Following a round of voting by the judging panel, the 24 finalists in the Crystal Cabin Award 2026 have been chosen. The finalists represent all aspects of aircraft cabin and passenger experience innovation, from comfort, accessibility and sustainability, to digitalisation, efficiency, and onboard safety
A collaborative retrofit upgrade project between ABC International and ABC International, including a full reworking of the cabin electrical infrastructure, has resulted in USB-C and USB-A power systems being installed at all 305 seats of an Airbus A330 (MSN 1037)
The appointment of Spafax creates a unified, data-driven advertising platform across Cathay Pacific’s global media ecosystem, including IFE content, to generate ancillary revenues
China Airlines has appointed Stellar Entertainment as its new inflight entertainment (IFE) content service provider, to bring on board a regularly refreshed catalogue of films, and TV and audio programmes
IndiGo, the Indian low-cost airline, has announced a five-year agreement with West Entertainment to supply streaming inflight entertainment (IFE) content and services onboard its Airbus A321XLR fleet
The flag carrier airline of Cambodia is implementing a fleetwide rollout of AirFi’s streaming inflight entertainment (IFE) platform across its Airbus A320 and ATR 72-series aircraft
Kingswood Capital Management has completed its acquisition of Safran Passenger Innovations (SPI), and announced that SPI will now operate under the name of RAVE Aerospace
Anuvu has expanded its IFE content library with an agreement to offer animated films and TV series from The Pokémon Company International.This agreement brings one of the world’s most popular and successful media franchises to airline passengers worldwide
APEX, the organisers of APEX Tech, the industry event focused on inflight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC), report that the January event saw a 18% rise in attendance, with visitors enjoying many insights into the IFEC sector
RX, the organisers of the Passenger Experience Conference (PEC) have announced that this year’s event will bring together speakers from more than 20 airlines – a record number for the PEC – including representatives from United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Saudi Airlines, and Fiji Airways
