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
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US mask mandate in effect on planes and all public transport
Under the Biden administration, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is requiring all travelers on public conveyances – includi... 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
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
Aviointeriors aims for the other side of COVID with new seats
With aircraft fleets grounded, many routes operating on a lifeline essential-only basis, and growing restrictions in many parts of the world... 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
US FAA cracks down on unruly airline passengers
The US Federal Aviation Administration is adopting a stricter legal enforcement policy against unruly passengers after observing “a disturbi... 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
Software-defined network part of Intelsat plan for aero
Intelsat is evolving towards software-defined, reconfigurable satellite assets that will allow the company to direct high-throughput capacit... Continue Reading
![The first of Inmarsat’s I-6 satellites, I-6F1, which carries both L-band and Ka-band payloads, so is also known as GX6A, enters thermal vacuum testing in Toulouse, France. Manufactured in the UK and assembled in France, I-6F1 undergoes this test to simulate the harsh space environment prior to launch in H2 2021. [Credit: Inmarsat/Airbus Defence and Space] H-IIA](https://runwaygirlnetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/corp-i6f1-thermalvaccumtest-Custom-300x185.jpg)
Inmarsat readies for most ambitious tech roadmap in its history
Celebrating the fifth anniversary of its Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band network, Inmarsat is gearing up for the launch of four new GX payloads a... Continue Reading
Nij crunch leads to new three-point seatbelt default
When Cathay Pacific’s new A321neo business class seat — the Collins Aerospace Air Rest recliner — recently broke cover, Runway Girl Network’... Continue Reading