Thales builds a connected FMS brain for its next generation avionics
Six years ago, Thales first unveiled Avionics 2020, an advanced cockpit concept designed to display open world information alongside informa... Continue Reading
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Thales seeks to establish leadership position in inflight connectivity
Viasat has long boasted that its broadband Ka-band IFC delivers 12 Mbps to each individual passenger in-flight. But Thales InFlyt Experience... Continue Reading
Vietnam deserves consistency award for PaxEx aboard 787-9 and A350
On a recent personal trip to Vietnam, I had a choice of connecting through Seoul on either Korean Air or Vietnam Airlines. Having already tr... Continue Reading
SES, Thales, ThinKom celebrate milestone flight demo of MEO/GEO IFC
Having validated an interoperable GEO/MEO connectivity platform in the cruise industry, SES Networks’ eyes are now on the skies for it... Continue Reading
Spirit working to address technical glitches slowing its IFC rollout
Spirit Airlines snatched the #PaxEx headlines at the APEX EXPO with the unveiling of its new Acro Series 6LC slimline seats, and its push fo... Continue Reading
Mythopoeia enters seatback IFE space as screens show staying power
Every few years, a major media title declares that seatback IFE is dead or dying. But the truth is that seatback IFE is not going anywhere o... Continue Reading
Press Release: Singapore’s CAAS and Thales establish joint research lab
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) and Thales have announced the establishment of a $30 million Joint Aviation Innovation Rese... Continue Reading
JetBlue IFE on new A321neo offers greatly improved PaxEx over LiveTV
As the venerable seatback screen starts to slowly fade away from certain narrowbody fleets, some airlines are doubling down on screens. Unve... Continue Reading
Panasonic activates new inflight PaxEx through software innovation
Panasonic Avionics has long been known for producing high-quality inflight entertainment systems. But while the firm is still committed to “... Continue Reading
Press Release: Thales seeks to transform the inflight shopping experience
Today, Thales announces a partnership with Airfree, an inflight marketplace provider, to offer airline customers a state of the art onboard ... Continue Reading
JetBlue selects Thales AVANT IFE for future fleet of Airbus A220-300s
It’s an interesting time for the embedded inflight entertainment market, with some airlines preferring to embrace a BYOD-only model for thei... Continue Reading
Press Release: Touch and castLabs JV moves IFE supply chain to the cloud
Touch Inflight Solutions and castLabs are pleased to announce the joint venture ABOVE, an open, standards-based platform for the encoding, s... Continue Reading
Press Release: Iridium names Thales as Certus aviation service provider
Iridium Communications Inc. today announced Thales as the newest Iridium Certus aviation service provider. While already developing the Irid... Continue Reading
Flying “the good A321” with seatback IFE at AA is great
“You chose AA instead of a DL A220??!” That was the reaction from one #AvGeek on Twitter after reading that I chose to fly American Airlines... Continue Reading
Portable and aircraft-powered W-IFE moves from strength to strength
It’s no secret that wireless inflight entertainment is a hotly competitive space right now. Two years ago, Runway Girl Network and oth... Continue Reading
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