Speakers’ Corner: Offering consumer tablets for inflight entertainment – what are the issues?
Whilst having a cup of tea with IMDC’s Robert Smith at Aircraft Interiors in Hamburg we chatted about the impending iPad Inflight Revolution and Robert had some thoughts that we liked and asked him to share with our readers. Here is what he told IFExpress: “On April 3, 2010 Apple released the iPad and effectively created a new type of consumer device. The touchscreen tablet sold 3 million units in its first 80 days on sale, passed 100 million units in 2012 and shipped an estimated 19.5 million devices in Q1 2013. Apple is now not the only major company in this ...
Three For The Road…
Next APEX TC meeting focuses on Content In case you’ve not yet heard, next week’s APEX Technology Committee meeting is focused on Content, but there are a few IFEC Systems issues too. The agenda was being finalized as this edition was distributed, but we’ve asked two of the TC leadership team (Michael Childers and Rich Salter) to give a snapshot of what will be covered. Here’s what they provided: As you probably know, APEX’ TC has two main meetings each year. APEX is trying to focus its May-timeframe TC meeting on Content and hold them at venues in the Hollywood area, ...
NFC, Rockwell, and Others…
During AIX, we had a long talk with Geoff and Claire Underwood of IFPL and traced out the tech steps and reasoning around NFC - Near Field Communication. When we got back, IFExpress reviewed a couple of articles that talked about the need for passenger identification on aircraft and realized that the passenger manifests are not the best passenger data device. The IFPL team noted that most people think of NFC as a payment device. Let's face it, digitizing passenger data and having it available on the aircraft is probably one of the last parts of the airline network to ...
2013 AIX – The Stats Are In!
This year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo, which played host to the world’s largest display of aircraft interiors products and services, welcomed 8906 (pre-audit) visitors through its doors between April 9-11. This was a 12% increase on the previous year. The exhibition featured over 500 exhibiting companies from 26 countries, covering a record floor space on 18,000 sq m – the largest footprint to date. Organized by Reed Exhibitions and taking place in Hamburg, Germany, the exhibition attracted over 750 airline representatives that were ideally placed to witness the launch of many new innovations in the cabin interior sector. Inflight Entertainment and Connectivity hosted ...
AIX Round-up
In last week's edition of IFExpress we trumped up the Passenger Experience Conference, Day 1 event in Hamburg. We noted how good it was and since the folks at Reed Exhibitions have already sent out a questionnaire to improve next year's event, IFExpress believes it will only get better. There was a lot of change in the air at AIX, and as you can imagine it was all about wireless connectivity - in cabin Wi-Fi, satcom connections, and linking various parts of the plane/crew with 802.11. This year we thought we would follow the trends for our readers and provide ...
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Speakers’ Corner: Offering consumer tablets for inflight entertainment – what are the issues?
Whilst having a cup of tea with IMDC’s Robert Smith at Aircraft Interiors in Hamburg we chatted about the impending iPad Inflight Revolution and Robert had some thoughts that we liked and asked him to share with our readers. Here is what he told IFExpress: “On April 3, 2010 Apple released the iPad and effectively created a new type... [Read more]
Three For The Road…
Next APEX TC meeting focuses on Content In case you’ve not yet heard, next week’s APEX Technology Committee meeting is focused on Content, but there are a few IFEC Systems issues too. The agenda was being finalized as this edition was distributed, but we’ve asked two of the TC leadership team (Michael Childers and Rich Salter) to give... [Read more]
NFC, Rockwell, and Others…
During AIX, we had a long talk with Geoff and Claire Underwood of IFPL and traced out the tech steps and reasoning around NFC – Near Field Communication. When we got back, IFExpress reviewed a couple of articles that talked about the need for passenger identification on aircraft and realized that the passenger manifests are not the... [Read more]
2013 AIX – The Stats Are In!
This year’s Aircraft Interiors Expo, which played host to the world’s largest display of aircraft interiors products and services, welcomed 8906 (pre-audit) visitors through its doors between April 9-11. This was a 12% increase on the previous year. The exhibition featured over 500 exhibiting companies from 26 countries, covering a... [Read more]
AIX Round-up
In last week’s edition of IFExpress we trumped up the Passenger Experience Conference, Day 1 event in Hamburg. We noted how good it was and since the folks at Reed Exhibitions have already sent out a questionnaire to improve next year’s event, IFExpress believes it will only get better. There was a lot of change in the air at... [Read more]
The Passenger Experience
The Aircraft Interiors Expo is over for another year and we thought a report on what we observed and overheard might be useful for readers who did not get the chance to attend, as well as, serve as an update for those who manned their company booth. To that end, we plan to cover the events in at least three issues of IFExpress. Also, we thought... [Read more]
Aircraft Interiors Hamburg 2013!
Aircraft Cabin Systems Booth: 6B18 Contact: Ben Ludlow Telephone: + 1 425 629 4129 Email: ben@aircraftcabinsystems.com ACS will be debuting our new overhead retractable monitors in 9.7” and 12” sizes. The new ACS retractable monitors are a direct replacement for the existing retractable systems for A320 aircraft. Considering the frequency... [Read more]
Inflight Retail, Connectivity and More!
Inflight Retail: GuestLogix Inc., the onboard retail and payment technology solution provider to airlines and the passenger travel industry, recently announced that it has partnered with in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) provider, Thales. The partnership involves the integration of GuestLogix’ Transaction Processing Engine... [Read more]
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