GDPR compliance and infosec top of mind as Thales personalizes IFEC
Thales Inflyt Experience is among the most vocal companies in the PaxEx space discussing the need for robust cybersecurity on board aircraft... Continue Reading
Connectivity
Rockwell Collins anticipates diversity of aircraft pipes, including HF
Today many operators use VHF and HF ground stations as well as Inmarsat or Iridium satcom, with billions of ACARS messages sent per year. Bu... Continue Reading
SITAONAIR moves IoT into perishable freight with cargo airlines
FARNBOROUGH — In a bid to reduce waste and inefficiency within the air cargo industry, aviation integrator SITAONAIR is working with launch ... Continue Reading
Why Classic cockpit comms are being offered on new A330neo jet
Airbus’ re-engined A330neo may boast new bleed and cockpit systems, in addition to new pylons and nacelles, but its satcom pipe for flight d... Continue Reading
Delta and other Gogo 2Ku customers see system reliability improve
When a high-profile #PaxEx data cruncher and journalist tweets about a dreadful inflight connectivity experience, fellow journalists, analys... Continue Reading
Global Eagle eyes connected inflight gaming as airline interest grows
Airlines, their content service providers, inflight entertainment specialists and of course passengers are all too aware of the fact that in... Continue Reading
Spirit Airlines has great expectations for FlytLIVE connectivity
After six years of mulling over connectivity, ultra low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines finally took the plunge this spring when it announced p... Continue Reading
#Humpspotter Alert: Air France-KLM A330 with Gogo 2Ku breaks cover
Twenty-one months after the initial announcement, the first Air France-KLM aircraft has been spotted with Gogo’s 2Ku inflight connectivity s... Continue Reading
EchoStar’s Hughes eyes growth within aero sector
The entity once known as Row 44, now Global Eagle, has been a cornerstone of Hughes Network Systems’ aero mobility story for well over a dec... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: France’s speedy, free TGV wifi outperforms expectations
France’s national rail operator SNCF is experimenting new passenger experience features to attract passengers to the rails — and, in particu... Continue Reading
Access to early window movies drives Air Canada seatback IFE adoption
The ability to provide early window movie content to passengers is a driving force behind Air Canada’s continued adoption of in-seat IFE acr... Continue Reading
digEcor sees big opportunity to bring USB power to the flying public
Much like inflight connectivity, in-seat power for passengers’ personal electronic devices is increasingly seen as the cost of doing busines... Continue Reading
Qantas waiting for Sunrise to launch international inflight Internet
Qantas plans to time the launch of its international inflight connectivity services to correspond with new longhaul aircraft to debut around... Continue Reading
In-seat power leader Astronics grows connectivity hardware portfolio
Astronics Corporation is known in aviation for being the dominant provider of aircraft in-seat power, but if the New York-based firm has its... Continue Reading
Airlines tighten contracts for portable wifi as they eye IFC upgrade
When airlines began adopting all-in-one portable wireless entertainment solutions, the initial contracts being sought were roughly five year... Continue Reading
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