BYOR, bring your own (content) rights, is ready to take flight
The shift from in-seat IFE systems to the bring your own device (BYOD) model is far from complete. After all, nearly all widebody aircraft r... Continue Reading
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Kontron comes out loud and proud about wireless system security
News headlines about hackers trying to find vulnerabilities in inflight entertainment (IFE) and communications systems on board aircraft may... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Passenger Personalization and Data Rationalization
Welcome to Episode 25 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Nigel Pickford, who serves as director of marketing operations an... Continue Reading
OpEd: Airlines’ data sharing problem hampers #PaxEx progress
BRUSSELS: I often write about the disappointment I face when traveling. As an elite-tiered member of a particular airline, I’m more of... Continue Reading
Aviation industry has never been hungrier for inflight connectivity
LE BOURGET: Metaphors can be hard to translate across languages. And so, as I stood in one of the chalets at the Paris Air Show this week sp... Continue Reading
Indonesia talks reciprocal access with M3; moves to improve safety
LE BOURGET — Indonesia welcomes additional flights by the Gulf network carriers Emirates, Etihad and Qatar Airways, as long as Gulf authorit... Continue Reading
Gogo snags first South American customer for 2Ku
Brazilian airline GOL is the first South American airline to sign for Gogo inflight connectivity, as reported in RGN Premium last week, with... Continue Reading
Onus is on airports to get smart by offering free Wi-Fi to travelers
Traveling home from last week’s IATA Annual General Meeting in Miami, CNN business journalist Richard Quest couldn’t contain his... Continue Reading
Aerospace focuses more funding on cybersecurity in face of threats
Organizations are in a continual struggle to balance business-as-usual activities against investing in innovation. This is especially so in ... Continue Reading
China expected to end ban on use of mobile phones in-flight by 2016
BEIJING: China is expected to end a ban that currently prohibits the use of mobile phones in-flight even in airplane mode with cellular serv... Continue Reading
Airlines make slow but sure progress on aircraft tracking
MIAMI: Nearly 15 months after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 the international aviation community is inching closer to ... Continue Reading
Chinese carriers want connectivity partners to share costs and data
BEIJING: China Eastern Airlines and Air China hope inflight connectivity will be profitable and fundamentally change their businesses – but ... Continue Reading
Panasonic Avionics eyes 4K Ultra-HD displays for aircraft cabins
The key word driving the emergence of 4K Ultra High Definition (UHD) technology – with four times the resolution of 1080p – in t... Continue Reading
#PaxEx Podcast: Hacker Claims and Inflight Games
Welcome to Episode 24 of the #PaxEx Podcast. Our guest for this episode is Dominic Green, executive VP, Americas at Inflight Dublin, which i... Continue Reading
Gogo’s GTO connectivity to fly first as FAA greenlights testing
Commercial aviation took another step towards accessing faster inflight connectivity today as Gogo received certification from the FAA to b... Continue Reading
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