#PaxEx Podcast: Flight Chic talks trends in advance of AIX
Welcome to Episode 56 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest is Marisa Garcia, who has worked directly in the design and manufacturing of aircraft... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: inflight content
Weird things come in small packages in Downsizing
With seven Oscar nominations to his name and two wins (Best Original Screenplay for 2004’s Sideways and 2011’s The Descendants) ... Continue Reading
Daddy’s Home 2 is Godfather: Part II of comedy sequels
Generally speaking, sequels to big, mainstream, Hollywood comedies rarely get better as the series continues. Especially when they add new c... Continue Reading
Geostorm is perfect storm of disaster movie clichés
Normally at this time of year the IFE landscape tends to be dominated by two types of films. That first flush of serious award season conten... Continue Reading
Press Release: Rockwell Collins, West Entertainment enter content pact
Rockwell Collins’ Stage™ content service for business aircraft will soon feature a wider selection of high-definition movie and TV episodes ... Continue Reading
“First class causes air rage” paper contains serious data flaws
A research paper by Katherine DeCelles and Michael Norton, published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has taken the media... Continue Reading
Boeing eyes nextgen lighting, projection technology for cabins
Among the pioneers of LED mood lighting for aircraft cabins, Boeing introduced a step change with its Sky Interior for the 737 and dramatic ... Continue Reading
Flight attendants oppose it but IFC spectrum auction now likely
A $340 million convertible notes offering will give inflight connectivity provider Gogo “the fire power” it needs to participate in a Federa... Continue Reading
Southwest Airlines eyes next steps for improving inflight Wi-Fi
Southwest Airlines has no intention of remaining idle as next generation inflight connectivity technology comes to market. The carrier, whic... Continue Reading
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
JetBlue talks HD, VOD, and OLED screens
During JetBlue’s A321 media preview this week, the airline gave some insight into the technical constraints of its new LTV4 live telev... Continue Reading
Industry-wide approach needed for captioning IFE
One of the most hotly anticipated events at the recent APEX Technology Committee meeting in Universal City, California was the session featu... Continue Reading
Closed captioning for IFE is coming, though not soon enough
Deaf and hard of hearing (HoH) passengers have been calling on airlines to offer closed captioning (CC) of IFE for years. But even though US... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: CC complaints from industry will fall on deaf ears
Certain airlines and inflight entertainment stakeholders are doubtlessly breathing a sigh of relief now that it has become apparent that the... Continue Reading
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