Drum beat towards free wifi grows louder: Viasat CEO
Passengers increasingly want and indeed expect a free tier of inflight connectivity, irrespective of how airlines endeavor to cover or offse... Continue Reading
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A new spring in its step, Global Eagle eyes “contentivity” growth
In-seat IFE will be prevalent on board long-haul widebody aircraft for at least another 15 years. Even as satellite capacity costs further d... Continue Reading
Flight Level Media seeks to remove pre-paywall pain point for industry
As a hyper-connected traveler who needs (and wants) to clear work in-flight, I don’t spend a lot of time exploring the pre-paywall links on ... Continue Reading
What’s the token? Challenges of inflight customization and identity
Demand for customization of the airline passenger experience is growing from airlines and from passengers, largely driven by the increasingl... Continue Reading
Download before flying or rely on IFEC? That is the question
Another swathe of passengers can download content before they fly ever since Netflix late last year joined Amazon Prime in offering some dow... Continue Reading
PaxEx 2017: Connected seatback IFE is both opportunity and threat
2017 is set to be a renaissance year for the inflight entertainment industry. After the introduction of an avalanche of wireless streaming s... Continue Reading
Snack sponsorship? Delta chews on fresh ideas with new rollout
Acknowledging that the pendulum may have swung too far in the direction of bare bones service on board, some airlines are bringing back prod... Continue Reading
Talking to pilots shapes Arconics’ EFB software upgrade path
Dublin, Ireland-based Arconics has been lightening the load, both literally and figuratively, for pilots, flight crews and airlines around t... Continue Reading
Booking flights on Amazon? SITAONAIR talks possibilities
How does the aviation industry, which is overall not known for its IT excellence, develop from kludgey, legacy in-house code to effective, m... Continue Reading
UK passengers revolt over airport retail taxes
In what might just be the most British event of the entire year, British passengers are refusing to show their boarding passes to airside ai... Continue Reading
Airlines work to crack the science of high margin merchandising
Merchandising is a popular buzzword tossed around by airlines worldwide. But as carriers across all business models constantly talk about cr... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Cabin Competition Heats Up
Welcome to Episode 2 of the #PaxEx Podcast! Our guest this week is aerophile and world traveler Seth Miller, who is considered a loyalty and... Continue Reading
Experts pour cold water on drone delivery service
A number of aviation industry experts and observers today scoffed at the announcement that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to launch a drone-bas... Continue Reading
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