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FlightPath3D map on a seatback IFE screen

Press Release: FlightPath3D added to over 500 aircraft in 1H 2021

FlightPath3D announced today that it has achieved over 500 installations in the first half of 2021 thanks to its availability on any device ... Continue Reading

Panasonic Avionics Arc platform is displayed with an aircraft flying over green terrain. Details of the flight and facts are on either side of the screen view.

Panasonic open to offering Arc moving map as standalone product

Panasonic Avionics is open to offering its Arc 3D inflight moving map platform as a standalone product for airlines, after having secured a ... Continue Reading

Press Release: Panasonic switches on XTS connectivity over China

Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic Avionics) has completed the latest phase in its continuing investment in in-flight connectivity wi... Continue Reading

A rendering showing rows of seats with seatback IFE on board the 737 MAX 8

United brings back embedded IFE under massive narrowbody overhaul

Way back at the 2014 APEX Exhibition in Long Beach, California, United Airlines’ then managing director of passenger systems, Tarek Ab... Continue Reading

Panasonic seatback IFE on board the Delta 737-900ER

Comparing Delta’s 737-900ER and 757 on New York-Seattle

If I were to tally up all of my flights over the years, New York-Seattle probably tops the list of routes I’ve flown the most. It’s a rather... Continue Reading

China’s APSATCOM mulls new HTS with capacity targeted at IFC

New high throughput satellites with capacity targeted at the inflight connectivity market are under consideration at China’s APT Mobile Satc... Continue Reading

Press Release: Panasonic unveils new features for ARC platform

Panasonic Avionics is today marking the two-year anniversary of the launch of Arc, its 3D in-flight moving map platform, by unveiling a rang... Continue Reading

WestJet Wing tip view from the aircraft window of the 737-800. The view is at daytime with clear blue skies.

One-on-one with ST Engineering iDirect’s Steve Moses

Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) in 2019 acquired Belgium’s Newtec, a specialist in designing, developing and manufac... Continue Reading

Two technicians completing a check with Panasonic and 8tree.

Panasonic maintenance unit to use 8tree dentCHECK solution

From European budget carrier easyJet to US legacy operator American Airlines, from TAP’s maintenance and engineering arm to Lufthansa Techni... Continue Reading

Press Release: Masson joins Panasonic Avionics from Adient Aerospace

Panasonic Avionics has today announced the appointment of Andrew (Andy) Masson as Vice President of Product & Portfolio Management. Andy... Continue Reading

KLM customer inflight, masked, and looking at a mobile device.

KLM starts flying Viasat-fitted 737s after installing amid Covid-19

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is now offering Viasat’s high-speed inflight connectivity service to passengers on two Boeing 737-800s and will fit... Continue Reading

Signs of China domestic recovery boost prospects for IFC providers

As China’s domestic travel and tourism industry shows signs of recovery, inflight connectivity service providers are looking to the world’s ... Continue Reading

Panasonic works with Viasat to bring Sport 24 to JetBlue A321LR

After securing all international inflight rights to IMG’s popular Sport 24 and Sport 24 Extra channels, Panasonic Avionics early this year r... Continue Reading

United launches premium transcontinental from JFK, again

Many airlines have been accused in the past of operating to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) purely as a matter of pre... Continue Reading

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Intelsat mobility customers renewed contracts in 2020

Intelsat’s mobility customers were significantly impacted by the COVID-19 crisis due to the massive reduction in travel seen in both the aer... Continue Reading