Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom, together with Nokia and Thales, have successfully conducted a programme of test flights for the European Aviation Network.

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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us in Dublin for APEX FTE EMEA, APEX FTE Ancillary & Retailing – co-located to deliver the region’s most comprehensive gathering of air transport leaders.
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Find out more >>Content plans: Join us at the 20th anniversary FTE Global, the “CES of Aviation” taking place in the new location of Dallas, Texas, on 8-10 September 2026, co-located with IFSA Global EXPO. Headline Partners include Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), Southwest Airlines, and Dallas Love Field Airport.
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Inmarsat and Deutsche Telekom, together with Nokia and Thales, have successfully conducted a programme of test flights for the European Aviation Network.

Turkish Airlines has partnered with Denon to offer business class passengers high quality headphones, while tablet-based IFE will also be introduced.

Download the FTE Onboard Connectivity 2025 Think Tank, co-created by experts from Google, Boeing, APEX, Aeromexico and Panasonic Avionics.

TAP Portugal is working with Recaro to retrofit its A320 family aircraft with 6,600 new seats, enabling the carrier to increase cabin density.

Alaska Airlines customers can now book Premium Class seats ahead of the introduction of the new premium economy product on 5 January 2017.

FTE takes a look at some of the big IFEC news from APEX EXPO, featuring Inmarsat, Thales, Panasonic, GEE and Rockwell Collins.

A study from Accenture has found that many airline executives feel they are falling short in their bids to improve the passenger experience.

Hawaiian Airlines has announced it is working with Bluebox Avionics to offer iPad Pros in the Premium Cabin on its Airbus A330s.

KLM has released a new Media App for tablets and smartphones so passengers can download newspapers and magazines to read in-flight.

Austrian Airlines will introduce a premium economy class on all long-haul flights as part of the ‘Next Level Austrian’ project.

Air France-KLM has agreed a deal with Gogo to bring the 2Ku connectivity service to its long-haul aircraft over the next three years.

Gogo has announced that it is developing a next generation ground-based connectivity service, which its says will deliver peak speeds of 100 Mbps.
Qatar Airways will be the launch customer of aircraft tracking solution GlobalBeacon, which complies with ICAO’s Global Aeronautical Distress Safety System.

Etihad has introduced several new activity packs for children to keep them entertained during flights to and from Abu Dhabi.

Thales and SES have teamed up to offer a new in-flight connectivity solution, called FlytLIVE, for airlines serving the Americas.

SAS Scandinavian Airlines has announced that it will be bringing ViaSat’s high-speed Wi-Fi to its short and medium haul aircraft.
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