Qatar Airways in a u-turn taps Inmarsat GX for 787-9s, plus 737 MAXs
Qatar Airways’ surprise decision in November 2019 to hand a 70-aircraft strong inflight connectivity and live TV deal to Gogo Commercial Avi... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: 787-8
Norse Atlantic Airways prepares for takeoff in 2022
A new Viking raider is charting a course across the Atlantic. Following in the footsteps of predecessors including Norwegian, Norse Atlantic... Continue Reading
ANA updates domestic 787-9 with Safran, Toyota Boshoku seats
A decade into the Boeing 787’s service with Japan’s All Nippon Airways, the airline is expanding the premium cabin and installing new seats ... Continue Reading
Press Release: ANA to install world’s first hands-free lavatory door
All Nippon Airways (ANA), Japan’s largest and 5-Star airline for eight consecutive years, has partnered with JAMCO Corporation to deve... Continue Reading
Press Release: United adds flights to countries open to the vaccinated
United is adding three new flights to its international network, giving travelers more options for summer travel by flying direct to countri... Continue Reading
Qatar Airways upgrading legacy IFE on 787-8s with Thales AVANT
Qatar Airways is upgrading the legacy Thales TopSeries inflight entertainment systems on its Boeing 787-8 twinjets with the latest generatio... Continue Reading
Panasonic and GoMedia to bring free Wi-Fi to life for ZIPAIR
An infotainment solution that is already available to rail and coach passengers is being tailored to meet the needs of Japan Airlines’ start... Continue Reading
Boeing confirms 787 interiors work will consolidate in South Carolina
It was the fall of 2009, and legislators in Washington’s state capital of Olympia were grappling with an unhappy prospect: Boeing was eyeing... Continue Reading
Viasat divulges IFC-related cost reductions, remains optimistic
Facing the prospect of reduced inflight connectivity-based revenues, Viasat has undertaken a series of cost-cutting initiatives, including i... Continue Reading
United segments 787 fleet, accommodating premium-light sub-fleet
United Airlines’ Boeing 787-8 and some 787-9s were delivered with the carrier’s old business class seats whereas the 787-10 and ... Continue Reading
Zip Air debuts 787 cabin: is this really a LCC or JAL Lite?
Japan Airlines’ start-up subsidiary Zip Air Tokyo was officially named to evoke the speed and efficiency of traveling long-haul on an airlin... Continue Reading
Air Europa proves inconsistent crapshoot of an experience
When I booked an intra-Europe flight from Amsterdam to Madrid with Air Europa back in July, I had no idea that by the time my November depar... Continue Reading
Press Release: Qatar Airways selects Gogo 2Ku for 70 aircraft
Gogo, the leading global provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation, announced today that it has been selected by... Continue Reading
Press Release: ANA selects Safran’s RAVE ULTRA for 787-8 retrofit
Safran Passenger Innovations, formerly Zodiac Inflight Innovations, has been tapped to provide its RAVE ULTRA In-flight Entertainment (IFE) ... Continue Reading
Opinion: 737 MAX, NMA, FSA and regulatory geopolitics: “too big to fail”?
Near the end of the 1990 film The Hunt for Red October, the US National Security Adviser peers over the rim of his glasses at the Soviet amb... Continue Reading
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