How satellite technology is revolutionizing the onboard experience

Rockwell Collins has been selected by Boeing to provide touchscreen flight displays in the cockpits of 777X aircraft.

UK-based Virgin Atlantic’s Airbus A330 fleet will be equipped with Gogo 2Ku inflight connectivity system by year-end.

Air France will begin operations with new Boeing 787-9s on Jan. 9, 2017, with a service from Paris Charles De Gaulle (CDG) to the Egyptian capital of Cairo, the airline announced Sept. 20.

Morocco’s national airline Royal Air Maroc (RAM) inaugurated 3X-weekly nonstop Boeing 787 between Washington Dulles International Airport and Casablanca on Sept. 8, signaling growing commercial ties between the US and Morocco. Until now, passengers traveling between Washington and Morocco had to fly through New York—RAM’s first US destination, or catch a different connecting flight abroad.

Seating and cabin interior manufacturer Zodiac Aerospace said it is overcoming the problems that have led to aircraft being delivered late, but more remains to be done.

Global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat has signed an agreement with Beijing Marine Communication & Navigation Company (MCN) and Aviation Data Communication Corp. (ADCC) to offer aviation safety services to air navigation service providers (ANSPs) and operators.

Boeing announced plans Sept. 12 to build a 702-family digital payload-bearing satellite for Cayman Islands-based satellite provider Global IP.