J&C Aero, an EASA-certified international cabin interior hub, has successfully completed a full cabin modernisation of a Boeing 757-200, equipping it with new interiors comparable to those found on a Boeing 737 MAX. Two additional Boeing 757s operated by a Central Asian airline are set to undergo similar upgrades by winter 2024.
Over the past nine months, J&C Aero designed, produced, and installed new single-class cabin interiors, which included next-generation seats, modern Passenger Service Units (PSUs), dynamic LED cabin lighting, and fully refurbished lavatories, cabin attendant stations, and galleys. This renewal resulted in a reduction of the aircraft’s overall weight by almost 1000 kg, providing the operator with extra fuel savings and enhancing the passenger experience.
The project also involved installing new floor coverings and PL floor path marking systems, refurbishing sidewalls, overhead and ceiling panels, repairing and restoring damaged cabin parts, developing a new emergency equipment layout, and introducing a new cabin appearance quality programme for more efficient maintenance.
The cabin interior elements were designed, refurbished, and produced by J&C Aero at its hub in Vilnius, Lithuania, with the installation completed at the customer’s base. The modernisation of the remaining two aircraft is expected to take no more than three months and is due to be finished by December 2024.
Maksim Jurkov, Head of Design at J&C Aero, commented, “Air travel is blooming again, but the market lacks the capacity. Considering the backlog for new aircraft and growing scarcity in the secondary aircraft market, airlines turn their glaze on older generation aircraft. For instance, Boeing 757 – it was designed more than 40 years ago, but it can still show efficiency in terms of capacity and range. However, it can hardly meet the expectations of today’s passengers when it comes to the comfort, technologies, and aesthetics of the cabin.”
“This was an extraordinary project for us – we needed to carefully design and integrate Next Generation interiors into legacy cabins. We also required a solution that would minimize the production of OEM parts in order to avoid potential supply chain delays, particularly considering that historical Boeing 757 supply chains basically ceased to exist once the production of these aircraft ended. The solution was to design, produce, and install almost all cabin elements in-house – something we were able to do thanks to our expanded capabilities. We are very pleased with the results and hope that the passengers will soon be able to enjoy comfortable and modernized Boeing 757s on their way to holiday destinations around the world,” Jurkov added.
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