FTS makes good on China IFC promise; looks to engage other markets
In the fall of 2018, China-backed FTS Technologies announced it would equip Qingdao Airlines’ fleet of Airbus A320 family aircraft with its ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: CAAC
Boxed and ready to board? Considering catering post-coronavirus
As we consider how the coronavirus pandemic will alter the design of the aircraft cabin experience, and look at industry innovations that co... Continue Reading
Emirates latest to block seats; frontline employees don PPE
Emirates is adopting social distancing in-flight in response to the coronavirus pandemic, with the airline announcing today that seats will ... Continue Reading
Rethinking the aircraft seat for a new market reality
The coronavirus pandemic is a crisis for the airline industry, but it is also an opportunity to reevaluate the design of the passenger exper... Continue Reading
Flying amid coronavirus outbreak: China suggests PaxEx changes
Aisle or window seat? The favorite traveler quandary has new meaning when flying during the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Just ask Chin... Continue Reading
Press Release: Lufthansa Technik teams with Air Esurfing on Chinese IFC
Lufthansa Technik has further increased its market presence for connectivity modifications in Asia, the world’s fastest developing mar... Continue Reading
Press Release: Kontron ACE server installed on more than 300 aircraft
Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), today announced that the continued success of its ACE Flight™... Continue Reading
Press Release: Valour Consultancy sees ATG driving IFC adoption in China
Mainland China has been unanimously pegged as the next big growth area in the global In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) market for some time now. ... 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
Press Release: Qingdao to be first in China to offer FTS Ka connectivity
With the CAAC (Civil Aviation Authority of China) relaxation of regulations early this year to allow passengers to use smartphones during fl... Continue Reading
Press Release: Astronics AeroSat receives China IFC certification
Astronics Corporation, a leading provider of advanced technologies for the global aerospace, defense and semiconductor industries, announced... Continue Reading
Exit row seating age raises safety questions
The age at which airline passengers can be classified as “adults” raises questions about the effective operation of emergency exits in the e... Continue Reading
Editorial: Passengers must help to keep industry’s nose clean
Sandwiched between an awkwardly inappropriate comment – to a sea of white faces – about being “glad nobody took a knee” during the nat... Continue Reading
Give it away, give it away now? Global Eagle says ‘nay’
Are inflight connectivity providers offering sweetheart hardware deals to airlines with the promise of revenue share once the program launch... Continue Reading
Press Release: Shenzhen Airlines begins trial of SwiftBroadband-Safety
Beginning May 2017, Shenzhen Airlines will launch its in-flight evaluation of SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S), Inmarsat’s next generation IP-ba... Continue Reading
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