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March/April 2021 www.inflight-online.com Volume 12 / Issue 2 Compact premium Single-aisle designs Value for money Private jet buying tips OLED A coming of age LUXSTREAM BUSINESS AVIATION Experience elite inflight connectivity Business travellers demand access Powered by SES’s next-generation high- With the highest download speeds in to their services, applications and throughput satellites and advanced ground the industry, LuxStream provides an entertainment wherever they fly. systems, and delivered by our premier exceptional private jet connectivity However, being able to deliver the right business aviation partners including Collins experience, empowering business connectivity depends on having access Aerospace, LuxStream Business Aviation travellers with next-generation satellite to the right aviation network. enables the business jet to become an technology, for today’s demanding extension of your passengers’ home and inflight connectivity needs. corporate networks. To learn more, visit: ses.com/luxstream www.ses.com 7377_1073_Luxstream_Ad.indd 1 1/18/21 9:04 AM Cover: Rosen Aviation’s Maverick cabin concept is a finalist in the International Yacht & Aviation Design Awards 2021. See OLED feature – A coming of age? – on page 44. Image courtesy of KiPcreating. LUXSTREAM Volume 12 / Issue 2 / March/April 2021 C ontents BUSINESS AVIATION Experience elite inflight connectivity 04 20 30 Viewpoint MIME Lighting Business travellers demand access Powered by SES’s next-generation high- With the highest download speeds in Private prospers In-flight medical emergencies Tim Guest keeps awake long to their services, applications and throughput satellites and advanced ground the industry, LuxStream provides an Private and business aviation are stressful and often complex enough to regale us on the entertainment wherever they fly. systems, and delivered by our premier exceptional private jet connectivity operators report extraordinary situations for cabin crew to Global 7500’s innovative Jet-lag- However, being able to deliver the right business aviation partners including Collins experience, empowering business results in pandemic times. manage. Aiber is at hand to help. busting Soleil lighting sytem. connectivity depends on having access Aerospace, LuxStream Business Aviation travellers with next-generation satellite to the right aviation network. enables the business jet to become an technology, for today’s demanding 06 24 33 44 extension of your passengers’ home and inflight connectivity needs. News AOE Narrowbody long haul OLED corporate networks. A round up recent events from Specialists in e-commerce for Michael Doran looks at the new Alexander Preston finds out how the world of IFEC and cabin airlines and the brains behind design approach for bringing business aviation passengers technology. OM³ Suite, now go end-to-end. widebody comforts to single- are set to benefit from a new aisle aircraft on long-haul flights. cabin experience. To learn more, visit: ses.com/luxstream 12 36 50 Antennas Sustainability Last Word Henry Canaday reports on the Cabin crew uniforms are not top Alexander van Deudekom of development of electronically of an airline’s recycling checklist. Get-e looks at how digital steered antennas and the rivals But according to the suppliers, comms can be the difference that still hold the high ground. they could and should be. between customer satisfaction and a lost relationship. 16 26 41 SES Networks IFE Private Jet Ownership In the next issue Elias Zaccack, EVP, Global Sales Emma Kelly charts the airframers’ Tom Chatfield, CEO at Camber • Cabin Management Systems at SES Networks talks to Inflight move into the wireless space Aviation Management, continues • Electronic Flight Bags about the Luxembourg-based and what it really means for to offer insight into the process • MRO company’s mission for aviation. the future in-flight experience. of buying an aircraft of your own. EDITORIAL PRODUCTION & DESIGN Inflight is published six times per Editor / Alexander Preston Graphic Designer / Paul Firth year – in January/February, March/ [email protected] [email protected] April, May/June, July/August, September/October and November/ HMG Aerospace Ltd, Asia-Pacific Correspondent / Emma Kelly Production and Design Editor / December – by HMG Aerospace Ltd. The Hub, Fowler Avenue, [email protected] Steve Lodewyke Farnborough [email protected] Distribution of Inflight is carefully Business Park, Contributors / Henry Canaday, controlled for industry-related Farnborough, GU14 7JF Michael Doran and Tim Guest CIRCULATION individuals. An annual subscription United Kingdom Subscription Enquiries: rate is applied for non-qualifiers who Tel: +44 1252 545993 [email protected] wish to subscribe. ADVERTISING SALES & MARKETING www.hmgaerospace.com Sales Manager / Toby Walton MANAGEMENT Articles and information contained [email protected] Follow us: [email protected] in this publication are the copyright @inflightmag Publisher / Mark Howells of HMG Aerospace Ltd and may Marketing and Communications Manager inflightmagazine Director / Becky Howells not be reproduced in any form / Emma Walker without the written permission of © HMG Aerospace Ltd, 2021 [email protected] the publisher. ISSN 2045-385X www.ses.com Strategic partner 7377_1073_Luxstream_Ad.indd 1 1/18/21 9:04 AM viewpoint Alexander Preston Editor @inflight_editor Private prospers Recent remarks by Alexandre de Juniac, Director-General and CEO of IATA, paint a gloomy picture of the financial health of the world’s airlines. The organisation is predicting that airlines will not turn cash-positive until 2022, burning through an additional US$75–95 billion this year. If this prospect is indeed the darkness, as de Juniac says, the dawn may be with business aviation. While commercial airlines have lost around 55% of their flight volume due to the pandemic, entry-level jet operator GlobeAir saw its new accounts base grow by 89% during 2020 and has already registered a 17% increase in inquiries during January this year. “This trend may be due to the growth of converters and downgraders. The first being frequent flyers who have switched to private jet services (converters); the latter being private jet travellers who now prefer entry-level jet services (downgraders),” says GlobeAir’s VP of Marketing & Sales, Jonathan Berdoz. Private air charter specialist Air Partner expects private travel to continue to grow in popularity as the preferred method for transport, whether individually on private jets or groups on private commercial airliners. It is already fielding enquiries from wealthy clients about private jets to luxury destinations, including the Caribbean (including Barbados, Cuba, and St Lucia), The Seychelles, Iceland and Italy. PIONEER THE FUTURE Air Partner also believes senior business executives and the C-Suite will continue to travel as high-level face-to-face meetings remain critical – and when they do, companies will choose to protect their safety by flying them privately. The operator also predicts that for businesses moving large groups around the world, the use of We are looking forward to brighter skies ahead. We can’t charter planes will be more prevalent. wait to partner with you in the future, to make fl ying an Of course, all this is predicated on travel restrictions being lifted. In the meantime, as our issue shows, the industry is preparing for the return of all passengers. experience that everyone looks forward to, again. © 2020 Panasonic Avionics Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 28796628 viewpoint PIONEER THE FUTURE We are looking forward to brighter skies ahead. We can’t wait to partner with you in the future, to make fl ying an experience that everyone looks forward to, again. © 2020 Panasonic Avionics Corporation. All Rights Reserved. 28796628 NEWS Partnership to design the next-generation aircraft seats Italian seating manufacturer In collaboration with UK design scheduled to be unveiled at with a distinct design language Geven is set to overhaul its agency PriestmanGoode, the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, driven by the key attributes of catalogue of seating products, seats – Economy, Premium 31 August - 2 September 2021. being functional, timeless, clean with the introduction of a new Economy, Premium Economy + According to the partners, the and sculptural. family of seats. and Business Class seats – are project aims to provide Geven The new seats will provide Geven with a versatile offer that will enhance the passenger experience, are easily configurable for different aircraft platforms and allow for airline customisation. Daniel MacInnes, Design Director at PriestmanGoode, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Geven on this project. It’s very much a collaborative partnership, with our team of designers working closely with Geven’s engineers to develop this next generation of seats. “The designs we’re working on build upon the brand’s strong history, as well as Italy’s outstanding heritage of exquisite craftsmanship and timeless design,” MacInnes added. Art of darkness: All will be revealed by Geven and PriestmanGoode at AIX Hamburg in August. Qatar Airways upgrades Catering guidelines offer its 787-8 IFE experience a route through pandemic Qatar Airways has upgraded its hardware and all required New guidance that leads and aircraft. The document highlights current fleet of Boeing 787-8 certifications, as well as the ability supports the airline and airline and gives guidance on the ways in Dreamliners