Lufthansa Systems helps airlines go green with cadre of digital tools
As a leading airline IT provider that recognizes industry is undergoing a huge transformation towards a more sustainable future, Lufthansa S... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: BoardConnect Portable
ASIP seeks to open the window to low-cost messaging for LCCs
Long-time industry veteran Ron Chapman might be the world’s foremost authority on installing Iridium antennas in airliner windows. He starte... Continue Reading
COVID-19 crisis triggers need for cost-efficient IFE solutions
Global Eagle’s top brass recently suggested that airlines are seeking to offer a “minimal viable” IFE product amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ma... Continue Reading
Iridium Certus IFC proves too lite for airline PaxEx beyond payments
In 2017, wireless inflight entertainment provider Lufthansa Systems expressed an interest in offering ‘connectivity lite’ to air... Continue Reading
Crew considerations factor into second-generation PaxEx innovations
One of the knock-on effects of the proliferation of passenger-focused hardware innovations – from entertainment to connectivity to env... Continue Reading
Kontron makes the leap into portable wifi and quickly gains traction
Having studied the possibility of entering the portable wireless streaming market for the last couple of years, inflight entertainment and c... Continue Reading
Press Release: New gen BoardConnect Portable to be unveiled at APEX
More robust, more powerful: BoardConnect Portable enables high-quality streaming for up to 100 users from a single device. Lufthansa Systems... 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
Press Release: BoardConnect strengthens position in Asia-Pacific
Since the beginning of 2018, Virgin Australia Regional Airlines has been providing travelers on their routes from Western Australia in-fligh... Continue Reading
Safer, powered, Iridium NEXT-connected BoardConnect Portable unveiled
As the inflight connectivity industry ratchets up speeds and bandwidth for traditional satellite applications, not every airline will be abl... Continue Reading
New clients in the offing, Lufthansa Systems is primed for market shift
Wireless IFE provider Lufthansa Systems is gearing up to announce deals with no fewer than three more airlines, Jan-Peter Gaense, director p... Continue Reading
Press Release: SpiceJet picks Lufthansa Systems’ BoardConnect Portable
The Indian airline SpiceJet will offer in-flight entertainment (IFE) and e-commerce, soon. SpiceJet will equip the whole fleet with BoardCon... Continue Reading
RiM goes platform-agnostic after streaming box pivot
When Lufthansa Group’s LSG SkyChefs subsidiary acquired Retail inMotion and Media inMotion just over a year ago, the big question was ... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Systems talks current and future connectivity, integration
With plans proceeding apace for European inflight Internet and streaming entertainment systems, including a fleetwide rollout of the latter ... Continue Reading
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