Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
Dec 13, 2016
Airbus’s Silicon Valley outpost is developing a modular cabin for widebody freighter aircraft that will provide new types of passenger experience that can generate additional revenue for airlines while making it quicker and easier to change cabins, even between flights.
Dec 09, 2016
The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is proposing that airlines and ticket agents should be required to inform prospective customers in advance if an airline allows passengers to make mobile phone calls onboard the aircraft.
Dec 07, 2016
Dubai-based Emirates expects to roll out a new premium-economy product within the next year to 18 months.
Dec 07, 2016
Global mobile satellite communications provider Inmarsat and Air New Zealand have signed a contract to provide Global Xpress (GX) connectivity—GX for Aviation—across the airline’s long- and short-haul fleets.
Apr 03, 2018
SpiceJet has selected ultralight seats designed by French startup company Expliseat on 10 of its Boeing 737 NGs and the 25 Bombardier Q400s the India-based LCC ordered last year.
Mar 30, 2018
Singapore Airlines said it would invest $350 million to equip an initial 20 new Boeing 787-10s with new cabins including a fully flat bed in business class and personalized IFE for all passengers.
Mar 29, 2018
Air Caraïbes is modernizing the cabins of all its Airbus A330s, with three already revamped in 2017 and two more scheduled to be completed by the end of June 2018.
Mar 29, 2018
The delay and quality issues that have marred the cabin equipment industry for a few years may soon be history, but OEMs are raising the bar on quality.
Mar 29, 2018
Despite a negative ruling by a Belgian court, and having only IAG as a definite customer, the satellite company says its solution is “on track.”
Mar 28, 2018
Singapore Airlines took ceremonial acceptance of the first Boeing 787-10 during a March 25 event, and has announced Singapore (SIN)-Osaka as the type’s first regular route, starting in May.
Mar 28, 2018
OneWeb is working with Airbus to build and launch 900 LEO satellites, with the primary aim of providing affordable terrestrial internet access to all. Photo: Deutsche Telekom
Mar 27, 2018
LOT Polish Airline’s first Boeing 787-9 will be used both to service the carrier’s flagship transatlantic routes and to open new sectors, the airline’s CEO Rafał Milczarski said as the first 787-9 arrived in Warsaw March 23.