Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity

Feb 20, 2017
German aerospace equipment manufacturer Recaro Aircraft Seating delivered over 100,000 seats in 2016, setting a new record across its four production sites.
Feb 16, 2017
Delta Air Lines will begin including meals at no extra cost for all main cabin seats on 12 transcontinental domestic routes this spring, reversing a longstanding trend of US airlines not including meal service with economy-class tickets on domestic flights.
Feb 14, 2017
Qatar Airways is set to unveil its new business-class seat at ITB Berlin on March 8.
Feb 11, 2017
Satcom Direct (SD), which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, now has its connectivity and avionic products flying on more than 7,000 business aircraft around the world, making it the world's largest business aviation service provider, according to Michael Skov Christensen, managing director, EMEA. Steve Nichols reports.
Feb 06, 2017
West African flag carrier Air Cote d’Ivoire has signed up for inflight passenger connectivity services from air transport IT specialist SITAONAIR.
Sep 05, 2019
Saudi Arabia and China are looking to roll out their own air-to-ground (A2G) aviation connectivity following the creation of the European Aviation Network (EAN).
Sep 02, 2019
In order to better serve its long-standing customer, Air Mauritius, Trenchard Aviation Group has opened a new facility on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius.
Aug 23, 2019
Avionics suppliers Cobham, Blue Sky Network and SkyTrac Systems are among 10 “beta partners” Iridium has named to develop new products based on its Certus 9770 satellite communications (satcom) transceiver.
Aug 15, 2019
European virtual-reality (VR) inflight entertainment (IFE) specialist Inflight VR has closed its largest equity financing round to date, securing over €4 million ($4.5 million) to support its growth plans.
Aug 14, 2019
French air navigation service provider (ANSP) DSNA has joined a consortium of European ANSPs participating in the Iris satellite-based data link program, Inmarsat announced Aug. 14.
Aug 14, 2019
First-class passengers on select British Airways (BA) flights will have access to virtual reality headsets in a trial announced Aug. 14.
Aug 13, 2019
UK long-haul specialist Virgin Atlantic has taken delivery of its first Airbus A350-1000. The aircraft flew into London Heathrow Aug. 10 from Airbus’s Toulouse plant.
Aug 12, 2019
Monitoring data indicates that 70%-75% of European Union (EU)-registered large aircraft will comply with Europe’s automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) Out equipage deadline of June 2020, according to the agency charged with coordinating the effort.