All articles by Kerry Reals – Page 9
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EBACE: GDC Technics undeterred by excess completions capacity
GDC Technics acknowledges that a slowdown in the number of VIP aircraft completions has resulted in excess capacity in the market, but believes its ability to engineer and install increasingly complicated solutions puts it among a small handful of companies that are up to the job.
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EBACE: Panasonic takes on business aviation rivals
Panasonic Avionics knows it is late to the party on entering the business aviation market, but its decision to team up with Astronics AeroSat rather than build its own tail mount antenna will give it a faster route into the sector.
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EBACE: Panasonic and Astronics talk up broadband partnership
Astronics AeroSat expects the in-flight connectivity service it is developing for the business aviation market through its new partnership with Panasonic Avionics to be certified for retrofit installation on the Gulfstream IV family of aircraft in September.
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EBACE: Inmarsat 'open for business' on Jet ConneX
Inmarsat is poised to announce the service entry of its Jet ConneX Ka-band broadband connectivity solution for the business aviation market, and hopes to be able to offer the solution as a linefit option on aircraft manufactured by all of the main OEMs by the end of the year.
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EBACE: Dassault to fit Falcon 8X with ViaSat broadband service
Dassault Aviation has become the third business jet OEM to add ViaSat’s Ku-band in-flight connectivity system to its catalogue as a linefit option, and the satellite company is “in discussions” with other business aviation manufacturers with a view to adding them to the fold.
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ANALYSIS: Jets getting tanked up on alcohol
A specific type of alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) fuel recently became the latest kerosene alternative to be approved for use in commercial aviation – a milestone that its only producer hopes will light the touchpaper for the explosion in airline demand needed to economically scale up production.
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INTERIORS: SmartSky 4G promises 'game-changing' service
SmartSky Networks made its debut appearance at Hamburg’s annual Aircraft Interiors Expo this week to showcase its under-construction 4G broadband air-to-ground in-flight connectivity solution, which it believes will be a game changer in terms of speed and reliability.
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INTERIORS: Inmarsat 'confident GX will meet escalating wi-fi demand'
As it prepares for the imminent service entry of its Global Xpress (GX) satellite in-flight connectivity system, Inmarsat is confident it has laid the groundwork to ensure it can meet escalating passenger demand beyond the next five years.
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INTERIORS: Air Astana 767s get GX
Air Astana has signed an Aircraft Interiors Expo deal with Rockwell Collins to install Inmarsat’s Global Xpress (GX) Ka-band satellite-based broadband connectivity service across its fleet of Boeing 767s.
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INTERIORS: Global Eagle launches IFE bid to entice low-cost carriers
Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE) today launched at Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg a new wireless IFE product targeted at airlines that have not yet installed connectivity but are seeking a low-cost, hassle-free entertainment solution.
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INTERIORS: Saudia picks Panasonic overheads
Saudi Arabian Airlines has deepened its relationship with Panasonic Avionics by signing a deal today at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg to install the company’s eXO overhead IFE system on 30 Airbus A320s it has on order. Deliveries of the aircraft begin in November.
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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: 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: 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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ANALYSIS: Bottom line on economy-class seats
Economy-class airline seats have remained largely unchanged in their designs over the years. But there are signs change is afoot.
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ANALYSIS: To cut carbon, pack in the pax
Airlines that have been the most vocal about the positive steps they have taken to reduce their carbon footprints were ranked among the least fuel-efficient transatlantic carriers in a recent study carried out by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT).
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ANALYSIS: Europe gears up for intensive Clean Sky push
As preparations continue for the second phase of Europe’s Clean Sky technology development initiative, the first phase has reached its “most intensive” period – in terms of what has been achieved and what is about to be demonstrated.
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Emissions cuts need a learning curve
Education, education, education. These three priorities famously set out by former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair in the 1997 election campaign that ended in a landslide victory for his party could equally be applied to the ongoing campaign to convince the world to agree on a global market-based measure (MBM) ...
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AnalysisANALYSIS: Boeing’s 757 eco testbed trials basket of energy-saving technologies
Boosting aerodynamic efficiency is the cornerstone of Boeing’s latest battery of ecoDemonstrator test flights. The tests are being carried out on a near-end-of-life 757 that will later be used to test new aircraft-recycling techniques, before being consigned to history.