Aeristo is feeling bullish about the prospects for its new carbon fibre leather product, which it has brought to the show for the first time. The vibrant range is designed for seating inserts and the interior accents market. The company is also showing off its new Aerovit stimulator seating system, designed to combat pilot and […]

New long-haul carrier V Australia is due to launch the eXphone onboard cellphone system jointly developed by Panasonic Avionics and AeroMobile before the end of the year.
eXPhone integrates AeroMobile’s mobile phone technology into Panasonic’s in-flight entertainment systems, supporting phone, text messaging GPRS data services and Internet access. The partners say that the resulting system is […]

The Hamburg survival guide…
Many visitors to Hamburg flock to experience Europe’s largest red-light district. The Reeperbahn (Ropemaker street) is located in the historic dockside St Pauli district.
The Reeperbahn starts to get lively around 5pm each day. By late evening the street is heaving with people. The north-side of the street tends to […]

The ferment of activity in the Ku-band antenna arena continues, with the announcement that German supplier QEST is working on a lightweight bidirectional system designed to support broadband satellite communications for passenger aircraft.
Based at Holzgerlingen in southern Germany, QEST first came to the attention of the industry when it unveiled a unique, highly compact dual […]

Italian helicopter completions specialist – Servizi Elicotteristici Italiani (SEI), the longtime preferred interiors provider for AgustaWestland helicopters – is to step up its efforts to become a major player in the fixed wing market.
“We are planning to start completion and refurbishment of light business jets which we think is a very interesting area of development […]