Seven world leading designs were honoured at the second annual Crystal Cabin Award ceremony last night. The awards were created last year by the Joint Initiative (JI) “Hamburg – the place for aviation” to pay tribute to innovative concepts. This year’s competition attracted 44 entries, of which 18 went through to the final round. Walter […]

Tapis is launching three new products at the show: the Elite Ultraleather Collection, Ultrasuede Galaxy, and TapiSuede Strie.
The Elite collection includes the company’s flagship new two-way stretch fabric Contour, which is able to extend around curves for a tight, seamless fit. The entire Elite range has all-weather, all climate capability, and 100% yield to combat […]

Thales unveiled its TopConnect integrated connectivity/IFE offering here yesterday and said that two of its airline customers had already opted for the solution.
Based on the Inmarsat SwiftBroadband 432kbit/sec satellite service, TopConnect adds Internet access, email and text messaging functions to the company’s successful TopSeries AVOD inflight entertainment system. It can also allow passengers to […]

Air France has activated the voice capability of the OnAir onboard cellphone system being trialled aboard one of its Airbus A318s.
The French carrier has been testing OnAir’s data capabilities – text messaging and email via mobile phones and email with BlackBerry-type devices - since last December
From today passengers aboard the A318, which is operating on […]

Premium Aircraft Interiors is launching a new ‘whole life’ aftermarket service at the show. Backed by the company’s extensive support infrastructure, Premium will offer MRO, replacement assets, inventory management, technical information and on wing’ support programmes, as well as product enhancements.
The company is building on the success of its ‘Meet and Greet’ support service, […]