350xwb-seating/
Zodiac Seats has introduced of a new generation of seats for the premium economy class, which looks a lot like a one of the old Lazy-Boy-inspired First and Business Class aircraft seats, but whic...
Airbus has been to cornering the market on key patents for seat designs clearly intended to protect various special applications and technologies–raising the question of whether the aircraft m...
https://flightchic.com/2014/08/28/latest-airbus-seat-design-development-is-a-boon-to-babes/
Airbus has made a big issue about wide seating proposing an 18-inch standard for the industry at large in long-haul service. Such a standard would not fit certain aircraft configurations, even s...
Fans of the Cleveland Browns are in a lather over their rookie quarterback Johnny Manziel getting “stuck” in the middle seat on a recent flight on Southwest Airlines. “Not only was Johnny ...
https://flightchic.com/2014/06/08/are-cleveland-browns-fans-guilty-of-seat-snobbery/
Leading European Low-Cost Carrier easyJet has just released a series of interesting factoids on the travel preferences of their customers which I found interesting enough to share here. It makes ...
https://flightchic.com/2014/06/04/2b-or-not-2b-easyjet-shares-cool-paxex-stats/
Retro can be chic. Far be it from this writer to claim otherwise. But Zodiac Aerospace premiering a Forward/Aft Facing Triple Seat Pair as one of their “revolutionary” designs at the Aircra...
I’m blessed to know some great people in the aviation and travel industry. Many are colleagues whom I’ve met over the years in my career, and some are new colleagues I’ve just recently me...
The Time-Warp, The Wizards, and the Measuring Tape Wizard’s Low-Cost Travel: The Ultra Economy Cabin—Bring your own sandbags. Image from Tom Margie, used under creative commons licence. Th...
https://flightchic.com/2014/01/09/profits-aint-peanuts-part-4-3-nutty-seating-sittin-pretty/
Take a Seat. This will be a while. Nutty Seating requires so much analysis that I’ve broken it up into smaller bits. This is bit one. I don’t like to repeat myself, but some of what I...
https://flightchic.com/2014/01/07/profits-aint-peanuts-part-4-1-nutty-seating/
This is the first post in a five-part series comparing and contrasting the approaches of Low-Cost Carriers, Traditional Airlines, and New Airlines as they compete for the travel budgets of increa...
https://flightchic.com/2013/12/27/profits-aint-peanuts-part-one-the-peanut-uprising/