First tests of Global Xpress planned for March
Launching a satellite is always a harrowing experience for the satellite operator and its partners. Proton launchers don’t always perform as... Continue Reading
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RGN Premium: Voice like Siri coming to IFE
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Female fighter pilot breaks barriers
The first female fighter pilot, Col. Jeannie Leavitt, last year made history by becoming the first woman to take command of an Air Force com... Continue Reading
JetBlue to allow VoIP calls…for now
As more and more tech-savvy travelers educate themselves about what inflight mobile connectivity systems actually do – and realize the... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Cabin automation takes hold
The impact of cabin connectivity and cabin automation is clearly growing and going to be significant. Aviation consultancy AirInsight presse... Continue Reading
New tray table shelf for gadgets revealed
As more and more passengers rely on their own gadgets to entertain themselves in-flight, aircraft seat makers are finding creative ways to f... Continue Reading
Air Canada’s 787 to accommodate the blind
Air Canada today revealed it intends to become the first airline in the world to offer an inflight entertainment system with an accessible s... Continue Reading
Experts pour cold water on drone delivery service
A number of aviation industry experts and observers today scoffed at the announcement that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos plans to launch a drone-bas... Continue Reading
Boeing to offer inflight connectivity on 787
Boeing plans to offer inflight connectivity on its 787-8 in under a year, after making two connectivity solutions offerable on the new 787-9... Continue Reading
Southwest to offer captioning on wireless IFE
NEWPORT BEACH: Southwest Airlines will be among the first carriers in the United States to introduce closed captioning to its wireless video... Continue Reading
IFE firms lament how seat makers manage their data
Major inflight entertainment companies are bemoaning the pace at which seat manufacturers are processing their IFE parts data in order to br... Continue Reading
An 11-abreast Emirates A380 may ride on new interior
Inch by inch, row by row, Airbus and Boeing are making their cash coffers grow by squeezing more economy class seats into their widebody air... Continue Reading
Southwest begins replacing certain Honeywell displays
Southwest Airlines has started retrofitting some of its Boeing 737 flight decks with new Honeywell avionics after so-called ‘Phase 3’ displa... Continue Reading
VIDEO: Gogo gets a grilling on new inflight Text & Talk service
Gogo has unveiled a new inflight Text & Talk service that allows passengers to send text messages and make voice calls in-flight using t... Continue Reading
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