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.

Rotorcraft

EC145 not just a helo, it’s a Mercedes-Benz

Eurocopter yesterday unveiled the EC145 Mercedes-Benz Style, a version of the light twin helicopter that features aesthetic and practical innovations, both
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Global 5000 Gets Stoned

In a joint effort, Ruag Aviation’s completion and refurbishment specialists and List components and furniture have outfitted the first Global 5000 to inclu
Cabin Interior and Electronics

HighTech Finishing Intros New Metal Finishes

HighTech Finishing has introduced several unique decorative plating finishes at the request of clients.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Lotus Aviation Group Looking Ahead

In Buddhist paintings, the Buddha is often shown seated on a Lotus flower, symbolizing the beauty born of ugliness and suffering.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Edelman Introduces the Hairy Carpet

Edelman Leather is introducing an addition to its line of fine leathers for aircraft interiors– one with a little more hair than usual.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Edelman Introduces the Hairy Carpet

Edelman Leather is introducing an addition to its line of fine leathers for aircraft interiors– one with a little more hair than usual.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Edelman intros ‘leather fur rugs,’ crocodile skin

At EBACE this year, Edelman Leather (Booth No.
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Widebody mods offer safety, comfort

The people at Greenpoint Technologies like a challenge, and two of their most recent contributions to the world of widebody completions are all that and mo
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LHT weathers recession in good form

While most of the completion and refurbishment industry was taking it on the chin during the recession of the past 18 months, Lufthansa Technik was taking
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Elliott Aviation breathes new life into older aircraft

At a time when operators are closely watching how every euro is spent, Elliott Aviation is offering a broad range of aircraft upgrades that help owners ext
Cabin Interior and Electronics

DeCrane Aerospace exhibits array of new cabin products

DeCrane Aerospace is here in Geneva (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Modular BBJ-C fills multi-mission niche

So your best friend has a nicely appointed Boeing Business Jet.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

UK interior shop boosts profile

While Farnborough Aircraft Interiors (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours flying high with green 850 contracts

Flying Colours, a Canadian independent completion and refurbishment center, is knee-deep in cabin finish work on Challenger 850s and conversions of CRJ200
Cabin Interior and Electronics

HighTech features new look in decorative metal finish

HighTech Finishing of Houston, Texas (Booth No.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

SEI Wins EASA OK for Silens Quiet Cabin

Servizi Elicotteristici Italiani (SEI) has received EASA certification for its lightweight cabin-noise and vibration-reduction system  called Silens.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

ICG Collaborates with Dassault on Cabin Com

International Communications Group (ICG) has integrated its NxtLink datalink-capable Iridium communications systems (the ICS-200, 220A and 400) with Dassau
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Eurocopter Finds an Answer for a Quiet Cabin

Eurocopter’s research and development teams are working on several programs
to enhance cabin comfort by creating a smoother–and quieter–ride.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Airbus Corporate Jet Center Delivers Three

Since opening two years ago, Airbus Corporate Jet Center (ACJC, a specialist in cabin completion work on the Airbus ACJ series) delivered its fourth aircra
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Auto Dimming for ‘Smart Windows’

The so-called “smart cabin automated dimming system” (Scads) marks the latest stage in evolution of the electrically dimmable E-Shade smart window from Ins
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Cobham’s DACS Approved for Bell 429

Cobham’s digital audio control system (DACS) has been installed in and FAA approved on the first commercial delivery of an air medical Bell 429.

Cabin Interior and Electronics

Audio International Rocks in High Definition

Audio International plans to begin deliveries of its new ethernet-based Platinum
HD cabin-management system in the second quarter of this year.
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Field Aviation Wins Dash 8 Q400 Contracts

Canada’s Field Aviation has been picked to produce and install custom-designed interiors for two new Bombardier Q400s under a contract with Avitrade Belgiu
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Flying Colours’ Challenger 850 Interiors Program Ramps Up

Maintenance, completion and refurbishment specialist Flying Colours delivered its first Challenger 850 green completion in December and the program is ramp
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Dassault Falcon and BMW Group’s DesignworksUSA Share Design Award

For their successful collaboration on the new Falcon 7X interior option, Dassault Falcon and BMW Group’s DesignworksUSA have been awarded the prestigious “
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Duncan and Securaplane Offer PreFlite Security System

Aviation services and aircraft interiors provider Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb.,
is offering an upgrade option to the new PreFlite Security Syste
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Active Air Filtration Coming from AAR and Quest

AAR, an aviation products and services provider, has joined with Cheadle-based Quest International in the UK to develop and distribute Quest’s AirManager,
Cabin Interior and Electronics

List Begins Supplying Interior Furnishings for PC-12 NG

List Components and Furniture of Austria has begun deliveries of executive interior furnishings for the Pilatus PC-12 NG (Next Generation).

The
Cabin Interior and Electronics

Edelman Offers Metallic Dream Cow and Pitch Brown

Edelman Leather of New Milford, Conn., has introduced a touch of metal to a new line of leather goods for private jet interiors.
Aircraft

Nextant selects Rockwell Collins Venue cabin system for 400Next

Nextant Aerospace has selected the Rockwell Collins Venue cabin management system for the interior of the Beechjet 400Next as part of a retrofit package th