Boeing, Bombardier, Airbus, Air NZ, EnCore, Recaro, Acro, Rebel.Aero, tangerine, STG and Geven discuss the future of aircraft cabin and seating design.


Boeing, Bombardier, Airbus, Air NZ, EnCore, Recaro, Acro, Rebel.Aero, tangerine, STG and Geven discuss the future of aircraft cabin and seating design.

From a personalised IFEC platform and a reconfigurable cabin to virtual reality retail, FTE explores eight solutions that can enhance today’s passenger experience.

The Virgin America name will disappear in 2019 but popular features associated with the airline will be integrated into the Alaska Airlines brand.

IAG has announced that its new low-cost long-haul airline, LEVEL, will start operations on 1 June and will offer economy and premium economy products.
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Qatar Airways SVP Customer Experience Rossen Dimitrov reveals all about the revolutionary new Qatar Airways business class experience.

Ryanair has partnered with Retail inMotion to integrate a meal pre-order IT solution into its booking system.
BMW Group Designworks Director, Strategic Partnering Garen Moreno explores the macro trends that are shaping the future onboard passenger experience.

FTE readers can download an outstanding presentation from Steven Greenway, Deputy CEO, U-FLY Alliance, focused on “Passenger Experience 2025 Asia”.

FTE speaks to Acro, Aviointeriors, Mirus, Molon Labe Seating and AirGo to find out how aircraft seating innovations can improve economy class experiences.

TAP Portugal is working with Recaro to retrofit its A320 family aircraft with 6,600 new seats, enabling the carrier to increase cabin density.

Alaska Airlines customers can now book Premium Class seats ahead of the introduction of the new premium economy product on 5 January 2017.

Delta Air Lines has revealed that its new premium economy product, branded Delta Premium, will debut on select international flights in late 2017.

Austrian Airlines will introduce a premium economy class on all long-haul flights as part of the ‘Next Level Austrian’ project.

FTE speaks to Virgin Australia’s Ben Asmar, tangerine’s Matt Round and PriestmanGoode’s Paul Priestman to find out how they think premium cabin design will continue to evolve.

Air New Zealand has announced that it will be investing $100 million in improving both new and existing 787-9s and 777-300s.

Delta has announced that it will be bringing private ‘Delta One’ suites featuring sliding doors to its business class travellers in 2017.
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