Matt Thurber, editor-in-chief at AIN Media Group, has been flying since 1975 and writing about aviation since 1978 and now has the best job in the world, running editorial operations for Aviation International News, Business Jet Traveler, and FutureFlight.aero. In addition to working as an A&amp;P mechanic on everything from Piper Cubs to turboprops, Matt taught flying at his father’s flight school in Plymouth, Mass., in the early 1980s, flew for an aircraft owner/pilot, and for two summer seasons hunted swordfish near the George’s Banks off the East Coast from a Piper Super Cub. An ATP certificated fixed-wing pilot and CFII and commercial helicopter pilot, Matt is type-rated in the Citation 500 and Gulfstream V/550. Based in the Pacific Northwest, Matt and his team cover the entire aviation scene including business aircraft, helicopters, avionics, safety, manufacturing, charter, fractionals, technology, air transport, advanced air mobility, defense, and other subjects of interest to AIN, BJT, and FutureFlight readers.

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Lufthansa Technik’s new VIP cabin quick-change kit allows operators to switch a narrowbody commercial airline interior to VIP configuration overnight. The kit eliminates the need for an operator to maintain a VIP aircraft permanently in that configuration, adding the flexibility to fly commercial passengers then quickly switch to a customized VIP interior.
The changeable interior is designed and built by Lufthansa Technik (Booth No. 343), which then provides a conversion kit to the customer as well as a detailed manual on how to accomplish the switch from one configuration to the other. Any Part 145 repair station can perform the switch. 
Lufthansa Technik can make the conversion kit work on the airplane’s existing seat tracks and offers a variety of cabin layouts, seating options, colors and surfaces; an optional in-flight entertainment is also available. 
Since announcing its new Mobile Aircraft and Cabin Services (MACS) team last November, Lufthansa Technik has completed several maintenance events for business jet customers, including a six- and a nine-month check on an Airbus A318 Elite for Royal Flight of Jordan. 
The MACS team can perform small scheduled maintenance items and fix wear-and-tear items efficiently at the operator’s home base. The customer’s technicians can also work with the MACS team, which enhances technician training and offers the operator the opportunity to save money on maintenance costs.

LHT kit allows cabins to be quick changeable

Lufthansa Technik’s new VIP cabin quick-change kit allows operators to switch a narrowbody commercial airline interior to VIP configuration overnight.

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