Lufthansa Systems wireless options pitched as upgradeable family
As wireless inflight connectivity and inflight entertainment matures, airlines that have not yet made a wireless provider decision are looki... Continue Reading
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Portable Wi-Fi boxes gain in popularity at airlines, but are they safe?
Lufthansa on 1 July inaugurated service between Frankfurt and San Jose, the first new nonstop between continental Europe and the California ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Lufthansa Systems and Napster take flight
Napster has taken over the skies as the first music streaming service in Germany! Streaming services are enjoying increasingly more populari... Continue Reading
How LS tech is helping Thomas Cook airlines work closer together
As airline groups seek benefits from consolidation, the aviation industry’s technology partners are working to provide new and upgraded syst... Continue Reading
Press Release: Teledyne, LS to bring more info usefully into cockpit
Teledyne Controls and Lufthansa Systems are collaborating to integrate the latter’s Lido/eRouteManual navigation application with Teledyne’s... Continue Reading
Inmarsat signals strong interest in having US air-to-ground footprint
Having laid out its plan to offer hybrid ATG/S-band inflight connectivity service in Europe in partnership with Deutsche Telekom – and boast... Continue Reading
Seatback IFE’s much-heralded death fails to materialise, again
Harbingers of the demise of embedded seatback inflight entertainment have been prophesying its death for years, but two recent decisions by ... Continue Reading
Inmarsat teams with Telekom to supply inflight Internet in Europe
Inmarsat has teamed up with major telco Deutsche Telekom to provide inflight high-speed Internet access to European airlines, including Luft... Continue Reading
Adapt or perish is the new edict for portable inflight entertainment
In his last book, Mind at the End of its Tether, H.G. Wells memorably opined: “Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexora... 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
Raft of start-up companies face off in wireless IFE boxing ring
Right now you could say that the inflight entertainment industry is a bit like boxing. Plenty of interested parties – financial instit... Continue Reading
Vistara IFE deal underscores challenge of certifying tablets in seats
There is a reason why Samsung and Apple haven’t yet been able to simply glide into the #PaxEx sector and quickly transform their tablets int... Continue Reading
Can airlines offer a Gravity-defying experience via wireless IFE?
“You can only watch Gravity so many times.” So said a C-level executive at a growing ultra low-cost carrier (ULCC), who confided that he’s s... Continue Reading
Hybrid IFE models emerge to meet airlines’ varying requirements
Nobody doubts that ‘bring your own device’ on board aircraft is a movement that is here to stay (until perhaps we enter a Minority Report-ty... Continue Reading
Lufthansa Systems presents seat-back IFE with a twist
If foot traffic around Lufthansa Systems’ booth at the APEX Expo last week was any indication, the company’s new integrated tablet IFE solut... Continue Reading
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