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
Montreal Jet Center Expands Interiors Services
With its acquisition in July by Elisen Technologies, interiors refurbishment and cabin completion specialist MJet of Montreal will implement an expansion p
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GMT Creates Showers for Russian 767
GMT, a Rhode Island-based composites specialist, recently delivered two highly customized showers to MAV Aircraft Services for installation in an executive
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Midcoast Gets VistaJet Contract for Four Challenger 850s
Midcoast Aviation of East Cahokia, Ill., has taken delivery of the first of four Challenger 850s, all of which will be completed for VistaJet.
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Flying Colours Gearing Up for CRJ200 Conversions
Flying Colours, the Peterborough, Ontario center, is adding 30,000 sq ft to its current completion and maintenance facility that will also include a client
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Down the Aisle...
Rosen Aviation’s 17- and 20-inch display monitors have been selected as standard equipment for Gulfstream’s G450 and G550 cabin entertainment systems.
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Midcoast enters market for narrowbody completions
Midcoast Aviation last month announced its intention to move into the “narrow-body” cabin completion business, marked by groundbreaking on a new 146,000-sq
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Indiana Refurbishment Centers Get a Tax Break
As of July 1, the state of Indiana can no longer impose a use tax on the value of aircraft temporarily located in the state for refurbishment, maintenance
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Fokker Picks AlsterAero for ACJ
Interiors specialist Fokker Services has selected AlsterAero of Hamburg, Germany, to provide an A319 (ACJ) entertainment and passenger communication system
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Duncan Goes Big with 32-inch LCD Monitor
Duncan Aviation recently installed in a Challenger a 32-inch LCD monitor, the largest screen the independent completion and refurbishment center has put in
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Grob Cabin Mockup Makes Oshkosh
In growing numbers, interiors specialists are taking cues from the automotive industry.
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In-flight Cellphone Approval Creeps Closer
European authorities apparently do not share the qualms the Federal Communications Commission and FAA have about the in-flight use of personal cellphones.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Townsend and Scotchgard Aim To Protect
Townsend Leather of Johnstown, N.Y., and Scotchgard Protector from 3M have reached an exclusive agreement that will add “high-performance protective treatm
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Down the Aisle…
Rockwell Collins’s high-speed, digital backbone cabin management system has been certified for installation in Dassault’s Falcon line and is being offered
Regulations and Government
FAA Proposes Cabin Certification Alternatives
The FAA unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking last month that addresses airworthiness standards related to cabin interiors for transport-category airpla
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Savannah Air Gets Dual Crew-Rest OK on Global XRS
Savannah Air Center has received the first FAA certification of dual crew-rest areas on Bombardier’s Global Express XRS.
Regulations and Government
FAA Proposes Cabin Certification Alternatives
The FAA unveiled a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) last week that addresses airworthiness standards related to cabin interiors for transport-category
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Midcoast To Offer Narrowbody Completions
Midcoast Aviation recently announced its intention to move into the “narrowbody” cabin completion business, marked by groundbreaking on a 145,000-sq-ft han
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2007 Completion and Refurbishment
At the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in late May, a representative of Airbus expressed frustration at the difficulty in findin
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Interiors Expo changes hands but not direction or location
This year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo, the completions event held in Hamburg, Germany, for the past five years, opened to record crowds last month, and at th
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Cessna Chooses Nordam for CJ4 Cabinetry
The Nordam Group of Tulsa, Okla., has been selected by Cessna Aircraft to provide completion cabinetry for the CJ4, the newest business jet in the Wichita
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Quiet, Please. SMAC at Work.
SMAC, a subsidiary of MontBlanc Technologies Groupe in Toulon, France, put its first “Smacsonic” viscoconstrained layered noise reduction material in a Fal
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Sure It’s Leather. It Came from a Cow, Didn’t It?
E-Leather, from the company of the same name, is leather, but not in a form that a cow ever wore.
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Emteq Heated Seat Is a Cool Idea
Aircraft services and systems integrator Emteq has received an initial contract from Hawker Beechcraft for installation of its ne FAA-certified seat heater
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Tapis Offers ‘Suede’ with a Two-way Stretch
One of the difficulties with natural leather hide is that it doesn’t stretch consistently, making it difficult for upholsterers to work and resulting in mo
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RosenView Offers Moving Map Upgrade
Rosen Aviation introduced an upgrade to its moving-map display and a new DVD player at the Aircraft Interiors Expo 2007 in April.
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Cabin Interior and Electronics
As expectations rise, IFE in RJs now far from far-fetched
Availability of in-flight entertainment (IFE) ranks among the top factors that influence the loyalty of passengers, who have become increasingly aware of t
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Rockwell Collins To Provide CJ4 Cabin System
Cessna expanded its relationship with Rockwell Collins last month when it announced the avionics maker will provide the digital cabin management system for
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VIP jet interiors take time
It can take up to two years to outfit a VIP widebody jet.
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Cabin dreams for the Dreamliner
Computer-generated virtual cabin concepts for Boeing’s latest large bizliners are appearing with some regularity as the order book for the executive/VIP ve
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Comlux arrives here in A318 Elite luxury
Amid fanfare and the sweet scent of jet fuel, Zurich-based charter operator and A318 Elite launch customer Comlux arrived in Geneva on Sunday with the firs
