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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Bombardier’s Montreal Center delivers first Challenger 300

Canadian manufacturer Bombardier delivered the first Challenger 300 from its Montreal center in January.
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Iridium Satellite fax a first for BizJet International

Bizjet International in Tulsa has become the first non-OEM in the U.S.
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Cessna looks forward to completions at new center

Cessna Aircraft opened its new $61 million Citation Service Center multi-use facility in Wichita in December and the interior refurbishment shop is hard at
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Independent Centers Reap Airbus Harvest

The Airbus business aircraft juggernaut keeps rolling, and independent completion centers are happily enjoying the result.

So far this year, the
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Falcon 50-4 Upgrades Bring Bonus Work in Cabin Refurb

Premier Aircraft has received a supplemental type certificate from the FAA for its Falcon 50-4 engine upgrade, and that approval is bringing in some cabin
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DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center Is Done

Founder Dale Dunn launched DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center in 2004, and the company opened for business in Tucson, Ariz., in February 2005 with high
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Flight Display Creates More Moving Experience

For years, the moving-map display was little more than a page from Mrs.
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Jet Aviation Delivers a Small Airbus with a Big One Due

Jet Aviation, which recently delivered an executive A320-200 to the Saad Group in Saudi Arabia, is now making room at its Basel, Switzerland, facilities fo
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Completion Center Closes after Two-year Struggle

When founder Dale Dunn announced the formation of DunnAir Business Jet Completion Center in Tucson, Ariz., in 2004, the expectation was that it would emplo
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Under DeCrane, PATS takes on completion role

When DeCrane Aircraft Holdings bought PATS in 1999, the newly acquired company’s primary focus was on the installation of auxiliary fuel tanks, and in part
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Teledyne Introduces Iridium Upgrade for MagnaStar Phones

Midcoast Aviation in St.
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Matsushita Avionics Systems becomes Panasonic Avionics

Japanese manufacturing giant Matsushita, the company behind the Panasonic brand, announced a name change for its cabin electronics division effective April
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OnAir leaves business aviation to rival group

OnAir, the inflight voice and data communications joint venture among Airbus, SITA and Tenzing, will not pursue business aircraft installations for the tim
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Lufthansa Technik expands bizav presence in U.S. market

Lufthansa Technik, the Hamburg, Germany-based maintenance, overhaul and interiors completion and refurbishment giant, continues to expand its U.S.
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Honeywell Intros Cabin File Server

Honeywell last month introduced the CabinLAN II, a file server it claims is designed to improve the efficiency of onboard networks based around high-speed
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Airia Demonstrates Novel Idea for Global Satellite TV Aboard BBJ

During a short trip aloft from Newcastle International Airport in Northern England, passengers along for a demonstration flight aboard a Boeing Business Je
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Honeywell Completes Testing of Satellite TV in Middle East

Honeywell has completed initial flight and ground testing of its AIS-2000 multi-regional airborne satellite television system in the Middle East.
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New hangar marks expansion at Gore Design Completions

With an eye on the future, Gore Design Completions (GDC) officially opened its big, new interior shop in San Antonio on February 8 amid ceremonies hosting
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Matsushita turns to Hollywood for unique mix of IFE content

Matsushita Avionics Systems might not be a company with which many people are intimately familiar, but chances are most of the business aviation industry w
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Swift64 ushers in several Internet-in-the-sky systems

Choosing the right data satcom system has never been easier thanks to an array of choices from manufacturers.
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Jetlab helps operators assess cabin electronics

Customer knowledge today about office-in-the-sky communications technology seems to be similar to the level of understanding of personal computers 10 to 15
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Airborne cellphone service on the horizon

Aircraft passengers should be able to use their own cellphones in flight safely and conveniently before the end of this year through a new service develope
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Securaplane Technologies, Luminator to offer wireless cabin LED lighting

Securaplane Technologies and Luminator have signed an agreement to offer a wireless cabin LED lighting system for use in business aircraft and airliners.
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MSA introduces new program and applications for its Accordia shades

MSA Aircraft Products of San Antonio has introduced its Accordia pleated window shade systems for the Embraer Legacy, Gulfstream 200 (as well as an Accordi
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From a Chinese Soul to a Business Jet Cabin

LiChing Liu Tsai is Taiwanese by birth and an industrial designer by profession.
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Yingling Does Not Brew Beer. It Does Do Interiors

Yingling doesn’t do beer.
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U.S. Centers Taking On More Airbus Bizliners

Landmark Aviation’s Associated Air Center delivered its seventh Airbus Corporate Jetliner last month and has contracts for three more.
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CTT Looking Forward to Zonal Drying System for 787

CTT Systems of Nykoping, Sweden, will be equipping Boeing’s new 787 Dreamliner with its moisture control system as a basic feature.
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This Stork Brings Executive/VIP Interiors

Netherlands-based Fokker Services, a subsidiary of Stork Aerospace, is in the executive interiors business.
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