Etihad doesn’t see need for Premium Economy on A380s, 787s
Airlines often say their first class is like flying by private jet. In unveiling the new first class seats on Etihad’s soon-to-be-delivered ... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Panasonic Avionics
Airlines eyeing whether complimentary inflight Wi-Fi is feasible
Ubiquitous connectivity is not a fad and airplanes are no longer considered an exception in the same way they once were. But providing Inter... Continue Reading
Thales is on the march in hotly competitive IFEC market
Thales, the second largest embedded inflight entertainment company in the world, is preparing to leverage the strengths of LiveTV to create ... Continue Reading
Panasonic moves more fully into avionics with Iridium packages
For many years, inflight entertainment and connectivity giant Panasonic Avionics has identified as an “avionics” company only in name. That ... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Airlines compete for the best inflight Wi-Fi
Inflight Wi-Fi has become an important competitive tool for airlines. Those that offer a robust high-speed Internet solution quite clearly h... Continue Reading
Cabin crew could trigger distress signal under Inmarsat proposal
Inmarsat today surprised the aviation industry by offering to provide basic flight tracking services free of charge to airlines. But the Lon... Continue Reading
United struggles to roll out consistent inflight Wi-Fi
Which major airline do you think of when it comes to innovation in the inflight connectivity market? Odds are it is not United Airlines. The... Continue Reading
New IFE lets passengers use their own headphones
Multiple non-US airlines are grappling with what is being described by one major operator as “a logistical nightmare” after Panasonic Avioni... Continue Reading
IFE on MH370 could have shown change of course
If the inflight entertainment system on board Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 was switched on during that fateful flight then passengers woul... Continue Reading
New IFE products move closer to airframer approval
As the quest by alternative inflight entertainment and connectivity providers to gain linefit offerability for their products continues, Lum... Continue Reading
Qatar DOES want broadband after all
It seems like only yesterday that I bemoaned – in an admittedly ’21st Century, 1st world problem’ sort of way – Qata... Continue Reading
Will Ku connectivity camp retain its lead?
In 2010, when Inmarsat announced plans to launch a new global mobile broadband service called Global Xpress (GX) and commissioned Boeing to ... Continue Reading
When will alliances consider Wi-Fi?
Runway Girl Network asked John Walton, director of data at flight data and search company Routehappy, for some detailed information on what&... Continue Reading
United to expand Ka Internet beyond initial fleet: ViaSat
Excited by the success of JetBlue Airways’ rollout of ViaSat’s Exede, United Airlines is considering expanding equipage of the Ka system and... Continue Reading
Airlines to tap Boeing’s AHM with broadband connection
Boeing says it is actively working with Ku- and Ka-band connectivity providers to securely interface their broadband systems with the airfra... Continue Reading
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