Safran approves heavy investment in nextgen antenna for IFC
While Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI) packages traditional Inmarsat GX connectivity hardware with its RAVE and RAVE Ultra IFE system – th... Continue Reading
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Virgin Atlantic’s new A350 business class: impressive beyond flaws
During a sort of #PaxEx duel between the UK’s two largest airlines, British Airways and Virgin Atlantic, each is launching a new business cl... Continue Reading
Press Release: ANA selects Safran’s RAVE ULTRA for 787-8 retrofit
Safran Passenger Innovations, formerly Zodiac Inflight Innovations, has been tapped to provide its RAVE ULTRA In-flight Entertainment (IFE) ... Continue Reading
Press Release: Lufthansa selects RAVE ULTRA and GX for 777-9 program
Safran Passenger Innovations, formerly Zodiac Inflight Innovations, has won a program to supply its RAVE ULTRA In-flight Entertainment (IFE)... Continue Reading
Safran offers upscaling solution to low-def IFE content problem
In a world where inflight entertainment (IFE) screens continue to increase in size, resolution and clarity, the ongoing failure of content p... Continue Reading
Press Release: Zii rebrands under Safran; plans to exhibit at APEX EXPO
Safran Passenger Innovations, formerly Zodiac Inflight Innovations (Zii), will exhibit at the Airline Passenger Experience (APEX) Expo in Lo... Continue Reading
Aircalin’s A330neo shines with Pacific #PaxEx
The delivery of a new Airbus A330neo is a big deal for New Caledonia, the French territory that sits in the southwest Pacific between New Ze... Continue Reading
Safran expects its new antenna to be first nextgen cleared for GX
Awaiting a new name, Zodiac Inflight Innovations/Safran in collaboration with Jet-Talk has developed an ARINC 792-compliant flat panel anten... Continue Reading
ANA is last new A380 customer but debuts some industry firsts
All Nippon Airways has been at opposing ends for Airbus and Boeing’s first new aircraft programs of the 21st Century: ANA was the launch ope... Continue Reading
Icelandair over the Atlantic: perfectly fine but left wanting more
While I try to get to my destinations on non-stop flights, sometimes that just isn’t possible. One of those destinations happens to be Hambu... Continue Reading
Different IFE focuses pursued by rivals Panasonic, Thales, Zodiac
The three major players in embedded inflight entertainment are taking notably different tacks to appeal to airlines and their passengers. Du... Continue Reading
Press Release: Zii names Benjamin Asmar VP IFE products and strategy
Zodiac Inflight Innovations (Zii) has appointed Benjamin Asmar as VP IFE Products and Strategy. In this role, Asmar will lead Zii’s product ... Continue Reading
RAVE wows with new screens and cloud storage upgrade
As Zodiac Inflight Innovations’ RAVE on-demand inflight entertainment system has made its way on board with smaller operators and renovated ... Continue Reading
Industry discusses why HD content lags behind IFE screens
As airlines install increasingly large, increasingly high definition inflight entertainment monitors on their aircraft, it is clear after ev... Continue Reading
Virgin Atlantic, Stelia, ZIM speedily spruce up ex-Airberlin A330s
Last time we checked in with Virgin Atlantic’s then-newly-leased ex-Airberlin Airbus A330-200s back in January, the airline had just hit on ... Continue Reading
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