New movies remain important to Sun Country as it upgrades IFE
When low-cost carrier Sun Country Airlines began seeking a new inflight entertainment solution to replace its digEcor portable IFE units, th... Continue Reading
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Global Eagle enjoys unique position when responding to airline RFPs
Global Eagle Entertainment this week confirmed that its WISE wireless IFE software platform has rolled out on a second airline in the Philip... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic debuts moving map on steroids with Boeing 787-9
Virgin Atlantic’s new Boeing 787-9 boasts a number of passenger pleasing features, including a new iteration of the carrier’s Upper Class su... Continue Reading
FAA’s adoption of space-based ADS-B is a near certainty: analyst
Raymond James analyst Chris Quilty, a long-time vocal supporter of Aireon, believes that despite the FAA’s own funding concerns for th... Continue Reading
UPDATE: Lufthansa eyes long-haul, low-cost service with A330-200s
NEW YORK: Citing a need to respond to the growing competitive threat of low-cost airlines, Lufthansa German Airlines CEO Karl Garnadt today ... Continue Reading
Industries ready for gender equality: Encore CEO Jovita Toh
According to global executive search firm DHR International, only 4% of the CEOs of Hong Kong-based companies are women, compared with 14% i... Continue Reading
Why it’s high time to start future-proofing aircraft interiors
At the APEX Expo last month, Airbus head of aircraft interiors marketing Zuzana Hrnkova quietly noted how Airbus’ A350 program focussed heav... Continue Reading
LRA executive wants airlines to think differently about service
In an era of ubiquitous customer satisfaction surveys and real-time inflight trouble shooting via social media, sometimes the best way to co... Continue Reading
Why air travel is still special despite the headaches
As more and more ultra low-cost carriers take to the skies to accommodate an ever-growing number of budget conscious travelers – say ‘hello’... Continue Reading
Boeing not interested in being inflight Internet provider again
Boeing famously exited the service side of inflight connectivity when it shuttered its Connexion by Boeing unit at the end of 2006. The airf... Continue Reading
Will airline licensing kerfuffle create opportunity for indie artists?
As the major record labels, such as Sony, push for airlines to face liability for alleged music licensing abuses, and the album becomes obso... Continue Reading
Calling all travel start-ups: airlines want to help you deploy NDC
Travel start-ups take heed – the International Air Transport Association (IATA) has partnered with a leading travel-focused investment firm ... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Australian gov’t urges safe carriage of lithium batteries
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) has produced a short educational video to help instruct travelers how to carry lithium ba... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: Passengers under siege in America’s airports
Historically the difference for passengers between low-cost and legacy carriers was one of quality of experience: if you paid less, your exp... Continue Reading
SmartSky plans to wage battle against Gogo and AT&T
A company that has been operating virtually in secret for the last three-and-a-half years emerged today at the NBAA convention in Orlando to... Continue Reading
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