Lufthansa Technik Advances Cabin Systems and Technology

German mega-MRO Lufthansa Technik makes “nice” as cabin management system and interiors evolution are shown at NBAA-BACE.

Technologies on display at the Lufthansa Technik exhibit include this curved OLED screen made of recycled materials as well as its software-upgradeable Nice cabin management system. (Photos: Lufthansa Technik)

By James Wynbrandt • Contributor - Business Aviation

October 13, 2022

Lufthansa Technik (Booth 2881) is making strong progress on its “journey toward the future,” mapped along a route of incremental innovation, and it’s inviting NBAA-BACE attendees this week to see and experience some of the advances for themselves. The evolution of LHT’s cabin-management system (CMS), Nice (for network integrated cabin equipment), and sustainability initiatives are in the spotlight, said Wassef Ayadi, LHT’s senior director of customer relations, OEM, and special engineering services.

Many of these technologies have been successfully installed in VIP aircraft cabins, he noted, “but we would like to show that all this innovation may also fit into a smaller aircraft.” A mockup of a cabin section at the LHT booth serves as the demo platform for some of these technologies, anchored by the latest version of the company’s Nice CMS. It’s standard equipment on Bombardier’s Challenger 3500, which entered service last month and is making its NBAA-BACE debut this week at the static display (AD_310).

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