Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
Oct 01, 2016
Major players in the satellite-delivered cabin connectivity sector are forecasting upbeat industry trends.
Sep 29, 2016
Chicago-based broadband connectivity provider Gogo announced Sept. 28 that the company is upgrading its North America ground-based and global satellite networks to boost inflight connectivity speeds for commercial and business aviation to over 100Mbps.
Sep 29, 2016
Air France-KLM has signed an agreement with connectivity provider Gogo, covering Wi-Fi installation across 124 long-haul aircraft.
Sep 29, 2016
Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines will add two more Airbus A320s to its fleet this year and one additional Boeing 777-200ER from summer 2018, representing an investment value of more than €100 million ($112 million), according to a statement.
Sep 27, 2016
Enabling controllers at airport air traffic control (ATC) towers to transmit flight clearance information to pilots via text message will reduce flight delays and potentially expand capacity at crowded airports, according to FAA.
Nov 14, 2018
ATW’s Victoria Moores speaks with SAS deputy CEO & COO Lars Sandahl Sørensen about airlines' self-destructive tendencies and SAS' experimentation with various Wi-Fi business models.
Nov 14, 2018
Satellite communications specialist Inmarsat has named Honeywell Aerospace as a value-added reseller (VAR) of its GX Aviation Ka-band inflight broadband system.
Nov 06, 2018
Qatar Airways has announced that its Business Class experience, Qsuite, will be available on flights to and from Canberra, its newest Australian destination, via Sydney, from 1 July 2018.
Nov 05, 2018
Satellite-based surveillance system developer Aireon and flight tracking data specialist FlightAware on Nov. 5 said they have activated their GlobalBeacon flight-tracking offering for airlines, days before an ICAO tracking recommendation takes effect.
Nov 04, 2018
Turkish Technic and Havelsan have signed an MoU with Inmarsat to work together on integrated inflight connectivity and entertainment solutions.
Nov 04, 2018
EgyptAir has confirmed Panasonic as the supplier for its inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) systems for the six new Boeing 787-9 aircraft. The deal was announced at the AIX show in Hamburg, Germany.
Nov 02, 2018
Cabins, Interiors & Connectivity-Nov. 2, 2018
Oct 29, 2018
Singapore Airlines’ (SIA) LCC subsidiary Scoot will begin introducing sister company SilkAir’s Boeing 737-800s after April 2019 as part of SIA Group plans to optimize the airline’s network and better compete against regional LCCs.