This is your captain speaking: sit back, relax and enjoy the flight while our cabin interior ‘mood’ lighting system creates an atmosphere to soothe even the weariest of passengers.
From the cockpit to the cabin, LED-powered intelligent lighting is increasingly being employed to illuminate the latest aircraft interiors, helping design engineers tailor interior lighting solutions that improve the passenger’s flying experience and reduce the effects of jetlag or air sickness. Today’s modern cabin lights can be tailored to suit the passenger’s individual needs so that your food no longer looks green, and you no longer awake from a deep sleep bathed in the glare of spotlights. Even the likelihood of air rage can be subdued by selecting a more favourable and softer glow of ambient lighting. This ‘chilled out’ state of consciousness is brought to you by the latest innovations being used to shed more light around the latest civil aircraft rolling off the production lines, as OEMs look to bathe in the favourable glow of LEDs as opposed to traditional incandescent light sources. Beyond the requirements for more controllability, power efficiency and environmentally-friendly operation, the airline operators’ primary demands centre on the desire to offer more comfort to its long haul passengers and create an impression that you are flying and yet still in the comfort of your own home. Whether it’s a new fitted kitchen, a new bathroom or simply redecorating the living room, most of us want our homes to look clean, tidy, modern and comfortable. The same sentiments can apply to airline operators and their desire to provide today’s air travellers with the best possible interior cabin in-flight comfort and experience, which in turn will help them win repeat business. Mike Richardson, editor
