Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
Feb 02, 2015
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat launched its second Global Xpress (GX) satellite—Inmarsat-5 F2—on Feb. 1.
Jan 30, 2015
The US domestic airline fleet leads the world for installed wireless Internet connectivity onboard, data from the online travel site Routehappy show.
Jan 22, 2015
Global mobile satellite communications services provider Inmarsat has confirmed that its second Global Xpress (GX) satellite—Inmarsat-5 F2—is scheduled to launch Feb. 1 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Dec 22, 2014
Russia’s AirBridgeCargo Airlines will switch to all electronic cockpits Feb. 1 when it completes conversion to Lufthansa Systems’ Lido/Route Manual, Lido/Enroute and Lido/DocView IT solutions.
Nov 21, 2014
EasyJet CEO Carolyn McCall believes that onboard Wi-Fi connectivity will ultimately become ubiquitous, but it needs to get better to get easyJet’s buy-in.
Mar 24, 2017
Larger narrowbodies and higher-density cabins are driving researchers to consider seating designs and boarding strategies that speed loading and unloading.
Mar 24, 2017
Molon Labe has teamed up with BMW’s Designworks and Panasonic Avionics to create an economy-cabin design that would make the middle seat wider and more attractive. A concept model of the novel design will be unveiled at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, April 4-6.
Mar 24, 2017
Larger narrowbodies and higher-density cabins are driving researchers to consider seating designs and boarding strategies that speed loading and unloading.
Mar 24, 2017
Molon Labe has teamed up with BMW’s Designworks and Panasonic Avionics to create an economy cabin design that would make the middle seat wider and more attractive.
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.