Airbus facilitates passengers with reduced mobility
Using today’s small aircraft lavatories requires even the most physically mobile passengers to be dexterous and flexible. But what do ... Continue Reading
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Opinion: Aireon offers flight tracking to industry that craves redundancy
Redundancy. Redundancy. Redundancy. This is the aviation ethic demanded of virtually every aspect of flying, and should be demanded for airc... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Evasive answers on audio, but work-arounds coming
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Bombardier picks Iridium satcom for CSeries
Bombardier has further honed the satcom plan for its CSeries twinjet, selecting Iridium to power its avionics, RGN can reveal. “We’re starti... Continue Reading
VIDEO: BAE Systems gets off to a solid start with wireless IFE
As BAE Systems continues to try to break into the inflight entertainment and in-seat power market, a more refined version of its so-called I... Continue Reading
RGN Premium: Rockwell Collins wants to become one-stop-shop for airlines
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Airbus exec Zuzana Hrnkova on making aviation dreams real
Slovakia-born Zuzana Hrnkova first joined the Airbus marketing team in 1994 and has been the head of aircraft interiors marketing for the ai... Continue Reading
Hawaiian is first up for SB Safety, but Cobham eyes all majors
This week the first airline customer rumored to take on Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service to transmit prioritized voice and ACARS/Future Air... Continue Reading
Turkish-made seat set to debut on 737s with Thales IFE
ANAHEIM: Lurking within the large Thales booth at the APEX Expo is a little known seat manufacturer named TSI Aviation Seats. The subsidiary... Continue Reading
Norwegian boss believes his American dream “will come true”
LONDON: Scandinavian budget carrier Norwegian Air Shuttle is confident its dream to operate transatlantic flights through an Irish subsidiar... Continue Reading
Future of IFE is on demand: Par Capital’s Ed Shapiro
ANAHEIM: The future of inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) can best be summed up in two simple words: “on demand”, Pa... Continue Reading
Ryanair looks to tone down garish assault on the senses in its cabins
LONDON: Ryanair’s fluffy new image and desire to attract more business travelers could see it toning down the somewhat garish ‘assault on th... Continue Reading
Internet of Everything presents dichotomy of PaxEx implications
ANAHEIM: It probably shouldn’t surprise anyone to know that Copenhagen Airport, a hub in a bastion of cutting edge Scandinavian design, is o... Continue Reading
Record labels seek to restructure how music is licensed to airlines
Record labels’ long-running concerns over music licensing abuses in the airline industry have bubbled to the surface in the form of various ... Continue Reading
As airlines embrace new distribution capability, GDS role crystalizes
It wasn’t so very long ago that the existence of global distribution systems (GDSs) appeared to be threatened. Eager to maximize visibility ... Continue Reading
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