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• #DXB09: The second coming? Nah, its EMS!

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  There I was, skipping down an aisle at the Dubai air show, and who should I spy but my friends at EMS. Hadnt I just visited with these nice folks at WAEA in Palm Springs? Why yes, but we sat and a little chat anyways because, even in the heat of an air show, Ive got IFEC on my mind. Heres a pic of our gathering. I ...
  9 hours ago

• ICE, ICE Barbie on Emirates and getting ready for #DXB09

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  I arrived in Dubai a few hours ago, after taking a thoroughly enjoyable flight on Emirates 777-200LR out of JFK. Ive been writing about the carriers stellar in-flight entertainment system ICE (information, communication, entertainment) for years, but this was the first time Ive actually had a chance to  try it (in ...
  2 days ago

• Inspiration meets reality check with ANAs in-flight offering

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  One has to wonder just how peeved is All Nippon Airways (ANA). The Boeing 787 launch customer, which has watched the aircraft programme suffer through delay after delay, has decided to roll out its latest in-flight products and services - branded "Inspiration of Japan" - on its Boeing 777-300ERs starting in ...
  5 days ago

• Should Rockwell Collins buy Lumexis or IMS?

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Susanna Ray over at Bloomberg has written a bang-on good piece about how Rockwell Collins is seeking acquisitions. Key pars (but do read the entire article ): Rockwell Collins Inc., the maker of cockpit instruments and radios, is looking for "bolt-on, tuck- in acquisitions" after generating a record level of ...
  1 week ago

• Thales is connected with new London "suite"

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  In-flight entertainment and connectivity (IFEC) giant Thales has opened a new "Connectivity Suite" in London. The brand new facility enables Thales to give a first hand experience of the latest airborne connectivity capabilities available from the manufacturer. For example, Thales can demo its TopFlight satcom and ...
  1 week ago

• Things that make you go hmmmm...

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Boeing has far more important things to worry about than deciding what in-flight connectivity it will choose for the 787. Shouldnt it focus on getting the twinjet into the air first? That was the seemingly logical viewpoint expressed by many observers after learning that the airframer has issued a request for ...
  1 week ago

• Is Ambits lawsuit against Aircell starting to bite?

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Earlier this year, US technology firm Ambit Corp filed a lawsuit against Delta Air Lines and Aircell claiming patent infringement regarding the provision of Internet access onboard aircraft. I debated whether to report on this event and ultimately decided to write this erudite paragraph, ahem: Marsha, I ...
  2 weeks ago

• VIDEO: Airlines fear another aircraft programme delay

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Flightblogger Jon Ostrower and I took some trains to New York last week to hear Bombardier talk about planes, specifically the Canadian airframers planned CSeries narrowbody. Bombardier Commercial Aircraft president Gary Scott told us that, in light of the 787 and A380 delays, airlines greatest fear these days is ...
  2 weeks ago

• VIDEO: CSeries has space for your bags

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Bombardier Commercial Aircraft vice-president marketing Philippe Poutissou shows us the big bags that will fit in the CSeries big overhead bins. Two big thumbs up! Key quote: "This airplane has been designed with a huge amount of onboard stowage."
  2 weeks ago

• LoJack announces next generation self-powered Stolen Vehicle Recovery System

  
  AutoBeat — Authority: 142
  System Facilitates Effective Vehicle Energy Management and Provides Proven Theft Protection for Cars of Today and the Future, Including Hybrid and Electric Vehicles LoJack Corporation, the company that invented and leads the Stolen Vehicle Recovery category, introduced its next generation Stolen Vehicle Recovery ...
  2 weeks ago

• Boeing gives us the IFE facts

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Did you know that in-flight entertainment (IFE) is the second most expensive item on the modern commercial jet (after the engines), and that it is the most complex system on board the airplane in terms of the amount of wiring, individual components, and lines of software code? Well now you do. In a unique ...
  2 weeks ago

• Has Boeing issued RFP for 787 in-flight connectivity?

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Has Boeing issued a request for proposals (RFP) for in-flight connectivity solutions for the 787 cabin? Thats what Im hearing from sources, folks, although Boeing has not confirmed the existence of an RFP. The airframer has, however, confirmed that it has not yet selected an in-flight connectivity solution for the ...
  3 weeks ago

• Need a Ku-band antenna? Check this out!

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Wow, what a day for Ku-band satellite-based connectivity, eh? Lufthansa finally confirmed its partnership with Panasonic to reignite overseas connectivity, further catapulting  Ku-band into the spotlight (after Southwest Airlines announced that it will equip its entire Boeing 737 domestic fleet with Row ...
  4 weeks ago

• Hashtag WAEA, Hashtag IFEC

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
  Nine years after attending my first World Airline Entertainment Association (WAEA) conference and exhibition in Anaheim, California, Im headed back to the West Coast for the organizations 30th annual expo in Palm Springs . As I pack my bags for tomorrows flight, I am reminded that much has changed in the world ...
  6 weeks ago

• Panasonics super remote control is good Karma

  
  Runway Girl — Authority: 516
    One year ago, Panasonic revealed it was developing a "super remote control" for installed IFE that, well, to quote myself from last year, "is pretty darn super". Karma will essentially let you to be your ambidextrous self. For instance, you can check your email or scan the Internet without ever ...
  8 weeks ago

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