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APEX Insight: Twenty-four airline passenger experience industry innovations have been chosen as finalists for the 12th annual Crystal Cabin Award. Rockwell Collins and Airbus lead as finalists in four categories each.

The Crystal Cabin Award recognizes innovations in aircraft cabin design and technology by aircraft manufacturers, airlines, suppliers, engineering firms and universities. The finalists have been selected from a shortlist including 91 submissions, with Rockwell Collins and Airbus leading as finalists in four categories each. The winners, who will receive trophies produced for the first time using 3D printing technology, will be announced during the Aircraft Interiors Expo at a ceremony on April 10 at Hamburg’s Hotel Atlantic Kempinski.

The finalists will compete for the top position the following categories:

1. Cabin Concepts

  1. A320 Family Airspace Interior – Airbus
  2. Qatar Airways Qsuite – PriestmanGoode
  3. Singapore Airlines New A380 Suites – Singapore Airlines (cooperation partners Pierrejean Design Studio & Zodiac Seats UK)

2. Cabin Systems

  1. Passme Innovative Aircraft Seat – PASSME Consortium (cooperation partners Almadesign, Optimares, TU Delft & DLR)
  2. Silhouette MOVE – Rockwell Collins
  3. Durinal – Zodiac Aerospace

3. Greener Cabin, Health, Safety and Environment

  1. The Boeing Cabin Dry Floor – The Boeing Company
  2. LiteHeat IHP™ – “Indestructible Heated Floor Panel” – Villinger GmbH
  3. Cyber – secured cabin wireless networks – VT Miltope

4. IFEC

  1. Bluebox aIFE: Accessible IFE (aIFE™) for passengers with visual impairment – Bluebox Aviation Systems Ltd. (cooperation partners Virgin Atlantic Airways & The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association)
  2. The European Aviation Network – Inmarsat
  3. Glasses – Free 3D IFE – UNITED SCREENS GmbH

5. Material and Components

  1. Printed Electrics applied: The new Info-Panel – Airbus (cooperation partners ALTRAN S.A.S & Co. KG)
  2. Secant Luminous Panel – Rockwell Collins
  3. Airborne Cooking Robot – Weigele Aerospace

6. Passenger Comfort Hardware

  1. 787 Dreamliner Tourist Class Seating – LIFT by EnCore (cooperation partners The Boeing Company)
  2. Valkyrie Bed – Rockwell Collins
  3. Eco Zlounge – Zodiac Aerospace

7. University

  1. ‘E-tom Smart Faucet’: a water atomization concept – Cranfield University
  2. Gigabit Wireless Networking in Aircraft Cabins via Light-Fidelity (LiFi) – The University of Edinburgh (cooperation partners Airbus & pureLiFi)
  3. Virtual Assistant: Boeing Onboard – University of Cincinnati (cooperation partners The Boeing Company & Live Well Collaborative)

8. Visionary

  1. New Cabin Premium Class “Day and Night” Concept – Airbus
  2. 3D SeatMapVR – Renacens Sistemas SL
  3. Universal Passenger Seat Interface – Rockwell Collins

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