Global mobile satellite communications service provider Inmarsat has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Chinese telecoms operator Beijing Marine Communication Navigation Co. (MCN) and has outlined its broadband strategy for the next five years and beyond.
Boeing has closely collaborated with LIFT by EnCore to develop a new 737 seat option, which has been unveiled at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg.
ATR, which has historically used Geven as its sole seat supplier, is adding Expliseat’s Titanium Seat as its first buyer-furnished equipment (BFE) seating option and has named Air Tahiti as the launch customer.
Airbus has come up with an A380 configuration that will enable airlines to add up to 14 more seats, increasing capacity to 543 passengers in a standard four-class layout.
Airbus is to name the first customer for its A330neo Airspace cabin April 6 at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, where it is also displaying its first Airspace cabin mock-up.
Innovative seat designs that could revolutionize economy class-travel have been around for a decade, but airlines are reluctant to take a risk, according to design company Acumen.
Lufthansa, which will base its first 10 Airbus A350-900s at its Munich hub from January 2017, has disclosed several cabin features of the new aircraft.
Airbus is hoping to appeal directly to passengers with the launch of a modern cabin interior look, branded Airspace, which will debut on the Airbus A330neo in 2017 and will be displayed as a mock-up at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg from April 5-7.
The growing sophistication of onboard in-flight entertainment systems (IFE) and the need for safety training related to the power source of passengers’ personal electronic devices (PED) are compelling airline training departments to adapt cabin crew curricula.
Airline seats have been attracting attention in Washington DC and, as is often the case when airlines and the US Capitol converge, the impetus behind this scrutiny is not positive.
Taipei-based China Airlines, which will take delivery of its first Airbus A350 XWB in July, will launch nonstop flights from Taipei to European destinations from December 2016.
Avionics and inflight systems company Thales said it won its recent deal with Singapore Airlines (SIA) to supply AVANT inflight entertainment (IFE) equipment partly as a result of its Asian development team.
Asian carriers are set to peg new benchmarks in the inflight entertainment (IFE) and connectivity sector, according to global satellite communications company Inmarsat.
Gogo will upgrade its satellite modem for use with its next generation 2Ku and Ku satellite technologies, the aircraft communications service provider said in a statement.
Gogo acknowledged on Feb. 25 that American Airlines is permitted to change Internet providers on roughly 200 Boeing 737s if, in the airline’s “reasonable judgment,” it receives a more favorable contract proposal from another company.
