ACJ debuts Harmony cabin concept for VIP widebodies

Provides productive practicality for the longest flights

Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) has created a new cabin design concept, called Harmony, which combines the comfort and space of a widebody cabin with the practicality to suit the longest of flights.

Harmony seamlessly combines the benefits of Airbus Corporate Jets’ VIP widebodies – such as comfort, space and quietness - to produce a consistently harmonious customer experience. It builds on the Airspace cabin brand from the Airbus airliner family.

Initially proposed for the new ACJ330neo Family[1], which features new-generation engines and Sharklets, Harmony can also suit other Airbus widebodies, such as the ACJ350 XWB.

“Long-haul flights provide time for productive work and socialising, as well as rest, and ACJ’s Harmony cabin concept is wonderfully well designed to enable all of these, while bringing the world within a single flight,” says ACJ President Benoit Defforge.

“Harmony is a timeless and elegant design concept, because we dare to break the conventions that are traditionally imposed on us as cabin designers. Our creativity needs to be unique to fit the needs of our customers, as befits a host receiving their guests in their ‘world above the world,” says ACJ Head of Creative Design Sylvain Mariat.

A holographic globe, showing aircraft position, greets entering passengers. Turning left leads to the master bedroom, office and bathroom, while turning right brings travellers into a spacious lounge with seating grouped at round-tables that encourage social interaction.

Concentric circles, like ripples on a pond, are a feature of the cabin layout.

Just beyond the lounge is a conference table, and beyond that there are four VIP guest-suites - each featuring an office that converts to a bedroom, plus an ensuite bathroom with shower.

Seating for support staff and a galley make up the rear of the cabin, which can be adapted to serve both private and government customers.

Airbus aircraft have the distinction of being the world’s most modern and comprehensive family. All of the corporate jet versions have intercontinental capability, with some - such as the ACJ330neo and ACJ350 XWB Families – going beyond to deliver “nonstop to the world range”.

Airbus corporate jet customers benefit from airliner-reliability and a worldwide support network - sized to serve more than 10,000 aircraft and over 500 customers and operators - plus services tailored to their specific needs.

These services include the “one call handles all” corporate jet customer care centre (C4you), customised maintenance programmes and the ACJ Service Centre Network.

All of today’s Airbus aircraft include the protection and simplicity of fly-by-wire controls, the benefits of Category 3B autoland, and time and cost-saving centralised maintenance.

More than 190 Airbus corporate jets are in service on every continent, including Antarctica, highlighting their versatility around the clock around the world.

Airbus corporate jet is highlighted at ABACE show

Your world above the world on display

Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) is highlighting the better travel experience that its aircraft provide, together with their many other benefits, at the ABACE[1] show.

Airbus’ ACJ320 Family – represented at the show by an Al Jaber Aviation ACJ318 that is offered for VVIP charter – features the widest and tallest cabin of any business jet, while being comparable in size and having similar operating costs to traditional business jets.

“Airbus corporate jets give you the freedom to get on with life that is missing in traditional bizjets, whether you want to work, rest or play, and you can take along more colleagues, friends and family too,” says ACJ President Benoit Defforge.

The heart of today’s Airbus corporate jet family are the ACJ319neo[2], which can fly eight passengers 6,700 nm/12,500 km or 15 hours, and the ACJ320neo, which can transport 25 passengers 6,000 nm/11,100 km or 13 hours.

Deliveries of the ACJ320neo begin at the end of this year, with those of the ACJ319neo following in the second quarter of 2019. Customers include Acropolis Aviation, Comlux and K5 Aviation.

Both aircraft feature new-generation engines and Sharklets, which save fuel, enable even more intercontinental range and equip them for a long and successful future.

Like all Airbus aircraft in production, the ACJ319neo and ACJ320neo have the built-in protection of fly-by-wire controls - today’s industry standard in both airliners and business jets - plus time and cost-saving centralised maintenance, and extensive use of weight-saving new materials.

For customers wanting even more passenger capacity plus nonstop to the world range, Airbus offers a complete family of VIP widebodies. This family includes the new ACJ330 NEO and ACJ350 XWB, which can fly for 20 hours 45 minutes and 22 hours 30 minutes, respectively.

Airbus corporate jet customers benefit from airliner-reliability and a worldwide support network - sized to serve more than 10,000 aircraft and over 500 customers and operators. They also get services tailored to their specific needs, such as the Airbus corporate jet customer-care centre (C4you) and ACJ Service Centre Network.

More than 190 Airbus corporate jets are in service worldwide, including around 20 in greater China. They are flying on every continent, including Antarctica, highlighting their versatility around the clock around the world.

Together, Airbus Corporate Jets and Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH) are uniquely well placed to provide modern and efficient combined solutions to the air travel needs of customers worldwide.

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Airbus Helicopters Airbus Launches ACH – Airbus Corporate Helicopters: the Dedicated Private and Business Aviation Helicopter Brand

Airbus Launches ACH – Airbus Corporate Helicopters: the Dedicated Private and Business Aviation Helicopter Brand

Geneva, Airbus Helicopters has launched Airbus Corporate Helicopters (ACH), its high-end, bespoke brand, at EBACE 2017. The brand, which will be identified by the ACH logo, will build on the company’s leadership in the Private and Business Aviation market, offering a unique level of quality finish, craftsmanship and bespoke service matching the most demanding requirements.

ACH provides an exclusive platform from which customers can benefit from best in class products, tailored completion and service. Mirroring the successful sister brand Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ), ACH will provide current and future customers an end-to-end exclusive ownership experience ranging from advice helping customers to choose the right aircraft and design a bespoke style. Finally, customers will benefit throughout the period of ownership from a concierge-style support service which, in addition to ensuring the highest availability of the aircraft anywhere in the world, will help preserve the aircraft’s resale value as a result of a dedicated care and support by the manufacturer.

Helicopters are the ideal complement to corporate and VIP customers due to the unique capabilities rotary wing aircraft bring; primarily providing a point-to-point transport for business and corporate customers and an enhanced lifestyle for VIP customers enabling luxury travel between assets or even to remote, inaccessible locations.

ACH’s offering, supported by a bespoke service to help tailor the most demanding customer requirements, comes in three different product lines:

- ACH Line – Based on Airbus Corporate Helicopters’ in-house style concept, this interior cabin line is the perfect response for those looking for a light and efficient design. Clean lines and spare style.

- ACH Exclusive – This interior line responds to those looking for a truly exclusive environment with the highest standards of refinement, luxury and comfort.

- ACH Editions – A portfolio of Airbus Corporate Helicopters special collaborations and partnerships with luxury brands and designers, ranging from Hermes to Mercedes Benz and including designs by world-renown designer Peder Eidsgaard.

Availability of aircraft is increasingly important to all customers, but this is especially true for the VIP market where low annual use of the helicopter brings high expectations when the aircraft is required. To address this, ACH will introduce HCare First, a tailored version of HCare, the rotorcraft industry’s most comprehensive support package, which provides a concierge-style service providing support anywhere across the globe.

With the launch of ACH, Airbus becomes the only aerospace manufacturer to offer dedicated range of jets and helicopters. Today the company is leveraging its aerospace pedigree through a distinctive range of aircraft for both corporate and VIP customers in the high end, luxury market.

» Visit the new ACH Website