Aircraft completions and maintenance group Lufthansa Technik unveiled a high-definition (HD) video system upgrade for the Bombardier Challenger 300, designed to integrate with the current Lufthansa Technik nice in-flight entertainment system. The system interfaces with the existing Ethernet backbone and requires only limited wiring and hardware changes.

The enhanced HD package will increase the video source selection from one standard definition DVD to three HD sources–Blu-Ray, USB and HDMI–with an audio and video on demand (AVoD) source being added free of charge in the first quarter of 2016.

The upgrade, which includes two 20-inch HD smart displays, can be installed at any of Bombardier’s factory-owned service centers, in Singapore, Amsterdam, Dallas, Fort Lauderdale, Hartford, Tucson and Wichita.

Lufthansa Technik (Booth C10416) also reports its new seating concept, chair, has passed all 16g and 9g certification tests for forward- and aft-facing installations. Chair is based on an innovative pedestal design whose core skeleton is left incomplete, allowing designers to create a chair to meet the needs of a particular cabin or customer. The certification makes thousands of possible chair configurations available to owners, operators and designers. The certificate covering European and U.S. technical standard orders is in process and will be issued over the next few months.