Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
Mar 24, 2017
Passenger loyalty used to revolve around frequent flier programs. Now the entire journey needs to be made as simple and as connected as possible.
Mar 20, 2017
South Korea's Asiana Airlines, which operates a fleet of six Airbus A380-800s, began service from Seoul Incheon to Frankfurt, Germany on March 5. ATW correspondent Kurt Hofmann flew on 10 hour, 17 minute flight, giving an exclusive look at the aircraft interior. Asiana also flies the double-decker aircraft to Los Angeles, New York JFK and Hong Kong.
Mar 17, 2017
The Civil Aviation Administration of China’s (CAAC) Air Traffic Management Bureau signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Boeing in an effort to alleviate increasing air traffic congestion in China.
Mar 15, 2017
French aircraft equipment company Zodiac Aerospace has posted a 1.8% first-half sales decline, triggering a response from aerospace giant Safran, which is planning to acquire Zodiac.
Mar 13, 2017
British Airways (BA) will introduce a business-class service on domestic UK flights for the first time, as it faces increased competition.
Jun 21, 2019
Virgin Atlantic’s decision to divide its economy product into three tiers two years ago has been paying dividends, EVP-commercial Juha Jarvinen said.
Jun 18, 2019
Avionica will develop a new lightweight satellite communications (satcom) terminal for Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband-Safety (SB-S) service.
Jun 18, 2019
ACSS announced the SafeRoute+ retrofit system for reception and display of automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) In target data from surrounding aircraft.
Jun 14, 2019
French manufacturer Latécoère is looking to sign up the first airline customers for its Li-Fi system in 2020, Latécoère SVP-innovation and R&T Serge Berenger told ATW.
Jun 11, 2019
Mango Airlines, the Johannesburg based low-cost carrier, has selected Acro’s Series 3 Ultra Economy Class seat for two B737-800 aircraft.
Jun 10, 2019
Japanese LCC Vanilla Air has begun a cockpit conversion on its Airbus A320 fleet as it prepares for full integration into sister LCC Peach Aviation.
May 30, 2019
Inmarsat on May 30 announced a contract with Airbus Defense and Space to acquire three new-generation Global Xpress (GX) satellites, which will mark a step change in inflight broadband connectivity, the satellite communications company said.
May 29, 2019
Inflight connectivity provider Gogo will build a 5G cellular network for aviation, with a plan to begin offering the broadband service in 2021.