Accessible IFE comes in fits and starts, but regulatory push is needed
Bluebox Aviation Systems this spring was forthright about its hopes that airlines would voluntarily adopt accessible inflight entertainment ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Entertainment
IFEC offering excels on Air Mauritius A330neo
Travelers flying between the two Southeast Asia megacities of Singapore and Kuala Lumpur have no shortage of options. Roughly ten airlines b... Continue Reading
Press Release: French Bee offers virtual visit of A350
At the IFTM Top Résa exhibition, the meeting place for tourism professionals both based in France and abroad, French bee, France’s fir... Continue Reading
Mythopoeia enters seatback IFE space as screens show staying power
Every few years, a major media title declares that seatback IFE is dead or dying. But the truth is that seatback IFE is not going anywhere o... Continue Reading
Press Release: First of Qantas’ upgraded A380s takes to the skies
The first of Qantas’ upgraded A380s welcomed its first passengers today, delivering a new level of comfort for customers travelling on the n... Continue Reading
Press Release: Burrana names industry vet David Pook as marketing VP
Burrana announced the appointment of David Pook as Vice President, Marketing and Sales Support. Pook will lead Burrana’s global marketing te... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic’s new A350 business class: impressive beyond flaws
During a sort of #PaxEx duel between the UK’s two largest airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, each is launching a new business cl... Continue Reading
Press Release: Privilege Style picks Inflight Dublin wireless IFE, content
Privilege Style has agreed a 5-year contract with Inflight Dublin for the provision of its Everhub™ wireless IFE software and content. The p... Continue Reading
PaxEx on point on Singapore Airlines inaugural from Seattle
Singapore Airlines recently launched a brand new service to Seattle, capping a year-long push to increase flights to North America. The airl... Continue Reading
JetBlue IFE on new A321neo offers greatly improved PaxEx over LiveTV
As the venerable seatback screen starts to slowly fade away from certain narrowbody fleets, some airlines are doubling down on screens. Unve... Continue Reading
Comfort+ experience falls frustratingly short on Delta 767 from Seoul
After one month on the road in Southeast Asia, it was finally time to come home. I stepped into Seoul-Incheon International Airport bleary e... Continue Reading
Press Release: Singapore Airlines hosts first news broadcast in-flight
Singapore Airlines (SIA) has become the world’s first airline to host a live TV news broadcast from on board a commercial A380 flight powere... Continue Reading
Customer service incompetence colors Thai Airways travel experience
This was a review I had been looking forward to writing for some time. After spending weeks in Southeast Asia filming in the jungle without ... Continue Reading
IFPL Bluetooth audio jack goes low-power, skips GUI
As an increasing number of personal electronic devices eschew the long-lived 3.5mm headphone connector, passengers are traveling with Blueto... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Systems to airlines: Time to put your game face on
Music, movies, and television programs have been a staple of entertainment on the ground as in the air. They have re-shaped our lifestyles a... Continue Reading
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