Aircraft Interiors Expo (AIX), the annual event where airlines, industry suppliers and cabin interiors professionals converge to shape the cabins of the future, will return on 8-10 April 2025 at Hamburg Messe. The 2024 event saw strong growth, and the 2025 event promises even more reasons to attend
Gogo Business Aviation has reported that it is seeing ‘unprecedented demand’ for Gogo Galileo HDX, its new global broadband Low-Earth-Orbit (LEO) satellite service scheduled to launch later this year. Production has more than doubled to meet projected sales
Viasat has unveiled JetXP, a series of enhancements to its satellite network and service model that can benefit its in-flight connectivity customers in the business aviation sector. Viasat’s Jet ConneX customers will be the first to benefit from performance improvements, including new features such as uncapped speeds, expanded capacity, and increased network prioritisation
The number of aircraft with in-flight connectivity is projected to surpass 60,800 by 2033, with NGSO and multi-orbit solutions helping reshape the market as airlines transition from legacy systems. Technical advances are fuelling bandwidth growth by reducing costs, leading to an over 20-fold increase in leased capacity
APEX has announced the full list of airline industry leaders speaking at APEX/IFSA Global Expo in Long Beach on 28 to 30 October. The lineup of high-profile speakers includes Benjamin Smith, CEO of Air France-KLM, Michael Rousseau, president and CEO of Air Canada, and Shai Weiss, CEO of Virgin Atlantic
Gogo has announced it is acquiring Satcom Direct in order to establish a multi-orbit, multi-band, global in-flight connectivity provider serving the business aviation and military/government mobility markets. In addition to a LEO-GEO-ATG network, the acquisition will bring scale and cost synergies
Highlights of the September issue include the Digital Experience Manager, which can revolutionise IFE curation; our ever-popular annual seating review; how to optimise seat designs for streamlined maintenance; a preview of APEX Global Expo, and more…
United has signed the industry’s largest agreement of its kind, with SpaceX bringing Starlink’s Wi-Fi service to…
Intelsat will be the first operator in the world to offer multi-orbit solutions for all…
The Crystal Cabin Award, the world’s leading accolade for innovations in aircraft cabins, has opened the application phase for the 2025 awards, and there are some interesting new developments. Most notably, a dedicated category for accessibility innovations has been introduced
