Cabin Interior and Electronics

News and developments about everything that goes into the cabin of an aircraft, from floor coverings to headliners, with a special emphasis on in-flight entertainment, communications and other electronics for passengers. If it is in the cabin of an aircraft, it’s covered here.

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lufthansa Technik Working on New Bizliner Cabin Concept

Lufthansa Technik's Explorer cabin concept design is being worked out on an ACJ330.
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Aircraft

Airbus Teams with 'Mr. Colorful' on ACJ220 SE Cabin

Airbus Corporate Jets has collaborated with contemporary artist Cyril Kongo—known as “Mr. Colorful”—on a special-edition cabin for the ACJ TwoTwenty.
Aircraft

Bombardier’s New Challenger 3500 Refreshes Its Super-midsize Business Jet Family

Bombardier’s New Challenger 3500 Refreshes Its Super-midsize Business Jet Family
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Aircraft

Duncan Expanding ACA Installs to Multiple Bizjet Types

MRO provider Duncan Aviation has increased its Aviation Clean Air ionization system installations to eight business jet types and will add more.
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Aircraft

Bombardier: Zero-Gravity Comfort That’s Out of This World

Bombardier: Zero-Gravity Comfort That’s Out of This World
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

GAT Installing First Goji Geotainment System

Gotham Studios’ Goji Geotainment System is a new plug-and-play hardware and software replacement to Collins Aerospace’s legacy Airshow IFE system.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Inmarsat: The World’s Most Popular Business Aviation Broadband

Inmarsat: The World’s Most Popular Business Aviation Broadband
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Completions & Refurbishment 2021

Highlights of a remarkable turnaround year
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Avionics

Avtrade Pegs Ametek Units for Avionics, Radio MRO

Muirhead Avionics and Antavia have entered a joint, three-year component repair support agreement with Avtrade.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Duncan Begins Fourth Installation of Bongiovi System

The Bongiovi audio system uses small transducers mounted on the backside of cabin panels to transmit sound.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Air Quality Systems Installed by Duncan Aviation

Air Quality Systems Installed by Duncan Aviation
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Aircraft

C&L Cleared To Convert ERJ-135s to Semi-private Use

The new STC allows C&L Aviation Group to convert Embraer ERJ 135s from 37 to 16 seats as well as other modifications to make it suitable for private use.
Avionics

Honeywell Nears FAA Nod for Aspire 150/350

Honeywell has become a value-added manufacturer of aviation terminals that operate on the Iridium Next network as it nears certification of Aspire 150/350.
Avionics

Spirit Aeronautics Expands Services to Texas

Avionics specialist Spirit Aeronautics will operate from Baker Aviation's new hangar at Fort Worth Meacham International Airport.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Ingenio Snags Red Dot Awards for Cabin Tablet Holder

Ingenio Aerospace has won two Red Dot Design Awards for its business aircraft cabin tablet arm.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Gogo Taps Jet East as Authorized Dealer

Maintenance provider Jet East is currently recruiting for avionics technicians at six sites in conjunction with the Gogo appointment.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

King Air 260 Buyers To Receive New Interior Options

The new selection of cabin fabrics and color schemes will be available for the Textron Aviation Beechcraft King Air 260 beginning in early 2022.
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Avionics

Gulfstream Exceeds 500 Jet ConneX Installs on Large Jets

Gulfstream Aerospace has surpassed 500 installations of the Inmarsat Jet ConneX connectivity platform on large-cabin Gulfstreams.
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Aircraft

Airbus Delivers First A350 from Chinese Completion Center

Delivery of an A350 from the Tianjin completion and delivery center marks a new milestone in Airbus’s partnership with China.
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Aircraft

FAA Calls For Boeing 737 Cabin Pressure Switch Inspections

An FAA airworthiness directive was issued to assess the risk of dual-switch failures in 737 airliner cabin pressure systems.
Aircraft

Additive Manufacturing Gains Altitude as Technology Matures

More aerospace companies are looking to exploit the design flexibility, cost efficiency, and greater sustainability delivered by additive manufacturing.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

FCC Certifies SmartSky Tower Radiohead

The tower radiohead certification by the FCC is another milestone toward SmartSky's commercial service launch later this year.
Aircraft

Pilatus Refines PC-24 with New Cabin, Avionics Features

Pilatus has announced a slew of new cabin and avionics features for its PC-24 twinjet based on customer feedback from 50,000+ hours of fleet operations.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

MyGoFlight Designs 'Never Obsolete' USB Charger

The new MyGoFlight USB charger simplifies upgrades when connector types change.
Aircraft

Gulfstream Adds G600 Completions at Dallas Facility

Gulfstream Aerospace is adding G600 completions operations at its Dallas Love Field facility to accommodate growing demand for its newest large-cabin jet.
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Avionics

Back in the Live Show Saddle

The aviation industry seems closer to normal after I attended my first in-person event since the coronavirus pandemic started in early 2020.
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Avionics

AEA Show Celebrates Returning to Normal

This year's Aircraft Electronics Association convention bodes well for other events this year, with high numbers of attendees and exhibitors.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Wireless Cabin Management System Introduced

The Cabin Management Solutions wireless Evolve cabin management and inflight entertainment system promises weight and cost savings.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics

Send Solutions Unveils Tablet Bulkhead Mounts

The new bulkhead mounts from Send Solutions are designed to use iPads as moving-map displays in business aircraft cabins.
Avionics

Plane Simple Antenna To Make STC Debut on Falcon 2000

Satcon Direct’s tail-mounted Plane Simple Ku-band satcom antenna will first be STC’d for Dassault Falcon 2000-series jets.