Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
May 18, 2017
Rockwell Collins has developed a “low-risk” integration plan for merging B/E Aerospace, which it acquired last month for $8.6 billion, into Rockwell, according to chairman, president and CEO Kelly Ortberg.
May 18, 2017
Etihad Airways partner Air Serbia has begun retrofitting 10 of its Airbus A319s and A320s with slimmer and lighter-weight Recaro BL3520 seats, adding 12% capacity to the airline’s narrowbody fleet.
May 17, 2017
A strategic partnership between Inmarsat and Lufthansa Group sees the commercial service introduction of GX Aviation. Lufthansa, Austrian Airlines and soon Eurowings passengers over Europe will now have high-speed internet access. Inmarsat and Lufthansa talk about their partnership and how they designed the FlyNet service and revenue model together.
May 16, 2017
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat launched the fourth high-speed broadband communications satellite in its Global Xpress program, Inmarsat-5 F4 (I-5 F4).
May 16, 2017
United Parcel Service UPS Airlines is to undertake a major flight deck upgrade of its fleet of 52 Airbus A300-600R freighters.
May 22, 2020
Increased connectivity creates new vulnerabilities—from avionics to inflight-entertainment networks and airline back-end operations.
May 21, 2020
Smart airlines are doing more than a spring clean of their cabins.
May 21, 2020
Airlines want a harmonized set of hygiene standards, but it’s a difficult goal.
May 19, 2020
Reaffirming current protocols and developing new ones are both in the cards.
May 15, 2020
More airlines are announcing plans to resume service, particularly in Europe. But health protection rules and new processes are unclear.
May 08, 2020
Ask the Editors: Airline cabins are already quite safe, and many airlines now require face coverings throughout flight and in airports.
May 07, 2020
As the traveling public slowly emerges from COVID-19 lockdowns and begins to fly again, the demand for inflight connectivity (IFC) will shift from being a perk to being considered more of a human right, commercial air transport experts predict.
May 06, 2020
Ground trials of fiber-optic-based rotor blade sensing technology could lead to flight trials in the coming years.