United Airlines’ massive aircraft order and cabin interiors programme has created a much-needed stir in the aviation industry. The news continues with a partnership with The Coda Collection, which will provide complimentary access to concert films, music documentaries, episodic series and more, on all the airline’s seatback IFE displays and PDE-enabled flights
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United is adding 270 Boeing and Airbus Aircraft to its fleet, and retrofitting its entire remaining narrow-body fleet with new ‘signature interiors’. This massive investment is expected to generate more than US$30bn in income, lower carbon emissions per seat, create 25,000 jobs, and contribute $50bn annually towards the US economy by 2026
Avant Up, the latest Thales IFE system, offers 4K high dynamic range HDR displays enhanced with Samsung QLED technology, together with a claimed 50% increase in reliability and a 30% decrease in weight
Egypt’s Air Cairo is fitting Moment’s Flymingo Box wireless IFE (W-IFE) systems across its fleet. The Flymingo Box server has the capacity for 100 simultaneous streaming sessions, with a seamless, multi-DRM and browser-based platform that gives passengers access to an international and Arabic catalogue
UK start-up low-cost airline, Flypop, which is targeting the visiting friends and relatives (VFR) traveller market in South Asia, has selected Bluebox Aviation Systems to provide its Wow ancillary revenue-generating retail and IFE platform
From the 1st of June, American Airlines is giving customers the opportunity to learn a new language, how to sketch or to enhance their interior design skills, all while flying at 35,000ft
AirFi has partnered with Transferz, a global ground transport marketplace, to develop an API and software developer kit that integrates the Transferz taxi booking engine into the wireless IFE platforms of AirFi airline customers
Dubai-based Flydubai has invested in new IFE systems for its Boeing 737 fleet, replacing its Lumexis FTTS with systems from Global Eagle
Airbus Corporate Jets (ACJ) and Latécoère Interconnection Systems (LIS) have signed a partnership agreement to develop ‘The ACJ Smart LiFi Monitor’. The partners say this is a unique IFE technology, which will available as a retrofit and cabin outfitting option before the end of the year
Panasonic Avionics has unveiled a range of new and upcoming features for Arc, its 3D inflight moving map platform. The first round of new features include Arc for Young Explorers and OneMedia integration, with a map designer tool to follow