Viasat remains bullish on IFC; says ViaSat-3 launch delayed by COVID
Viasat is now eyeing an early calendar year 2022 launch of its first ViaSat-3 satellite, after experiencing program delays due to the COVID-... Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Wi-IFE
Qatar Airways upgrading legacy IFE on 787-8s with Thales AVANT
Qatar Airways is upgrading the legacy Thales TopSeries inflight entertainment systems on its Boeing 787-8 twinjets with the latest generatio... Continue Reading
CarlisleIT grows portfolio of STCs for GX inflight connectivity
European operators have a number of choices to equip their aircraft with inflight connectivity. Now they can take advantage of a qualified s... Continue Reading
Op-Ed: How do you solve a problem like Air India?
Air India, India’s national carrier, has a long and complicated history littered with missteps, failures, and some successes. Its current si... Continue Reading
JetBlue’s new Mint, new route, give new reasons to shout
Last year at this time, a JetBlue flight was practically a carnival in the clouds. Whatever you wanted to drink, eat or watch could be done,... Continue Reading
Jamco reveals new antimicrobial seat, Venture Pristine
If the aircraft interiors story of 2020 was figuring out how to get aircraft clean, the story of 2021 seems set to be designing cleanliness ... Continue Reading
IAMA recommends airlines price options as airframers enter W-IFE
Airbus and Boeing late last year separately announced plans to play a more meaningful role in bringing wireless entertainment to aircraft. W... Continue Reading
Beyond seats: getting the new longhaul narrowbody cabins right
Longhaul narrowbody aircraft like the Airbus A321neo’s LR and XLR variants are going to be key to the COVID-19 recovery — and to future rout... Continue Reading
Press Release: Gilat’s ESA successfully demoed over Inmarsat GX
Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd., a worldwide leader in satellite networking technology, solutions and services, announces the successful test ... Continue Reading
EAN-powered Internet offered on more than 250 aircraft flown by IAG
International Airlines Group operators British Airways, Iberia and Vueling are now offering inflight connectivity to passengers via the Euro... Continue Reading
Hughes sees big aero capacity opportunities in the Americas
If airlines adopt free or “freemium” inflight connectivity models for their passengers, as many are expected to do, the amount of satellite ... Continue Reading
Panasonic Avionics to focus on aviation as it sells ITC Global
Inflight entertainment and connectivity giant Panasonic Avionics is pulling out of the maritime, energy and enterprise satellite communicati... Continue Reading
Beyond yoga pants: athleisure seat fixtures reach business class
Remember back in 2017 when there was a big discussion about whether yoga pants — those ultra-comfortable, stretchy athletic-leisure garments... Continue Reading
Gogo envisages Bring Your Own License connected IFE
As the movie landscape is reshaped amid the COVID-19 crisis – and on the heels of the bombshell decision by Warner Bros. to exhibit it... Continue Reading
Finding the middle road: Virgin Australia’s MAX 10 PaxEx options
When Virgin Australia takes delivery of its 737 MAX 10 aircraft starting in 2023, it will be as part of the airline’s future: charting a #Pa... Continue Reading