Inmarsat The Recipient of World Travel Award For The 4th Year Running | New Super Sonic Transport? | Airbus & Boeing Announce 2020 Deliveries & Orders | Other News
Inmarsat, a global mobile satellite communications provider, has been crowned the ‘World’s Leading Inflight Internet Service Provider’ for the fourth year in a row at the World Travel Awards 2020. The prestigious accolade was announced following a year-long search for the world’s top travel, tourism and hospitality brands, with the latest edition of the World Travel Awards attracting a record number of votes from across the world by industry professionals and members of the public. Inmarsat once again retained its title in recognition of its market-leading GX Aviation and European Aviation Network (EAN) inflight broadband solutions, which enable airline passengers to browse the internet, shop online, stream ...
Delta Selects Viasat’s In-Flight Connectivity | Boeing News | Happy New Year!
Happy New Year and Goodbye 2020!! Phew, 2020 is over and what a year it was, but unfortunately, not in a good way for the majority of humanity. As 2021 becomes commences, the aviation transportation industry is experiencing a myriad of changes. Terms like 'recovery' or 'reset' will be popular; however, the phrase 'industry redesign' could easily be the biggest deal. The world of public transportation may have to add the words like 'caution', 'immunity' and 'contact-less' to their title as COVID- 19 and its mutations affect everything we do while we travel. Unlike issues with older aircraft interiors, poor inflight food, ...
A Big 737 MAX Sale to Alaska Airlines, News From Flymingo, Turkish Technic Products Receive Certification and More Industry News
Season's Greetings For most of us 2020 has been a tumultuous and turbulent year both professionally and personally. In an effort to contain and control the spread of COVID-19 we’ve all had to adapt the way we perform and deliver our services and live our day-to-day lives. The result has been physical distancing but in a way this common, shared experience has brought us all closer. The IFExpress team thanks our readers for your continued support and we look forward to a time when our industry can once again gather together to discuss new concepts and product developments in person. In the ...
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Inmarsat The Recipient of World Travel Award For The 4th Year Running | New Super Sonic Transport? | Airbus & Boeing Announce 2020 Deliveries & Orders | Other News
Inmarsat, a global mobile satellite communications provider, has been crowned the ‘World’s Leading Inflight Internet Service Provider’ for the fourth year in a row at the World Travel Awards 2020. The prestigious accolade was announced following a year-long search for the world’s top travel, tourism and hospitality brands, with the... [Read more]
Delta Selects Viasat’s In-Flight Connectivity | Boeing News | Happy New Year!
Happy New Year and Goodbye 2020!! Phew, 2020 is over and what a year it was, but unfortunately, not in a good way for the majority of humanity. As 2021 becomes commences, the aviation transportation industry is experiencing a myriad of changes. Terms like ‘recovery’ or ‘reset’ will be popular; however, the phrase ‘industry... [Read more]
A Big 737 MAX Sale to Alaska Airlines, News From Flymingo, Turkish Technic Products Receive Certification and More Industry News
Season’s Greetings For most of us 2020 has been a tumultuous and turbulent year both professionally and personally. In an effort to contain and control the spread of COVID-19 we’ve all had to adapt the way we perform and deliver our services and live our day-to-day lives. The result has been physical distancing but in a way this common,... [Read more]
Air Astana Receives Prestigious Five Star Major Airline Award from APEX and More Industry News
AIR ASTANA Air Astana has received a prestigious Five Star Major Airline award from the Airline Passenger Experience Association (APEX). This is the third time that Air Astana has received a Five Star award from APEX. The awards were presented at the end of a highly successful virtual FTE (Future Travel Experience) APEX event during December... [Read more]
FTE & APEX Virtual Expo, News From PXCom, Gogo, and Boeing
FTE & APEX Virtual Expo The FTE & APEX Virtual Expo is under way and it is the first time the industry has been able to gather together to see the latest technological innovations and discuss how COVID-19 is being tackled. So far Biometrics and touchless solutions are hot topics. In the coming issues of IFExpress we will be delving... [Read more]
News From Latitude Aero, Thales, Gogo and Others
LATITUDE AERO Latitude Aero, a Greensboro-based aerospace company, is growing and expanding into a new location, doubling size and capacity of production. The new facility expects to become fully operational, adding EASA certification, mid-December 2020. The new 100,000 sf (9,290 sm) facility is located in the same industrial park as the... [Read more]
News From Panasonic, Burrana and BBC Announce Their Attendance at the Upcoming FTE/APEX Virtual Event and More Industry News
Panasonic Avionics Panasonic Avionics Corporation (Panasonic) announced the appointment of Hernan Abbes as Vice President, Global Sales. In his new role, Hernan will play a pivotal leadership role in driving business growth and nurturing strong relationships with new and existing airline customers. He will report directly to CEO, Ken Sain,... [Read more]
Overview of the Most Recent FlightPlan Event, News From Panasonic Avionics and More
FlightPlan: Aviation Leaders Debate Solutions to Rebuild Passenger Confidence in Industry’s Largest Live Broadcast Event Leaders from across the global aviation industry came together for a live broadcast on November 11th, which explored strategies to accelerate recovery and future growth in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. FlightPlan:... [Read more]
'Future–proofing' the IFE installation means providing an onboard network with sufficient bandwidth that the airline will never have to tear apart their airplane to re-wire to install upgrades. Fiber-to-the-Seat™ provides a fiber optics network running at a gigabit per second – High-definition video is only the beginning – who knows what the hot, killer apps will be 10-20 years from now?!”