FAA to establish aircraft cyber security working group
The US Federal Aviation Administration is establishing a new industry working group to provide guidance on how to bolster aircraft cyber sec... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: in-flight entertainment
Are reports about the death of IFE exaggerated?
While inflight connectivity services may not support bandwidth for streaming movies over the Internet, can’t airlines or a Netflix-type serv... Continue Reading
Industry progresses in effort to streamline IFE-seat testing
Aircraft seat makers and IFE manufacturers are progressing in their efforts to streamline certification testing of seats integrated with ele... Continue Reading
Delta’s Basic Economy could become formidable threat to ULCCs
Delta’s fare rebrand, introduced in late 2014 and featuring a Basic Economy option designed to take aim at the new crop of ultra low c... Continue Reading
Lumexis picks out space at 737 interiors studio as it nears linefit
Whether real or perceived, Boeing appears to be moving a little faster than its European rival to add new inflight entertainment and connect... Continue Reading
When it comes to using your PED in-flight, mind the gap
The commotion over my shoulder was a bit jarring. Having spent the prior 9-ish hours mostly gorging on food and drink, plus catching the occ... Continue Reading
A more efficient content supply chain may be coming to IFE
Imagine if an airline could go to an online portal, see all the movies available, know exactly what point in time the movies can be accessed... Continue Reading
Factors to consider when predicting the future of embedded IFE
Pressed to describe how we see the IFE industry evolving in the face of CNN reports such as these – “Say buh-buh to seat-back s... Continue Reading
Safety recommendations issued after flydubai IFE smoke event
United Arab Emirates’ General Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) has issued safety recommendations to flydubai, following a 9 April 2014 smoke ... Continue Reading
Exclusive: United to stream DirecTV to some passengers’ devices
As United Airlines puts planes into service without in-seat screens questions are being asked about the future of the inflight entertainment... Continue Reading
Thales to carry LiveTV’s low-cost philosophy forward
The rebranding happened quickly for LiveTV when Thales closed its $400 million purchase of the JetBlue unit. New signs were installed and so... Continue Reading
Panasonic to bring NFC to IFE as industry faces mounting pressure
Some aviation industry observers have predicted that onboard Near Field Communication (NFC) applications for inflight entertainment (IFE) sy... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Industry progresses in provision of closed captions for IFE
NEWPORT BEACH: From 2006 – when solutions to enable the provision of closed captions on inflight entertainment first began to be withi... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: German Ingenuity and Expedia Acuity
Welcome to Episode 18 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Maryann Simson, a long-time aviation journalist and former editor... Continue Reading
Emirates embroiled in audio situation
Emirates, which carries one of the most vast inflight entertainment libraries in the industry, says it is currently “in direct discussions” ... Continue Reading
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