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INTERIORS: Satellite connectivity rivals spar over IFE
ViaSat aims to blow seatback in-flight entertainment out of the water when its latest generation of satellites start blasting into space in mid-2019.
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INTERIORS: ATR lightens up with titanium seat option
ATR operators now have the option of saving up to 300kg over current -600 cabin layouts, by choosing a titanium seat. A buyer-furnished equipment (BFE) agreement deal signed yesterday at AIX between the turboprop maker and French seat maker Expliseat will give ATR customers access to the new seats before ...
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NewsFrance firms up order for 14 Patroller UAVs
Sagem has been contracted to supply its Patroller system to the French army as the service's new tactical unmanned air vehicle, some two months after Paris confirmed its selection of the type.
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NewsThunderB UAV shot down over Nagorno-Karabakh
An Israeli-made unmanned air vehicle operated by Azerbaijan was shot down in early April over the Nagorno-Karabakh region of the South Caucasus.
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INTERIORS: Airline travellers are warming to wi-fi
In-flight connectivity and IFE provider Gogo is giving prospective customers at Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg a chance to sample its satellite-based 2Ku product at 30,000ft. The Chicago-based company has brought its newly-outfitted Boeing 737-500 to Hamburg for the first time, basing it at the airport where it will be ...
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INTERIORS: Tigerair proud of CloudStore IFE platform
Arconics has successfully deployed of its latest wireless IFE platform, CloudStore, which entered service with Tigerair Australia on 23 March.
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INTERIORS: SIA goes ultra-long-haul with Panasonic IFEC
Singapore Airlines (SIA) and Panasonic Avionics have extended their agreement to include custom-tailored in-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) solutions across the airline’s entire Boeing 787-10 and Airbus A350-900 ultra-long-range fleets.
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INTERIORS: PAVES passenger service systems gets OK for A330
Rockwell Collins’ PAVES Passenger Service System (PSS) has just earned its EASA ticket for the Airbus A330, the company revealed at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg. Collins teamed with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance to design, install and achieve the supplemental type certificate as part of a ...
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INTERIORS: Aeropace 'needs IP collaboration'
Aerospace companies are “almost sociopaths” when it comes to guarding their intellectual property (IP), a factor which is standing in the way of achieving the level of true collaboration needed among stakeholders, delegates attending the Passenger Experience Conference at the Airline Interiors Expo in Hamburg were told.
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INTERIORS: Emergency lighting will GuideU out
Emergency floor path lighting is an essential safety feature on aircraft but is rarely attractive. To tackle this, engineers at Lufthansa Technik have come up with a new variant that is only visible when needed.
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INTERIORS: Electronic window dimming is 'key to cool'
A combination of electronically dimmable window and IFE technologies is being touted as a new way to enhance the revenue-generating value of window seats – by integrating a window with a transparent video display with an interactive moving map.
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INTERIORS: Why nine is the magic number on the 787
Is the Boeing 787 at a nine-abreast configuration too narrow for comfort? It depends who you believe. Airbus makes great play of the fact its nine-abreast A350 economy cabin is 12cm wider than the Dreamliner equivalent, allowing Toulouse to offer its standard 18in seat as opposed to Boeing’s 17in version.
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INTERIORS: Hamburg's crucible of technology development
Testing innovative technologies in a cabin environment has just become much easier – so long as you’re looking to work on Airbus products. Hamburg’s newly opened Zal centre of applied aeronautical research has built a cabin and cargo test rig that adapts to any in service commercial aircraft from any ...
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Xiamen Airlines partners AFI KLM E&M for GEnx support
Xiamen Airlines signed an agreement with Air France Industries KLM Engineering & Maintenance (AFI KLM E&M) on the maintenance and repair of General Electric GEnx engines, which powers the Chinese carrier's fleet of Boeing 787s.
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JetBlue and Barfield extend MRO agreement
JetBlue Airways and MRO provider Barfield have extended an agreement under which Barfield will provide JetBlue with component repair on a flight-hour basis, Barfield announces.
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Embraer starts E190-E2 engines on wing
Embraer has started engines for the first time on the wing of an E190-E2.
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INTERIORS: Boeing LIFTs 737 seating options
Boeing is to unveil its latest economy class seat for its top-selling narrowbody at the Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX) which opens tomorrow in Hamburg – which it developed with the product’s inventors after meeting them when they unveiled a prototype at last year's show.
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INTERIORS: How premium economy fits on London-New York
This article is based on a report prepared by Flightglobal's aircraft interiors specialist James Mellon, using data from Innovata and Fleets Analyzer. Download the data insight report here
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NewsDARPA selects industry teams for 'Gremlins' UAV project
The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has picked four teams for its Gremlins project, which aims to launch volleys of small, low-cost unmanned air vehicles from bombers, cargo aircraft or possibly even fighter jets, and recover them via a Lockheed Martin C-130 transport.
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NewsElbit forms JV in India to offer Hermes UAVs
Elbit Systems has formed a joint venture with Indian industry to offer its unmanned air vehicles to the market.