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A man accesses the AirFi streaming service on his portable device.

Press Release: AirFi deploys portable streaming across easyJet fleet

Following the successful rollout to easyJet’s EU and Swiss fleets, inflight technology provider AirFi is pleased to announce the further dep... Continue Reading

A passenger uses Hans Airways' streaming entertainment on his own laptop; the IFE is provided by French firm Moment

Hans Airways to carry four portable Wi-Fi units from Moment on A330

UK start-up Hans Airways will carry four portable W-Fi units onboard its newly delivered Airbus A330-200 aircraft to ensure it can pipe comp... Continue Reading

A man accesses the easyJet portal on his phone. The AirFi box powers this solution. Image: AirFi

Budget operator easyJet to trial AirFi portable Wi-Fi on 27 A320s

Through the years, easyJet has tested a variety of digital retail and entertainment solutions including from catering giant gategroup. But w... Continue Reading

Bluebox's aircraft-powered W-IFE box in an overhead bin

Press Release: STC granted for Bluebox’s aircraft-powered W-IFE

Bluebox Aviation Systems is pleased to announce a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) has been granted for the aircraft-powered version of i... Continue Reading

Young woman sitting using phone on the aircraft seat wearing face mask

One-on-one with WhileFly CEO Yosi Avraham

Portable battery-powered and aircraft-powered Wi-Fi boxes have become — pardon the pun — somewhat of a fixture on LCCs and indeed other oper... Continue Reading

Aircraft interior view of the overhead bins closed.

AirFi updates box logic to meet new EASA battery safety guidance

Wireless inflight entertainment provider AirFi is rolling out updated charging logic for its semi-embedded boxes that use both battery and o... Continue Reading

easyJet A320 passenger aircraft at the gate, with the jetway in view

easyJet to trial inflight digital retail platform from gategroup

European budget airline easyJet plans to trial a new digital solution which will enable customers to browse, order and buy retail items on b... Continue Reading

New clients in the offing, Lufthansa Systems is primed for market shift

Wireless IFE provider Lufthansa Systems is gearing up to announce deals with no fewer than three more airlines, Jan-Peter Gaense, director p... Continue Reading

Fast and Flexible: Inflight Dublin grows footprint in IFE

For the past few decades, content service providers (CSPs) have played a pivotal role in bringing entertainment content to IFE systems on bo... 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