REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Oman Air and Spafax have renewed their inflight entertainment partnership, focusing on data-driven innovation and enhanced passenger experiences through smarter content and a more intuitive ARIA platform.
Air France is partnering with streaming service Apple TV to enhance its inflight entertainment offer. Over 45 hours of original content, including multiple global hits, are available for all passengers on the airline’s long-haul flights.
Virgin Atlantic has announced an inflight audio content partnership with Stellar Entertainment designed to transform IFE. The collaboration aims to deliver a bespoke audio experience as “a powerful differentiator”.
With the end of 2025 fast approaching, here Future Travel Experience highlights some of our most popular original content from each of the last 12 months – from robotics and AI to inflight innovation, and much more.
Emirates’ retrofit programme has entered its next phase. Starting from August 2026, the airline will introduce a host of new onboard products, alongside a next-generation, fully immersive inflight entertainment system.
Azerbaijan Airlines has appointed Stellar Entertainment as its exclusive Content Service Provider. The partnership is a step forward in the airline’s mission to elevate CX through a vibrant inflight entertainment strategy.
APEX FTE Asia Expo 2025 included a key session on ‘Taking Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity to New Heights – Opportunities and Challenges’, featuring Fiji Airways, Qantas, SES, Safran, Spafax, and dgtlsky.
Riyadh Air – Saudi Arabia’s new digitally-native carrier – is redefining the onboard travel experience by introducing an immersive next-generation inflight map, created in collaboration with FlightPath3D.
Delta and YouTube have partnered to offer ad-free videos, podcasts, and playlists onboard, plus SkyMiles Members can unlock a 14-day free YouTube Premium preview on select Wi-Fi-enabled flights.
At FTE Global 2025, Meta announced the next chapter in its partnership with Lufthansa Group, bringing virtual experiences to even more passengers and making the future of travel entertainment even more accessible.
Delta and YouTube have partnered to offer ad-free videos, podcasts, and playlists onboard, plus SkyMiles Members can unlock a 14-day free YouTube Premium preview on select Wi-Fi-enabled flights.
At FTE Global 2025, Meta announced the next chapter in its partnership with Lufthansa Group, bringing virtual experiences to even more passengers and making the future of travel entertainment even more accessible.
At the recent APEX EXPO 2025 – co-located with FTE Global in Long Beach, California – All Nippon Airways and West Entertainment announced the formalisation of their multi-year partnership agreement.
TAP Air Portugal has enhanced the IFE experience on its long-haul aircraft with a software update that allows Economy Class passengers to connect their personal Bluetooth headphones to their seatback screens.
Ethiopian Airlines has partnered with PressReader to enhance CX with complimentary access to thousands of publications, which travellers can access on their personal devices in lounges at Addis Ababa and onboard.
Vietjet Thailand is set to enhance the passenger journey with the upcoming launch of its IFE service, which is owered by the Blueview digital services platform and delivered via the Bluebox Wow system.
United Airlines has announced a first-of-its-kind collaboration with Spotify for an even more entertaining travel experience. This is the first time Spotify has offered audiobooks and video podcasts onboard an airline.
Royal Air Maroc, which plans to quadruple its fleet by 2037, has partnered with Touch Inflight Solutions to deliver scalable, next-generation IFE designed to elevate the passenger experience.
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