Lufthansa Technik takes a first in Crystal Cabin Awards
At last month’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, Lufthan

At last month’s Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany, Lufthansa Technik (Stand 443) was one of the winners in the Crystal Cabin Awards. It would seem that something as simple as photoluminescent emergency floor-path lighting would offer little room for improvement. But the new technology contains more than just a few improvements.

Its new floor-path lighting strip is 50-percent smaller than existing products, requires just 15 to 30 minutes of cabin light to charge the strip for a 12-hour flight, comes in a broad range of colors to blend with the interior decor, is barely 2.3 millimeters high and has “an unlimited lifespan.” In fact, in durability testing for use in the galley, after more than 30,000 cycles under the weight of a galley cart, the tests were suspended when a wheel on the cart broke.