Vistara IFE deal underscores challenge of certifying tablets in seats
There is a reason why Samsung and Apple haven’t yet been able to simply glide into the #PaxEx sector and quickly transform their tablets int... Continue Reading
There is a reason why Samsung and Apple haven’t yet been able to simply glide into the #PaxEx sector and quickly transform their tablets int... Continue Reading
In the run-up to the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg this year, I’ve been asking myself: where does business class go from here? Ho... Continue Reading
Aircraft seat makers and IFE manufacturers are progressing in their efforts to streamline certification testing of seats integrated with ele... Continue Reading
Walking the floor of the recent APEX Expo, one couldn’t help but observe that a number of companies are eager to crack into the smokin... Continue Reading
As recently as 2008, when I attended my first Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), IFE manufacturers and connectivity solutions providers were onl... Continue Reading
If foot traffic around Lufthansa Systems’ booth at the APEX Expo last week was any indication, the company’s new integrated tablet IFE solut... Continue Reading
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
JetBlue Airways is pressing forward with plans to retrofit its Airbus A320s with B/E Aerospace’s Pinnacle seat, in-seat power and its new LT... Continue Reading
Air France has been beset with what appears to be a disproportionate number of incidents involving passengers’ personal electronic devices (... Continue Reading
Over Christmas I flew to Los Angeles to visit friends, and decided to treat myself to a flight with Air New Zealand. Having interacted with ... Continue Reading
Major inflight entertainment companies are bemoaning the pace at which seat manufacturers are processing their IFE parts data in order to br... Continue Reading
Korean Air is to take over its struggling hometown challenger Asiana Airlines for the equivalent of US$1.6 billion, in a move that will resh... Continue Reading
On my way to the 2019 IATA Annual General Meeting in Seoul, I had a choice to make. Flying Korean Air, I could opt to take the once cutting-... Continue Reading
After a 15-year story arc, the final airline to have once offered the long defunct Connexion by Boeing inflight connectivity system is ready... Continue Reading
First class is dead; long live first class. This apparent contradiction is at the heart of a particularly fascinating niche in the airline p... Continue Reading
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