Posts by: Gillian Jenner

Gillian Jenner

Gillian Jenner is a foremost writer on aviation travel technologies. She also serves as the Editorial Director for the annual Passenger Experience Conference, the PEC Virtual Series and CabinSpace Live seminars held during AIX.

11/04/202404/04/2024

Take Your Seats to the Future of Sustainable Aviation

Products, Trends

Aircraft seating is one of many areas of the aviation industry’s decarbonisation initiatives and its modest profile belies its importance. Seating is a microcosm of the business as a whole ... Read more

26/02/202413/02/2024

The future? It’s already here.

Blog, Trends

It seems like it was only a couple of years ago when we thought our digitally-transformed future would be in the bag and we could settle back with a cup ... Read more

29/06/202106/03/2024

Improving Aircraft Accessibility is a Necessity for Airlines in 2021

Blog, Trends

With airlines looking to get passengers back onboard in 2021, those with extra accessibility needs should not be overlooked. Leisure travellers are widely expected to spearhead the return to travel ... Read more

07/06/202108/03/2022

The Digital Journey Onboard Airlines is just Beginning

Blog, Trends

Across the globe, we have come to expect to navigate, operate and micromanage the world at an increasingly granular level through our personal devices. The issue is no longer one ... Read more

27/04/202128/04/2021

New Surface Coatings and Materials Making Aircraft Cabins Safer

Blog, Trends

Hygiene has become not just desirable, but a key indicator that passengers are looking for when flying. Inevitably though, as traffic picks up, the intensive cleaning regimes adopted by airlines ... Read more

31/03/202101/04/2021

Aircraft sustainability to improve with lightweight materials

Blog, Trends

Moves to reduce emissions are currently concentrated on airframe and operational innovations, plus new energy sources, while the interiors community’s focus is on materials and systems that underpin cabin function. ... Read more

03/03/202103/03/2021

The future of cabin interior design

Blog, Trends

It’s clear that one of the main trends for 2021 will be needing to reassure passengers of cleanliness and hygiene onboard. Before COVID-19, cabin innovation took inspiration from domestic environments, ... Read more

01/02/202112/02/2021

The key trends airlines will follow in 2021

Blog, Trends

Not so long ago the main preoccupation of passenger experience thinkers at airlines was how to get travellers in seats and to keep everyone happy. That was the old reality, ... Read more