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.

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Pocket doors ready to install

Steecon Enterprises has manufactured more than 500 pocket doors for corporate and business aircraft since it started operations in 1988.
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Carpet tiles now available with bizjet-level quality

Not so long ago, the owner of an executive Boeing 737 approached the aircraft carpeting specialists at Kalogridis International with a rather unusual reque
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Completion and Refurbishment: Airbus Corporate Jet Center delivers first aircraft

The Airbus Corporate Jet Center, which reopened for business in July last year and
is still undergoing renovation and upgrades, has delivered its fir
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Completion and Refurbishment: Jet Aviation makes room for the Giants

Jet Aviation celebrated the grand opening of its new 107,649-sq-ft hangar at Basel EuroAirport in Switzerland.
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Completions and Refurbishments: CRJ200 VIP conversion continues

As demand continues to grow for executive conversions of the Bombardier CRJ200 regional airliner, cabin refurbishment specialist MJet of Montreal recently
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Completions and Refurbishments: New Interiors show for private jets, luxury yachts and hot cars launched in Bahrain

The first annual Gulf VIP Executive Jet, Luxury Yacht & Elite Car Interiors exhibition is scheduled for November 11 to 13 at the Bahrain International
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Completions and Refurbishments: Duncan Aviation takes on Falcon 7X cabin completions

Midwest independent cabin completion and refurbishment specialist Duncan Aviation has signed a long-term agreement to do Falcon 7X green completion work un
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Completions and Refurbishments: Texas Aviation and Sierra Aeronautics eye Brazilian market

Texas Aviation Services in Fort Worth has teamed with Brazilian aviation consultant Sierra Aeronautica of São Paulo for the completion and importation of e
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Completions and Refurbishments: Flying Colours picks Audio International for 'CRJ Execliner'

Canadian independent completion and refurbishment center Flying Colours has chosen Audio International to be the exclusive supplier of cabin management and
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Groovy Gulfstream I, 40 years young, poised to grab slice of charter market

Paging the Austin Powers party of 11, your private jetprop is ready for boarding… Charter customers will be able to travel in the height of sixtie
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Unwilling to wait for new jets, buyers opt for CRJ conversions

With the backlog for new business jets extending years into the future in some cases, and with used large-cabin aircraft prices soaring, several enterprise
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Ibis shows off new executive interior for Ae270

Ibis Aerospace came to last month’s NBAA Convention with a restyled full-scale cabin mockup of its Ae270 turboprop single.
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Convention Clips: Teledyne tapped to provide airborne e-services

An alliance between Teledyne Controls and DeCrane Aircraft Holdings sets the stage for Teledyne to provide service subscriptions for DeCrane’s developmenta
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News Note: Teac announces new servers for use in-flight entertainment

The airborne products division of Teac announced the availability of new “plug and play” digital file servers for use with the company’s in-flight entertai
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GE to sell off Garett Santa Barbara

A General Electric spokesman confirmed the sale of its Garrett Santa Barbara completion center to Yankee Pacific and WestCap Partners Private Equity Fund.
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DeCrane expands, takes on BBJ completions

DeCrane Aircraft Systems’ PATS unit recently completed a 42,000-sq-ft expansion of its facility at Sussex County Airport in Georgetown, Del.
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Bomhoff, Nordam spin off interior supply firm

The Nordam Group and Bomhoff, two leading suppliers of business aircraft interior components, have agreed to form a new business entity, Bomhoff Nordam LLC
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Gore Books Green 777 Completion

Gore Design Completions (Booth No.
Rotorcraft

AgustaWestland AW101 adopts bizjet-like interior

Helicopter manufacturer AgustaWestland is here showing a mockup of an AW101 cabin in a luxury layout, probably the ultimate for a VVIP helicopter, as it is
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Converting CRJs to executive use may be a boon to completion shops

Divergent conditions in the regional airline business and the business jet realm have conspired to create a potential boon for completion companies involve
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Midcoast to install CMC EFBs in Challengers

Midcoast Aviation (Booth No.
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BAe Systems signs up Avro Business Jet team

“Wake up, smell the coffee: the Avro Business Jet (ABJ) has arrived!” is the message from BAe Systems Regional Aircraft and two new partners announced here
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Ocean Sky nabs 007 to burnish public persona

London-based aviation services provider Ocean Sky (Booth No.
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TAG Interiors teams with Versace on designer seats and divans

TAG Aircraft Interiors has reached an agreement with B/E Aerospace to offer a haute couture line of designer seats and divans for a variety of large and mi
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Jet Aviation swings doors open on widebody super hangar

Jet Aviation inaugurated a new hangar at its Basel completion facility on May 16, just days before the opening of EBACE.
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Gore Design targets both narrow and widebodies

Gore Design Completions (Booth No.
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New Flight Display LCD Allays Dealer Concerns

Flight Display Systems, a leading manufacturer of in-flight entertainment equipment, has unveiled at EBACE the updated version of its 7-inch widescreen LCD
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BAe 146/RJ put in corporate livery

This morning, BAE Systems Regional Aircraft (Booth No.
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Florida-based Banyan Air Service is expanding its capabilities

Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based Banyan Air Service is expanding its capabilities to include avionics installations in large-cabin business jets.
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EMTEQ Purchases Cable Technologies

New Berlin, Wisconsin-based EMTEQ (Booth No.