Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
Apr 10, 2018
Airbus is preparing to introduce the Airspace cabin on the A330neo and is refining the design on the A320neo, both variants of the cabin being touted as continuing the A350’s passenger experience.
Apr 10, 2018
Aerostructures firm FACC has created a new aftermarket services unit and named Lufthansa Group subsidiary Austrian Airlines as its launch customer for Airbus A320 overhead bin modification work.
Apr 10, 2018
Technology provider Thales introduced two new inflight entertainment (IFE) suites—the lower-cost Core and the high-end Prestige—at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) in Hamburg, Germany.
Apr 10, 2018
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Apr 10, 2018
Commercial spaceflight venture Virgin Galactic has been working to design a cabin that works in multiple orientations, although the company is reluctant to put a timeline on its first passenger flight.
Oct 08, 2019
The FAA said the last two of 155 planned airports now receive and display aircraft targets by automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B), completing its final implementation goal for the program.
Oct 08, 2019
Vietnam Airlines plans to debut its first inflight Wi-Fi internet connectivity on selected international and domestic flights this week.
Oct 04, 2019
The US Department of Transportation inspector general’s (IG) office will audit the FAA’s long-running NextGen air traffic control (ATC) modernization effort to determine if it is delivering on expectations.
Oct 02, 2019
Satellite communications specialist Inmarsat signed a contract Oct. 2 with the European Space Agency (ESA) to begin the second phase of the Iris development program to create a satellite data link capability for aircraft flying in Europe.
Oct 01, 2019
Qantas has completed a cabin upgrade on the first of its Airbus A380 fleet, and the airline expects to finish another two by the end of this year.
Sep 30, 2019
AirAsia has rolled out the first eight aircraft with a new onboard Wi-Fi system, which it intends to deploy across the rest of its narrowbody and widebody fleets.
Sep 30, 2019
The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has inked an MOU with SITAONAIR to explore the deployment of space-based VHF voice communications for air traffic management (ATM) in Singapore’s flight information region (FIR).
Sep 16, 2019
The rate of equipage for the FAA’s automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) mandate increased by 69% across aviation segments between 2018-2019, the US Department of Transportation Inspector General (IG) has reported in a letter to Congress.