Plane Talking Products Limited

Name

Plane Talking Products Limited

Legal name

Plane Talking Products Limited

Website

https://planetalking.net

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Winchester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Inflight Product Sales (Textiles, Tableware, Amenities, Crew Items): PTP designs, develops, and supplies a wide range of inflight products including textiles (duvets, blankets, pillows, sleep suits, slippers), meal service equipment (bone china, porcelain, cutlery, glassware), amenity kits, and crew items to airlines worldwide. Revenue is generated through product sales, with bespoke design and development services integrated into the product offering.
2. Design and Development Services: PTP offers in-house design and product development services, working closely with airline partners to create bespoke and unique products tailored to specific requirements and style, from understanding the challenge through to solution launch.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Plane Talking Products Limited (PTP) is a UK-based private supplier that designs, develops, and manufactures inflight onboard products for airlines. Its core offering covers four product families — Dining (tableware, glassware, cutlery), Sleeping (duvets, pillows, blankets), Wellbeing (amenity kits, balms, mists), and Serving (teapots, coffee pots, trays) — together with a separate PTP Healthcare division. The company combines product design, development, and supply services on a project basis for commercial airline clients.

Product overview

Plane Talking Products Limited is a B2B supplier of inflight products to airlines, offering a comprehensive portfolio organized into four main product categories: Dining (bone china, porcelain, cutlery, glassware, rotable/disposable meal service, table linen), Sleeping (duvets, pillows, blankets, mattresses, sleep suits, slippers), Wellbeing (balms, mists, eye masks, socks, dental kits, cosmetics, amenities), and Serving (teapots, coffee pots, trays, platters, utensils, ice buckets). The company also operates PTP Healthcare as a separate division. All products are designed, sourced, and supplied for airlines globally, with a focus on sustainability, innovation, and passenger experience across all cabin classes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Inflight Dining Products
• Inflight Sleeping Products
• Inflight Wellbeing Products
• Inflight Serving Products
• PTP Healthcare Division

Quantifiable outcome

• Austrian Airlines Premium Economy amenity kits won the 2025 Onboard Hospitality Award, recognising excellence in innovation, design, and inclusivity.
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Aviation Sustainability Forum (ASF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 2019PTP is a founder and driving force behind the Aviation Sustainability Forum, established in 2019 to bring key stakeholders together from across the inflight supply chain to tackle cabin and catering waste, share best practice, and improve circularity. CEO Alison Wells leads ASF's industry-wide sustainability efforts. PTP was involved in 30+ pilot cabin waste audits in Singapore in 2023/24, and ASF, in conjunction with IATA, established the Cabin Waste Composition Audit (CWCA) Programme as the standard methodology for measuring and recording cabin and catering waste.
• ScenteredminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerScentered is PTP's wellness partner for a collaboration on scent as a tool for enhancing passenger wellbeing at every stage of the journey. CEO Alison Wells co-authored an article with Scentered exploring how thoughtfully chosen fragrances can support relaxation, improve focus, and create more personalised inflight experiences.
• IATA (International Air Transport Association)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIATA, in conjunction with the Aviation Sustainability Forum (of which PTP is a founder), established the Cabin Waste Composition Audit (CWCA) Programme as the standard methodology for measuring and recording cabin and catering waste — the first Standard Operating Procedure for consistent and accurate waste data capture in the aviation sector.
• The Winchester BeaconminorOthersThe Winchester Beacon is PTP's nominated charity for 2026 as part of the company's annual charity nomination scheme. Staff actively participate in nominating causes close to their hearts. PTP supports the charity through fundraising and collaboration.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• dnata: dnata is a major global aviation services company that provides inflight catering, airport hospitality, and travel services, including onboard product supply. As a much larger incumbent, it competes with PTP in airlines' onboard product RFQs, often as a one-stop shop.
• Gategroup: Gategroup is a large global aviation catering and onboard products provider serving hundreds of airlines across retail, food, and cabin equipment. While much broader than PTP, it competes in the same onboard product sourcing space and can leverage scale to underwrite both tableware and amenity programs.
• AMAC Aerospace: AMAC Aerospace is a Swiss-based aerospace group providing aircraft completion, MRO, and cabin interior products. While primarily focused on private/VIP aviation interiors, its cabin product capabilities overlap with PTP's premium tableware and amenity offerings in the business aviation segment.
• Lagardère Travel Retail: Lagardère Travel Retail is a global travel retail operator that supplies duty free, food service, and convenience products to airlines and airports. Its onboard product offering in convenience, amenity, and gifting categories overlaps with PTP's wellbeing and serving lines.
• Zodiac Aerospace (Safran Cabin): Safran Cabin (formerly Zodiac Aerospace) is a global leader in aircraft cabin interiors, including seating, galleys, and cabin systems. While focused on integrated cabin hardware rather than soft goods, it dominates the supplier landscape that PTP operates within and increasingly competes in the sustainability-led cabin innovation space.

Direct peers

• Kaelis: Kaelis is one of the largest global suppliers of inflight products (amenity kits, textiles, tableware, comfort items) to airlines. It is the most direct competitor to PTP and is even more directly comparable given that PTP's new Creative Director, Manoj Pridhanani, joined from Kaelis where he was Chief Design Officer & Head of Sustainability.
• John Horsfall: John Horsfall is a long-established UK-based supplier of aviation textiles, blankets, headrest covers, and amenity products to airlines. Like PTP, it operates from the UK, services global airline customers, and competes head-on in the cabin soft goods and amenity categories.
• Buzz Products: Buzz Products designs and supplies bespoke travel and amenity products to airlines, including kits, gifts, and onboard accessories. It is a UK-based direct competitor with a similar bespoke design-led model and overlapping airline customer base.

Emerging players

• Spafax: Spafax is an in-flight entertainment and content services provider that has expanded into amenity products and onboard branding support. Its growing product and wellness offerings overlap with PTP's wellbeing category and it competes for the same airline marketing and procurement budgets.
• WISH (WINGS Inflight Solutions): WINGS is an airline amenities and inflight supplier specialising in amenity kits, comfort items, and travel accessories for commercial carriers. It is a smaller, niche-focused competitor that intersects with PTP's wellbeing and amenity kit lines.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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