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Martha Jercinovich

<p class="p1">While creating a new interior for your aircraft can be one of the most satisfying experiences of your ownership journey, the complexities and choices can make it one of the most challenging, as well. To help take the mystery out of your cabin modernization experience, Textron Aviation suggests you ask yourself three simple questions:</p>
<p>1: What is your goal for the project?</p>
<p>2: What do you want the modernization to include?</p>
<p>3: Whom should you trust to do the work?</p>
<h2>What is your goal for the project?</h2>
<p>Determining your goal will depend on your usage plans, and it will affect every aspect of the modernization process.</p>
<p>For example, if you’re renovating the cabin for your own personal or business use, you may choose a design, color palette, materials, finishes, and other upgrades that reflect your style and design aesthetic.</p>
<p>For corporate aircraft, it’s become vogue for companies to finish their aircraft cabins in colors and materials that match their corporate branding guidelines. It’s a nice touch, especially if you often conduct business or entertain clients on the airplane.</p>
<p>Another consideration, perhaps the way you use your aircraft has changed from when you first purchased it. Many companies now use their aircraft as corporate shuttles, so they need more seats and a more practical design with longer-lasting materials and finishes.</p>
<p>Aircraft in highly used charter fleets see significant cabin wear over time. Selecting neutral colors and using robust materials and removable carpeting help reduce maintenance and replacement costs.</p>
<p>If you’re considering selling your aircraft to move up to a larger one, modernizing cabin features and avionics is a terrific way to increase its resale value, and possibly make it sell even faster.</p>


<h2>What do you want the modernization to include?</h2>
<p>The options for modernizations permeate every aspect of the cabin, including features and technologies you might not have even considered.&nbsp;</p>
<h3>Seat Styling and Reconfiguration</h3>
<p>While the look, finish and comfort of the cabin seats are paramount, the proper placement and functionality are crucial, too. The cabin’s floor plan must maximize comfort and convenience while optimizing the available space to meet your requirements.&nbsp;As the aircraft manufacturer, Textron Aviation is able to offer cabin reconfiguration options that other MROs cannot.</p>
<h3>Galley Design and Functionality</h3>
<p>Does your current galley meet your needs? Or do longer flights or more passengers require greater capabilities? Do you need the same capabilities in a smaller space?</p>
<h3>Making the Right Wi-Fi Connection</h3>
<p>Connectivity is a must-have in today’s cabins. However, not all solutions are created equal. Understanding the capabilities and constraints of the various systems is vital to updating your cabin to meet your needs today and into the future.&nbsp;</p>
<h3>The ABCs of CMS</h3>
<p>From productivity to temperature control to entertainment, a cabin management system (CMS) enables passengers to personalize their inflight experience. There are many exciting options to infuse these capabilities into your aircraft’s cabin.</p>
<h3>A Cabin Designed Around You</h3>
<p>With today’s LED technologies, you can select the intensity of your cabin’s lighting, as well as the colors to enhance the environment for working or relaxing. Add individual USB connections at each seat, and you can give your passengers the highest levels of comfort and convenience.&nbsp;You can even keep your cabin as clean and virus-free as possible with the latest full-time air ionization technologies to continually destroy viral bacterial and fungal pathogens in the air and on all surfaces.&nbsp;</p>
<h3>The Sky Is the Limit…</h3>
<p>From a simple upgrade to a complete bespoke refurbishment, the options for modernizing your aircraft are many. But it does not have to be overwhelming. The design and technical experts at Textron Aviation are with you at every step, from rough sketches to final delivery.</p>
<h3>Whom Should You Trust to Do the Work?</h3>
<p>With all these factors to consider, you need the expertise that only Textron Aviation can provide. They know the aircraft. They know the customers. And they know how to put all the pieces together to achieve the best cabin modernization solution for any Citation or King Air aircraft. Afterall, who is more qualified to modernize your aircraft than the people who built it? They will deliver a level of trust, confidence and peace of mind you won’t find anywhere else &nbsp;</p>
<p>If you’re considering upgrading your aircraft, stop by the Textron Aviation exhibit booth C8744 during NBAA-BACE 2023 and speak with a representative. Or visit: <a href="https://txtav.com/upgrades" target="_blank">txtav.com/upgrades</a></p>


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