Air Transport Interiors & Connectivity
May 25, 2016
Passenger Experience-May 25, 2016
May 25, 2016
Travel technology provider SITA is exploring the use of blockchain technology as a platform for generating secure single travel “tokens” that could potentially streamline a passenger’s progress through all airport processes involving the scanning of personal documentation.
May 25, 2016
A clear message from the 2016 SITA Passenger IT Trends Survey is that passengers prefer technology-delivered over people-delivered service.
May 24, 2016
The future of passenger engagement is all about making technology invisible. “It’s about removing the friction from technology interactions, keeping it simple. As soon as technology gets in the way, it’s failed,” Google partner development manager Max Coppin told delegates at the Future Travel Experience (FTE) Europe conference in Amsterdam.
May 18, 2016
Gogo’s faster 2Ku Wi-Fi offering is now in the air, and the fleet of aircraft equipped with the technology is expected to grow in coming months.
Aug 14, 2017
Cyprus-based airline Cobalt Air is to fit its fleet of Airbus A320-family aircraft with an onboard Wi-Fi system to allow passengers to download content onto their personal electronic devices.
Aug 14, 2017
Ethiopian Airlines Group has refurbished its Boeing 767-300ERs with new seating and inflight entertainment systems.
Aug 10, 2017
Sweden-based CTT Systems has received an order from Stockholm-based Novair to equip two Airbus A321neos with Zonal Drying Systems.
Aug 09, 2017
Air France has begun testing an immersive inflight entertainment (IFE) system with virtual reality headsets on Airbus A340 business-class service between Paris Charles de Gaulle and St. Martin.
Aug 07, 2017
CEO Michael Small told analysts the company expects to announce further large deals from commercial airlines later this year.
Aug 07, 2017
If perception is reality, then avionics and cabin interiors leader Rockwell Collins is “in play” to be acquired, with multi-industrial conglomerate United Technologies Corp. (UTC) the first contender.
Aug 01, 2017
US airlines say there is no need for the government to interfere in airlines’ seat-pitch decisions as long as FAA affirms aircraft seats meet safety standards.
Jul 27, 2017
Aireon, a subsidiary of Iridium Communications, has signed an MOU with Air Traffic Control the Netherlands (LVNL), the Dutch Air Navigation Service Provider (ANSP), to improve efficiency in the Amsterdam Flight Information Region (FIR), including the North Sea.