Collins’s fold-out bar, aimed at the space around aircraft doors, was this year’s Cabin Systems category winner. john walton

The Airborne Oscars

How the Crystal Cabin Awards drive innovation

Quick: think of the most revolutionary, exciting piece of passenger experience design you’ve encountered in the past decade. No matter whether it’s a seat, an inflight entertainment system, inflight connectivity, or a step forward in materials science or manufacturing that enabled them, it’s likely to have been seen in the Crystal Cabin Awards, run since 2006 by the Hamburg Aviation commercial cluster.

From the Qsuite to the Skycouch, first-class cabin concepts to ultraslimline economy reality, through lavatories, thermoplastics engineering, and even waste disposal, the Crystal Cabins provide a peek into the future of how we’ll fly.

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