The Queen of the Skies Nears the End of Production
Last month Boeing issued this small statement in its quarterly results and market realities report: “While our 767 and 747 rates remain unchanged, in light of the current market dynamics and outlook, we’ll complete production of the iconic 747 in 2022. Our customer commitment does not end at delivery, and we’ll continue to support 747 operations and sustainment well into the future.” - Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun. In case you missed it, the big commercial airplane market is changing, at least for the next few years. In 2014 Lufthansa was delivered the 1500th Boeing 747; however, the development of ...
Industry News From Gogo, Astronics, Boeing, Airbus and Others
While the economy seems to be slowly picking up, recent breakouts seem to tell us that a vaccine is the most important thing that can happen - worldwide! But the question is when? Everybody is affected and passenger travel is one of the worst victims. Airlines everywhere are suffering, laying off workers and in the USA future layoffs seem inevitable. For example the following layoffs are what we are hearing if US airlines don’t get any additional funding from the US government: Alaska Airlines said they will be sending out some 1,600 notices soon (4,200 nationwide and it is reported ...
6 Productive Ways to Spend Those Extra 20 Minutes From Gogo’s 3,000 Ft Service Altitude and More Industry News
Gogo’s new 3,000ft service altitude is giving AVANCE customers 20 more minutes of inflight Wi-Fi time: Here are 6 productive ways to spend it. Ask any busy professional, and they’ll all agree that time is their greatest, and most limited, asset. That’s why Gogo worked tirelessly to lower its network service altitude from 10,000ft AGL to just 3,000ft. It’s a big change that will give Gogo AVANCE customers, on average, an extra 20 minutes of inflight connectivity. Plus, for the first time ever, smaller aircraft that don’t typically fly above 10,000 feet will now have the opportunity to enjoy seamless ...
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The Queen of the Skies Nears the End of Production
Last month Boeing issued this small statement in its quarterly results and market realities report: “While our 767 and 747 rates remain unchanged, in light of the current market dynamics and outlook, we’ll complete production of the iconic 747 in 2022. Our customer commitment does not end at delivery, and we’ll continue to support 747... [Read more]
Industry News From Gogo, Astronics, Boeing, Airbus and Others
While the economy seems to be slowly picking up, recent breakouts seem to tell us that a vaccine is the most important thing that can happen – worldwide! But the question is when? Everybody is affected and passenger travel is one of the worst victims. Airlines everywhere are suffering, laying off workers and in the USA future layoffs... [Read more]
6 Productive Ways to Spend Those Extra 20 Minutes From Gogo’s 3,000 Ft Service Altitude and More Industry News
Gogo’s new 3,000ft service altitude is giving AVANCE customers 20 more minutes of inflight Wi-Fi time: Here are 6 productive ways to spend it. Ask any busy professional, and they’ll all agree that time is their greatest, and most limited, asset. That’s why Gogo worked tirelessly to lower its network service altitude from 10,000ft AGL... [Read more]
FlightPath3D Rocks Airbus’ Hackathon 2020 and More News
FlightPath3D FlightPath3D announced that it won the ‘Preferred App’ award and was joint winner of the ‘Best Innovation’ award at Airbus’s First Online Hackathon. In addition to Airbus, several airlines judged and selected the award winners. FlightPath3D President Duncan Jackson said, “We integrated duty-free... [Read more]
Miltope: Reliable In The Extreme, News From Panasonic, FTS, SITA For Air and More
Miltope: Reliable In The Extreme IFExpress recently had the opportunity to connect with the Miltope team and we discovered that the company is celebrating 45 years in the aviation sector, specifically 20+ in the commercial aviation space. In conjunction with this milestone, they have rebranded and you will notice their new logo in today’s... [Read more]
IdeaNova Ad Player Updated, IFPL Offers Ancillary Revenue Option Via USB and Gogo Now Providing Inflight Connectivity Beginning At 3,000 Feet
IdeaNova Technologies Updated Ad Player Feature IdeaNova Technologies has updated their Inplay Player 6 product with advertising capabilities. The newest ad playback feature allows monetization of video content through dynamic pre-roll and midroll ad insertion. This new feature offers seamless navigation with markers indicating where the... [Read more]
Sanitized Travel-Dedicated Apps and Other News
Today’s image is ANA’s A380 with the Orange Honu Livery. It made us smile and thought our readers would enjoy seeing it as well. PXCOM PXCom luanches Sanitized Travel-dedicated apps for IFEC platforms. It is a proven fact that keeping the middle seat empty is nonsense both economically speaking and from an overall hygiene standpoint.... [Read more]
New Inflight Entertainment Platform, RISE, Launched by Burrana
On Monday June 22, 2020 via a webinar (the foreseeable trend of the future), Burrana unveiled RISE, its latest, flexible and modular IFE platform, which they had planned to debut during AIX Germany this past April. The presentation was primarily run by David Pook – Vice President of Marketing and Sales Support, who joined Burrana in... [Read more]
The headset is the most critical part of any IFE system. It defines the quality of audio delivery and its look and feel defines the quality of the Airline. The headset is probably responsible for more passenger complaints, and IFE reliability issues than any other IFE component - so why do most airlines leave its procurement to the catering department?”