When more seats mean a more comfortable ride in economy
Is it possible that squeezing even more seats into an aircraft can improve the passenger experience for economy class travelers? Emirates is... Continue Reading
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RGN Premium: Airbus Innovation Days fleet + manufacturing updates
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SmartSky gears up to begin testing new ATG service
There’s a new air-to-ground connectivity provider in town in the United States, its name is SmartSky, and it is promising 98.4 Mbps to the a... Continue Reading
Under shadow of a judgment, GEE focuses on Entice-ing growth
Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) may have made peace with Sony Music by inking a landmark music licensing agreement last year, but the judge... Continue Reading
#PaxEx TV: Bringing you the latest buzz about aircraft interiors
This month’s episode of #PaxEx TV was shot on-location at the annual Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany. It’s a talk-show style for... Continue Reading
ViaSat’s Ku/Ka antenna certified to fly for Virgin America
Ship N286VA is the first commercial aircraft fitted with ViaSat's combination Ku/Ka antenna. It entered service for Virgin America last week... Continue Reading
Consistency or capacity for connectivity? Both please
Does capacity or consistency drive the passenger experience in the connectivity space? The answer, of course, is "yes." But do the suppliers... Continue Reading
Reaktor is Finnair’s unlikely partner in digital dream
Finnair in October took delivery of the first of 19 Airbus A350 XWB twinjets on order, thus becoming the first European operator of the worl... Continue Reading
Lumexis presses Airbus to broaden IFEC catalogue offerings
The recent news that Zodiac Aerospace has been deselected from the Airbus A330neo interiors catalogue due to lavatory supply issues on the A... Continue Reading
Gogo and US Deaf group agree landmark captioning deal
Gogo – in its guise as a growing provider of inflight entertainment thanks to its on-demand streaming service, Gogo Vision – is ... Continue Reading
Norwegian’s IFEC encounters teething pain on US regional rollout
Just over a month ago Norwegian launched service between three US cities and two French Caribbean islands, continuing its growth path with s... Continue Reading
VIDEO: 4K monitor, inductive charging feature in Panasonic Waterfront
LAS VEGAS: For the second year in a row, Panasonic has used the occasion of International CES to unveil a new aircraft seat concept in colla... Continue Reading
Jazeera Airways to offer free inflight connectivity via Global Xpress
DUBAI: Jazeera Airways is not shy about making history. As the first privately owned airline in Kuwait, the low-cost carrier has been a lead... Continue Reading
Alternative infotainment makes inflight play for airlines, passengers
Anyone who spends any amount of time in Portland, Oregon can tell you that it’s one of the hippest, most forward-thinking places on th... Continue Reading
UPDATE: Airbus to ultimately uncouple IFE and connectivity on A350
Though we’ve long known that Zodiac Inflight Innovations’ RAVE seat-centric inflight entertainment system was in line for linefi... Continue Reading
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