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
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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
Virgin Australia opts for B/E Super Diamond seat on A330s and 777s
Editor’s note: Virgin Australia has chosen the reverse herringbone B/E Aerospace Super Diamond seat for its long-haul Boeing 777-300ER... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic picks Gogo 2Ku inflight Internet for existing fleet
ANAHEIM: Virgin Atlantic confirms it has tapped Gogo to install its 2Ku inflight connectivity product across the carrier’s fleet, as f... 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
Panasonic wows with new phased array antenna for inflight Internet
The market for electronic phased array antennae is heating up. Panasonic Avionics and Boeing have teamed up to provide a new, light-weight a... 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
Now that airlines want connectivity, does space industry have capacity for satellite launches?
Inflight connectivity providers have often bemoaned their inability to keep up with the ever growing demand for bandwidth in the skies. Terr... Continue Reading
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Telcos eye inflight Wi-Fi as T-Mobile inks deal with Gogo
Major telecommunications firms face barriers to organically becoming inflight connectivity providers in the United States, though it’s logic... Continue Reading
Contactless EMV payments make sense for iPhone; what about IFE?
As Apple has moved to support contactless EMV (Europay, Mastercard and Visa) payments on the new iPhone 6 via near-field communications (NFC... Continue Reading
United CFO says premium seat customers want business, not first
How do you convince customers to buy your premium product? For most companies it generally involves hyping the value proposition. For airlin... Continue Reading
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