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Joe Leader, CEO of the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX), shares his expert insight on the latest trends in the inflight entertainment and connectivity market.
Pegasus Airlines has partnered with Immfly to bring a variety of onboard digital services, including IFE, to its 76-strong aircraft fleet.
Rockwell Collins’ new Aspire wide-body economy class seat has entered service on a United Airlines Boeing 777-200 aircraft, the first in a 55 shipset retrofit programme.
Ctrip has confirmed that it has made a strategic investment in Boom Supersonic, which is leading the charge to bring supersonic commercial air travel back into the mainstream.
On the upper deck, ANA has opted for eight First Class seats, 56 Business Class seats, and 73 Premium Economy seats, while the main deck will have 383 Economy Class seats.
Singapore Airlines has invested US$350m in the the new Boeing 787-10 Business Class and Economy Class products, which it says will “redefine travel on flights up to eight hours”.
AirAsia has debuted the Mirus Hawk seat, for which it is the launch customer. The slimline economy class seat is made from carbon fibre, aluminium and leather upholstery.
Tracy Barr, Head of Product, shares Thomas Cook Group Airlines’ wireless IFE plans, while AirFi reveals a big breakthrough with a major Hollywood studio.
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KLM will upgrade the World Business Class and Economy Class of its Airbus A330-200 fleet with new features, such as improved seats and inflight entertainment systems.
Austrian Airlines has completed the installation of a new Premium Economy Class, which will provide passengers with a range of advantages, including extra legroom.
The new Extreme Throughput Satellite (XTS) will provide Panasonic customers with multiple gigahertz of new Ku-band capacity over China and around East Asia using narrow XTS spot beams.
Emirates is investing over US$150 million to refurbish the 10 existing 777-200LR aircraft in its fleet. The new, wider seats are laid out in a 2-2-2 configuration.
A total of 24 products and concepts have been selected as finalists for the Crystal Cabin Awards 2018, for which Future Travel Experience is a Media Partner.
The five launch members of the Seamless Air Alliance say the collaborative initiative “will usher in a new era of innovation for airlines on all routes”.
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