DECEMBER 2015–JANUARY 2016 WHERE IDEAS TAKE FLIGHT Boeing’s 737 Configuration Studio helps customers streamline cabin decisions BY DAN RALEY | PHOTOS BY MARIAN LOCKHART lavatory—yet there’s no flight involved. Inside the 737 Configuration Studio in Renton, Wash., the only things that take off are ideas. Airlines come to this facility to choose customized cabin designs and preferred equipment for their new Boeing singleaisle jets. Or they can use the products and features to retrofit existing fleets. They sort through the latest innovations, Illustration: (Above) An aircraft cabin cross-section. (Below) Alaska Airlines flight attendants, from left, Simon Heppell, Todd Horn and Blair Kimball compare seating choices in Boeing’s 737 Configuration Studio in Renton, Wash. People check in at the front counter, some carrying luggage. A reader board announces their arrival. Soon they will seek out a seat, a stowage bin or even a 49
Frontiers December 2015 - January 2016 Issue
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