Boeing has released its 2024 Commercial Market Outlook for China, which forecasts that China will more than double its commercial airplane fleet by 2043, with demand for 8,830 new airplanes. The report also says that China will have the world’s largest widebody fleet through 2043
Could Friends fans BE more excited? September marks the 30th anniversary of the popular American sitcom, and airlines can get involved with ’30 Years of Friends’, a dedicated IFE channel
Air Canada has entered into a new IFE content agreement with Anuvu, which will increase the airline’s content catalogue to include more than 1,000 movie options and over 3,500 TV episodes, and more diverse programming options
Diehl Aviation has opened a second Customer Collaboration Space to boost innovation in aircraft interiors. This new facility in Hamburg complements the company’s existing space in Seattle, offering a flexible environment for collaborative product development with customers and partners
The finalists of ‘Best Customer Journey Experience’, a special category of the Crystal Cabin Award due to be presented during APEX Global Expo in October, have been announced. The three innovations in the running have been developed by Skyted, Spafax and Thales
More range, more length, more seats, more width: take a look at Qantas’ upcoming Airbus A321XLR experience, with upgrades over the outgoing Boeing 737 fleet
Icelandair has worked with local artist Sara Riel and Skysupply to create a beautiful and sustainable design for the second in its series of business-class amenity kits
DirecTV Inflight, a distributor of content in the commercial aviation sector, has launched an IPTV service for business aviation in collaboration with Satcom Direct (SD). The IPTV service is compatible with both GEO and LEO constellations
SmartLynx Airlines, an ACMI, cargo and charter operator with a fleet of close to 70 aircraft, is digitalising its cabin issue reporting process in order to enable its maintenance teams to carry out necessary aircraft cabin interior fixes more efficiently and in less time
Following a successful trial of Bluebox’s Blueview digital services platform, Icelandic low-cost airline, Play Airlines, has now deployed the onboard retail system across its entire fleet of 10 Airbus A320neo and A321neo aircraft
