Lufthansa has announced the first A320 aircraft with broadband will fly this autumn, with the rest of the A320 family’s installation coming by 2018.
REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
REDEFINING THE END-TO-END PASSENGER EXPERIENCE AND BUSINESS PERFORMANCE
Lufthansa has announced the first A320 aircraft with broadband will fly this autumn, with the rest of the A320 family’s installation coming by 2018.
Over 20 airlines and 1,000 aircraft will have access to the Ku-band broadband service, after Panasonic announced a one-year extension to its China trials.
Finnair has announced that it will be bringing Wi-Fi to its A330 aircraft for long-haul flights, with the installation to be finished by May 2017.
SWISS has started trialling a new entertainment service, called ‘SWISS e-media’, for its customers travelling from Geneva Airport.
Hawaiian Airlines has launched a new auction service, in partnership with Plusgrade, which allows passengers to bid for First Class seats.
Aeromexico’s pilot programme will provide passengers with free access to Netflix on select aircraft equipped with Gogo’s 2Ku connectivity system.
All content on the Delta Studio platform will be available free of charge to all passengers, including those in economy class, from 1 July.
The new Elevate Play in-flight entertainment streaming app gives passengers access to movies, TV shows, games and music on their personal electronic devices.
United Airlines says its all-new United Polaris business class product is its most significant product transformation in more than a decade.
ViaSat has won the battle to install in-flight connectivity on American Airlines’ 100 new Boeing 737 MAX aircraft.
The 2016 SITA Passenger IT Trends Survey reveals that passengers are increasingly likely to consume IFE via their own electronic devices.
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The refitted Boeing 777-300ER features Virgin Australia’s new-look business class, premium economy and Economy Space + products.
Hawaiian’s new A330 Premium Cabin features 18 lie-flat seats in a 2-2-2 configuration, plus 68 premium economy seats in the Extra Comfort cabin.
A survey conducted by Inmarsat and GfK has found that 54% of passengers would prefer to have onboard connectivity than in-flight meals or IFE.
The low-cost in-flight connectivity plan is called “Social-Lite” and offers 20MB of data at 64kbps surfing speed for US$5.
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