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Crystal Cabin Awards Now Open!
October 7, 2014  | Written by APEX Staff
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The Crystal Cabin Award Association announced this morning that the application period for the 2015 Cyrstal Cabin Awards is now open! Check out the seven categories available to applicants and who took home the coveted award in 2014: 1. Greener Cabin, Health, Safety & Environment       Winner: DIEHL Aerospace  2. Industrial Design & Visionary Concepts […]

IFPL Stages Impromptu Search Party at the APEX/IFSA EXPO
September 29, 2014  | Written by Jenn Wint
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The question on everyone’s lips around the IFPL booth at the 2014 APEX/IFSA EXPO was: “Where’s Geoff?” It became such a popular debate that the IFPL team in Anaheim posted a map in their booth and asked delegates to guess where managing director, Geoff Underwood might be. It was finally revealed that reason for Geoff’s […]

APEX EXPO Recap with KID Systeme
 | Written by APEX Staff
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On the last day of the APEX/IFSA EXPO, KID Systeme announced the launch of the trial of SKYfi, its wireless in-flight entertainment system, on five of Cebu Pacific Air’s A330 aircraft. They also found out that they’ll soon be able to announce a new deal with an unnamed Gulf carrier. We caught up with Maren […]

FTE: Cabin Design and Onboard Innovation Strategies
September 26, 2014  | Written by Katie Sehl
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At the beginning of the third working session, chair Mike Lemmon, Design Director for Artefact, asked how many of the members flew here to attend the conference in Vegas. Everyone did. He followed by asking how many people were impressed by something they noticed on the plane, and only a few attendees raised their hands. […]

FTE: Looking Ahead in Cabin Interiors and Integration
September 25, 2014  | Written by Katie Sehl
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Led by Mary Kirby, founder and editor of Runway Girl Network, the first Cabin Integration Symposium on the Up in the Air track brought together various perspectives from OEMs, to seat designers, to hardware manufacturers to tackle some of the pressing issues in avionics interiors. A HEALTHY TENSION From the onset, Lori Salazar, president of […]

FTE: Future Airport Facilities
 | Written by Terri Potratz
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After Dean Bouchard’s introduction to the Airport of the Future, Rick Thall, project manager at San Francisco International Airport and Nupur Sinha, Aviation Practice associate with Gensler Design, took the stage to discuss their collaboration on SFO’s R.E.A.C.H. project, a detailed document outlining goals for the future of airport development, specifically as it pertains to SFO. The […]

FTE: Airport of the Future
September 24, 2014  | Written by Terri Potratz
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Dean Bouchard at FTE Global 2014 Kiran Merchant, CEO of DY Consultants, introduced the first round of speakers at the opening session for the “On the Ground” event track at FTE Global 2014. While introducing Dean Bouchard, director of infrastructure for the Halifax International Airport Authority, Merchant noted that the actual space available in most […]

APEX EXPO Recap: The New Exhibitor’s Experience
 | Written by APEX Staff
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We caught up with some of the first-time exhibitors at this year’s APEX/IFSA EXPO to hear about their experiences on the showroom floor.  How was the APEX/IFSA EXPO?  “It’s been very positive… we’re relatively new in this market segment, and so we’ve spent a lot of time, emails, phone calls to reach out to folks, […]